Bickington Devon Family History Guide

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Bickington is a chapelry of Ashburton Ancient Parish in Devon.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1603; see also Ashburton
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1620

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Bickington Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Bickington. The index includes information from The Marriage Licenses of the Diocese of Exeter from the Bishop’s Registers edited by Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Vivian 1889.

Marriage Licences and Allegations

1612-13 Mar. 11. John Wyndeat of Ashperton, Taylor, and Grace Holdiche of the same, to be married at Ashberton, Bickington or Buckland.

1613 Sept. 6. William Fursland, Gent., of Bickington, and Urith Coake, widow, of Kingsteignton, to be married at Ilsington.

1614 Dec. 16. William Wooton of Bickington and Grace Mayne of the same

1618 Sep. 30. Phlllipp Greenslade of Knowstone and Anna Mortimer alias Tanner of Highbickington.

1619-20 Feb. 17. Richard Wollacott of High Bickington and Katherine Heale of the same.

1620 May 18. Humphry Ley of Burrington and Helinor Wollacott of Bickington.

1622 Dec. 10. John Browne of Bickington and Agnes Reed of Abbotskerswell.

1623-4 Jan. 23. John Wrayford of Rattery and Mary Wotton of Bickington.

1625 July 6. Balthazar Ayer of Adrington and Mary Slowley of Highbickington.

1627 April 27. John Thorne of Highbickington and Ann Chappell, widow, of Southmolton.

1628-9. Mar. 3. John Peryam, Clerk, Curat of Highbickington, and Amy Pafford of Northtawton.

1630 July … Humphry Arscott of High Bickington and Alice Salter of Eastbudleigh or Talleton.

Bickington 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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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BICKINGTON, a parish in Newton-Abbot district, Devon; on the Lemon rivulet, 3½ miles NE of Ashburton, and 4 W of Newton-Junction r. station. It has a post office under Newton-Abbot. Acres, 1,375. Real property, £1,876. Pop., 294. Houses, 60. The surface abounds with large limestone rocks. There is a large serge manufactory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £220. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is an old edifice, with square tower; and there is a small Wesleyan chapel.

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

Historical Maps

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Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Newton Abbot
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiars of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Moreton
  • Poor Law Union: Newton Abbot
  • Hundred: Teignbridge
  • Province: Canterbury