Brushford Devon Family History Guide

Brushford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1694
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist 

Adjacent Parishes

• Wembworthy
• Eggesford
• Coldridge
• Winkleigh

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BRUSHFORD, a parish in Crediton district, Devon; 2½ miles W by N of Lapford r. station, and 5 S by W of Chumleigh. Post Town, Wenworthy, North Devon.

Acres, 894. Real property, £895. Pop., 132. Houses, 26. The manor belonged anciently to Hartland Abbey; and has belonged, since the time of Elizabeth, to the Luxton family. Brushford-Barton is the seat of G. Luxton, Esq.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £51. Patron, G. Luxton, Esq. The church consists of nave and chancel, with porch and tower.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

• County: Devon
• Civil Registration District: Crediton
• Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
• Diocese: Exeter
• Rural Deanery: Chumleigh
• Poor Law Union: Crediton
• Hundred: North Tawton with Winkleigh
• Province: Canterbury