Barnstaple Holy Trinity, Devon Genealogy

England   Devon  Devon Parishes

Parish History
BARNSTAPLE, or Barum a port, borough, market-town, and parish, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the hundred of Braunton, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 40 miles (N. W.) from Exeter, and 193 (W. by S.) from London. The church of the Holy Trinity, a very handsome cruciform building in the later English style has been erected. This edifice was consecrated in June, 1845. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, and Wesleyans. Lewis, Samuel A.,A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 153-158. Date accessed: 25 July 2012.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; fckLRfckLR== Resources ==fckLRfckLR==== Civil Registration  ====fckLRfckLRBirth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD. fckLRfckLR==== Church records ====fckLRfckLRContributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection fckLRfckLR==== Census records ====fckLRfckLR fckLRfckLR==== Probate records  ====fckLRfckLRRecords of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Devon Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. fckLRfckLR== Maps and Gazetteers ==fckLRfckLRMaps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; fckLRfckLR*England Jurisdictions 1851 fckLR*Vision of BritainfckLRfckLR== Web sites ==fckLRfckLR== Reference  ==fckLRfckLR fckLRfckLRfckLRfckLRDevon