Cadbury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1756
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Cadeleigh
- Thorverton
- Bickleigh
- Stockleigh Pomeroy
- Cheriton Fitzpaine
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CADBURY, a parish in Tiverton district, Devon; on the Rumansleigh ridge way, 5½ miles W by N of Hele r. station, and 6½ EN E of Crediton. Post Town, Cheriton-Fitzpaine, under Crediton. Acres, 1,899. Real property, £2,399. Pop., 241. Houses, 46. The property is divided among three. The manor, with Fursdon House, belongs to E. Fursdon, Esq. Cadbury Castle is the remnant of an ancient earthwork; was the rendezvous of Fairfax’s army on a day in 1645; and has yielded a quantity of antique ornaments. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £163. Patron, Rev. F. J. Coleridge. The church is a substantial structure of the 15th century.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Birth Marriage and Death Records
England, Devon Bishop’s Transcripts, 1558-1887
England, Devon and Cornwall Marriages, 1660-1912
England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988
Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Grave Indexes
Migration and Naturalisation Records
Migration Records at FamilySearch
Newspaper Archives
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
Census Records
England and Wales Census, 1841
England and Wales Census, 1851
England and Wales Census, 1861
England and Wales Census, 1871
England and Wales Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1891
England and Wales Census, 1901
England and Wales National Register, 1939
Probate and Court Records
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
Military Records
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners’ Service Records, 1760-1913
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915
United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
United Kingdom, World War I Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
County: Devon
Civil Registration District: Tiverton
Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
Diocese: Exeter
Rural Deanery: Cadbury
Poor Law Union: Tiverton
Hundred: Hayridge
Province: Canterbury
