Bickleigh (near Plymouth) is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon. Sheepstor is a chapelry of Bickleigh (near Plymouth).
Alternative names: Bickleigh with Sheepstor
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1694
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1609
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BICKLEIGH, a parish in Plympton-St. Mary district, Devon; on the Cat water, and on the South Devon and Tavistock railway, near Dartmoor forest, 6 miles NNE of Plymouth. It has a station on the railway: and its Post Town is Tamerton, under Plymouth. Acres, 2,323. Real property, £2,070. Pop., 402. Houses, 73. The property is all in one estate. Very beautiful and romantic scenery lies along the Cat water The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Sheepstor, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £253. Patron, Sir M. Lopes, Bart. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1839; and it contains the tomb of Sir Nicholas Slanning, whose death forms the catastrophe of Mrs. Bray’s novel of “Fitz of Fitzford.”
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
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.
Beere, John, of Plymouth, co. Devon, gent., bachelor, about 30, and Ann Hichens, of same, widow, about 32, at the church of St. Andrew or of Charles in Plymouth, or Bickley, co. Devon. 24 Jan. 1678/9. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Devon, Bickleigh (near Plymouth) – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Bickleigh, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Devon, Bickleigh (near Plymouth) – Church records ( 9 )
Bickleigh (Plymouth) burial registers, 1811-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Bickleigh (Plymouth) marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
City of Plymouth marriage index : index of brides and grooms taken from the post 1837 Plymouth Church of England marriage registers held in the Plymouth & West Devon Record Office in partnership with the Devon Family History Society
Author: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office; Devon Family History Society (England)
England, Devon, Bickleigh (near Plymouth), bishop’s transcripts
Author: Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Bickleigh (near Plymouth), bishop’s transcripts
Author: Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Bickleigh (near Plymouth), bishop’s transcripts, 1609-1816
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bickleigh (near Plymouth, Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Bickleigh, parish chest and poor law records, 1742-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bickleigh (near Plymouth, Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Bickleigh, parish registers, 1694-1951
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bickleigh (near Plymouth, Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Bickleigh, parish registers, 1712-1996
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bickleigh (near Plymouth, Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Bickleigh (near Plymouth) – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
The Deanery of Tamerton
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
England, Devon, Bickleigh (near Plymouth) – Court records ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Bickleigh (near Plymouth), 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
England, Devon, Bickleigh (near Plymouth) – Land and property ( 1 )
England, Devon, Bickleigh, inland revenue valuation book
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Bickleigh (near Plymouth) – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
England, Devon, Bickleigh, parish chest and poor law records, 1742-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bickleigh (near Plymouth, Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Bickleigh (near Plymouth) – Taxation ( 3 )
England, Devon, Bickleigh, inland revenue valuation book
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Bickleigh, parish chest and poor law records, 1742-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bickleigh (near Plymouth, Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Land tax assessment for Bickleigh (near Plymouth), 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
Devon Historical Directories
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Plympton St Mary
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Tamerton
- Poor Law Union: Plympton St Mary
- Hundred: Roborough
- Province: Canterbury
