Ashbury Devon Family History Guide

Ashbury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: None
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1610

Nonconformists include:

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASHBURY, anciently Essebury, a parish in Okehampton district, Devon; on an affluent of the river Torridge, 5 miles SSW of Hatherleigh, and 14 WSW of Morchard Road r. station. Post Town, North Lew under Exbourne, North Devon. Acres, 1,700. Real property, £748. Pop., 80. Houses, 9. The manor, with most of the property, belongs to the owner of Ashbury House, a large old residence in a well-wooded park. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £96. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a small old edifice, with nave, chancel, and tower.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ASHBURY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Oakhampton, hundred of Black Torrington, Black Torrington and Shebbear, and N. divisions of Devon, 5¼ miles (S. W. by W.) from Hatherleigh; containing 65 inhabitants. It contains about 1450 acres, in general of a clayey soil. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £5. 13. 4., and in the gift of the Crown; income, £96. There are 120 acres of glebe.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848