Boyton Devon and Cornwall Family History Guide
Boyton an Ecclesiastical Parish and Civil Parish partly in Cornwall and partly in Devon. Often referred to as both a parish and also as a chapelry before 1768 but was certainly an Ecclesiastical Parish by 1768. The part of the parish that was in the county of Devon was Northcott hamlet (situated in Black Torrington Hundred). Northcott became a separate Civil Parish in 1866 in Devon.
Boyton Civil Parish was altered in 1966 gaining part of the Devonshire parishes of Northcott Civil Parish, part of Luffincott Ancient Parish and part of St Giles in the Heath Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Northcott.
Alternative names: Trevoya (Cornish), Boyton the Holy Name
Parish church: The Holy Name
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1568
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1611
Nonconformists include:
- Baptist
- Bible Christian Methodist
- Wesleyan Methodist Association
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Boyton Parish Registers
Boyton Marriages 1568-1812
The Boyton Marriages 1568-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research
Boyton Marriages 1568-1812 Cornwall Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 17. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, Thomas Taylor and Mrs. J. H. Glencross. Published London 1910. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co.
Boyton Marriages 1568-1812 Cornwall Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 17. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, Thomas Taylor and Mrs. J. H. Glencross. Published London 1910. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co.
Boyton Strays
William Edgcombe, of St. C, & Elizabeth Bishop, of Boyton 1 Apr. 1774 married at St Clether
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BOYTON, a parish chiefly in Launceston district, Cornwall, and partly in Holsworthy district, Devon; on the Bude canal and the river Tamar, 5 miles N by W of Launceston r. station, and 17 NNW of Tavistock.
It includes Northcott hamlet; and has a post office under Launceston, and a fair on the third Monday of Aug. Acres, 4,956. Real property, £2,651. Pop., 476. Houses, 92. The property is divided among a few. Bradridge, the old seat of the Hoblyns, and Beardon, also an old seat, are now farmhouses. Manganese mines were worked, but have been discontinued. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £120. Patron, the Rev. J. G. Dangar. The church is good. Agnes Rest, a martyr of the time of Mary, resided at Northcott.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Free Online Parish Registers & Records
Bishop’s transcripts for Boyton, 1679-1773 – Church of England. Parish Church of Boyton (Cornwall)
Churchwardens’ accounts for Boyton, 1692-1884 – Church of England. Parish Church of Boyton (Cornwall). Churchwardens’ accounts, 1692, 1805-1884. (Index)
Marriages at Boyton, 1568-1812 – Church of England. Parish Church of Boyton (Cornwall) (Index)
Parish registers for Boyton, 1568-1997 – Church of England. Parish Church of Boyton (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office. (Images)
Parish registers for Boyton, 1568-1997 – Church of England. Parish Church of Boyton (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office. Baptisms, burials, 1568-1812; marriages, 1568-1754. Baptisms, 1813-1871. Marriages, 1756-1960. Burials, 1813-1960. Baptisms, 1568-1870. Marriages, 1568-1837. Banns, 1756-1812. Burials, 1568-1900. (another filming) (Index)
Administration
- County: Cornwall and Devon
- Civil Registration District: Cornwall: Launceston; Devon: Holsworthy
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Trigg Major
- Poor Law Union: Launceston
- Hundred: Cornwall: Stratton; Devon: Black Torrington
- Province: Canterbury