Inwardleigh Devon Family History Guide

Inwardleigh is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Other places in the parish include: Waytown and Folly Gate.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1699
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Bible Christian Methodist, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

INWARDLEIGH, a village and a parish in Okehampton district, Devon.

The village stands on a beadstream of the river Torridge, 3½ miles NNW of Okehampton r. station; was formerly called Ingerley; and is a scattered place.

The parish comprises 6,281 acres. Post town, Hatherleigh, North Devon. Real property, £2,831. Pop., 635. Houses, 125. The property is much subdivided.

The manor belonged, till the time of Edward III., to the Coffin family; and belongs now to Lord Portman. A handsome mansion and a deer park of the Coffins were once here, but have disappeared.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £277. Patrons, Trustees. The Church is ancient; comprises nave, aisles, and chancel; and has a tower, which was shattered by lightning about 1817.

There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, Wesleyans, and Bible Christians, a free school, and charities £4 4s.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Devon, Inwardleigh – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Inwardleigh, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Devon, Inwardleigh – Church records ( 5 )
England, Devon, Inwardleigh, bishop’s transcripts, 1608-1835
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Inwardleigh (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Inwardleigh, parish registers, 1699-1992
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Inwardleigh (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Inwardleigh baptisms, 1813-1840
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Inwardleigh (Devonshire)

Inwardleigh burial registers, 1790-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Inwardleigh marriages, 1754-1838
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Inwardleigh – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Deanery of Okehampton : an index of baptisms, marriages and burials
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Inwardleigh – Court records ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Inwardleigh, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Inwardleigh – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Inwardleigh, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Okehampton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Okehampton
  • Poor Law Union: Okehampton
  • Hundred: Black Torrington
  • Province: Canterbury