Bickington is a chapelry of Ashburton Ancient Parish in Devon.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1603; see also Ashburton
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1620
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BICKINGTON, a parish in Newton-Abbot district, Devon; on the Lemon rivulet, 3½ miles NE of Ashburton, and 4 W of Newton-Junction r. station. It has a post office under Newton-Abbot. Acres, 1,375. Real property, £1,876. Pop., 294. Houses, 60. The surface abounds with large limestone rocks. There is a large serge manufactory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £220. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is an old edifice, with square tower; and there is a small Wesleyan chapel.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Parish Records
FamilySearch
United Kingdom, England, Devon, Bickington – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Bickington, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
United Kingdom, England, Devon, Bickington – Church records ( 5 )
Bickington : baptisms 1813-1839
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Bickington burial registers, 1771-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Bickington marriage registers
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
England, Devon, Bickington, bishop’s transcripts, 1597-1845
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bickington (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Bickington, parish registers, 1603-2002
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bickington (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
United Kingdom, England, Devon, Bickington – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Deanery of Moreton
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
United Kingdom, England, Devon, Bickington – Court records ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Bickington, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
United Kingdom, England, Devon, Bickington – History ( 1 )
Ashburton and its neighbourhood, or, The antiquities and history of the Borough of Ashburton in the county of Devon : and of the parishes of Buckland-in-the-Moor and Bickington (its ancient dependencies), with a minute description of their respective churches and the Chantry Chapel of St. Lawrence …
Author: Worthy, Charles
United Kingdom, England, Devon, Bickington – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Bickington, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
Devon Historical Directories
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Newton Abbot
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiars of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Moreton
- Poor Law Union: Newton Abbot
- Hundred: Teignbridge
- Province: Canterbury
