Coryton Devon Family History Guide
Coryton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Other places in the parish include: Coryton Mill.
Alternative names: Corriton
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1654
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1609
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CORYTON, or Corriton, a parish, with a r. station, in Tavistock district, Devon; on Lyd river, 7 miles NNW of Tavistock. Post town, Tavistock. Acres, 1,334. Real property, £1,926. Pop., 238. Houses, 48. The property is all in one estate. Slate has been largely quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £208. Patron, Sir L. Newman, Bart. The church is ancient; and was repaired and enlarged in 1838. Charities, £20.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Tavistock
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Tavistock
- Poor Law Union: Tavistock
- Hundred: Lifton
- Province: Canterbury