Black Torrington Devon Family History Guide

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Black Torrington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Other places in the parish include: Chilla.

Alternative names: Blacktorrington

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1547
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Bible Christian Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TORRINGTON (Black), a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred, in Devon. The village stands on the river Torridge, 8½ miles E by N of Holsworthy r. station; and has a post-office under Highampton, North Devon. The parish contains also four hamlets, and comprises 7,200 acres. Real property, £3,836. Pop., 1,020-Houses, 216. The property is much subdivided. Glove-making is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £610. Patron, Lord Poltimore. The church was built in 1535. There are a Bible Charistian chapel, a national school, and some charities. The sub-district contains 4 parishes, and is in Holsworthy district. Acres, 16,804. Pop., 1,970. Houses, 404. The hundred contains 34 parishes and 3 parts. Acres, 145,202. Pop. in 1851, 19,912; in 1861, 18,295. Houses, 3,660.

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

Parish Registers

Parish Records

FamilySearch

United Kingdom, England, Devon, Black Torrington – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Black Torrington, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

United Kingdom, England, Devon, Black Torrington – Church records ( 6 )
Black Torrington baptisms, 1813-1839
Author: Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Black Torrington (Devonshire)

Black Torrington burial registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)

Black Torrington marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Black Torrington, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1838
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Black Torrington (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Black-Torrington, parish registers, 1547-1916
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Black Torrington (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Parish registers for Black Torrington, 1547-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Black Torrington (Devonshire)

United Kingdom, England, Devon, Black Torrington – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Black Torrington, Devon, England ; christenings, 1552-1737
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Black Torrington, Devon, England ; christenings, 1601-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Black Torrington, Devon, England ; marriages, 1547-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

United Kingdom, England, Devon, Black Torrington – Court records ( 1 )
Register of freeholders
Author: Devon Family History Society (England); Devon (England). Record Office

United Kingdom, England, Devon, Black Torrington – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Black Torrington, 1780-1831
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: Holsworthy
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Holsworthy
  • Poor Law Union: Holsworthy
  • Hundred: Black Torrington
  • Province: Canterbury