Branscombe Devon Family History Guide

Branscombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Parish church: St. Winifred

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1539
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Bible Christian Methodist, Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

• Beer
• Colyton
• Salcombe Regis

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BRANSCOMBE, a village and a parish in Honiton district, Devon. The village stands on the coast, 4½ miles E of Sidmouth, and 8 S by E of Honiton r. station; and has a post office under Sidmouth. It is a straggling but very pleasant place; and carries on a manufacture of pillow-lace. The parish comprises 3,422 acres of land and 65 of water. Real property, £4,218. Pop., 936. Houses, 199. The property is subdivided.

The manor belonged, before the Conquest, to the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. Edge or Egge, in a valley N of the village, was the residence, in the time of Edward III., of the Branscombe family; and thence till 1609, of the Wadhams, the last of whom founded Wadham College in Oxford. Three valleys, each traversed by a stream, diverge from the vicinity of the village, and are flanked by picturesque hills. A small bay below the village bears the name of Branscombe mouth, and is famous for calcedonies. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £190. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is cruciform, and partly Norman, partly English; has a central tower in disrepair; and contains an ancient monument with two kneeling effigies

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

Parish Registers

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Devon, Branscombe – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Branscombe, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Devon, Branscombe – Church history ( 1 )
Branscombe–the parish and the church
Author: Butters, F. C.

England, Devon, Branscombe – Church records ( 7 )
Branscombe baptisms : 1813-1838
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)

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

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

England, Devon, Branscombe, bishop’s transcripts, 1736-1857
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Branscombe (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Branscombe, parish registers, 1545-1933
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Branscombe (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

The register of baptisms, marriages & burials of the parish of Branscombe, Devon, 1539-1812
Author: Tapley-Soper, H. (Harry); Chick, Elijah

The register of baptisms, marriages & burials of the parish of Branscombe, Devon, 1539-1812
Author: Tapley-Soper, H. (Harry); Chick, Elijah

England, Devon, Branscombe – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Deanery of Aylesbeare
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)

Parish register printouts of Branscombe, Devonshire, England

England, Devon, Branscombe – Court records ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Branscombe, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Branscombe – Occupations ( 1 )
Branscombe apprentices register 1808-1833
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Branscombe – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Branscombe, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Devon Historical Directories

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Branscombe Project Manor of Branscombe 1810 Map – Free

Branscombe Project Law’s 1793 Map of Branscombe – Free

Branscombe Project Berry Barton Map 1763 – Free

Branscombe Project Branscombe Tithe Map – Free

Administration

• County: Devon
• Civil Registration District: Honiton
• Probate Court: Court of the Peculiars of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter
• Diocese: Exeter
• Rural Deanery: Pre-1848 – None, Post-1847 – Aylesbeare
• Poor Law Union: Honiton
• Hundred: Colyton
• Province: Canterbury