Aveton Gifford Devon Family History Guide

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Aveton Gifford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Alternative names: Avelon Gifford

Parish church: St. Andrew

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1603
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian, Society of Friends/Quaker, Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

AVETON-GIFFORD, a village and a parish in Kingsbridge district, Devon. The village stands on the river Avon, 3½ miles NW of Kingsbridge, and 7½ S of Kingsbridge-Road r. station. It has a post office under Ivybridge; and was anciently a market-town. The parish comprises 3,052 acres of land, and 130 of water. Real property, £5,909. Pop., 839. Houses, 178. The property is much divided. The manor belonged formerly to the family of Gifford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £667. Patron, the Rev. W. P. Pitman. The church is early English and cruciform, with central tower; one of the finest old churches in South Devon; but is in indifferent condition. There are chapels for Baptists, Methodists, and Bible Christians, good national schools, and charities £7.

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

Aveton Gifford Parish Registers

The Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish Registers of Devon 1596 to 1644 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish Registers of Devon 1596 to 1644: And short notes on the extant pre-restoration registers of all the parishes in the county, from particulars furnished by the several incumbents thereof. By The Revd. Roger Granville, M.A., Sub-Dean of Exeter, and W. E. Mugford. Vol. 1. A-Bra. Published Exeter 1908.

Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish registers of Devon 6

Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish Registers of Devon 1596 to 1644: And short notes on the extant pre-restoration registers of all the parishes in the county, from particulars furnished by the several incumbents thereof. By The Revd. Roger Granville, M.A., Sub-Dean of Exeter, and W. E. Mugford. Vol. 1. A-Bra. Published Exeter 1908.

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Marriage Licences and Allegations

London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869

The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.

Bruton, William, of the city of Exeter, esq., bachelor, 28, and Elizabeth Honeychurch, of Aveton Gifford, co. Devon, spinster, 21, her father dead, and she at her own disposal — at Battersea or Putney, Surrey, or Marybone, Middlesex. 11 May, 1663. F.

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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