Cadbury Devon Family History Guide

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Cadbury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1756
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CADBURY, a parish in Tiverton district, Devon; on the Rumansleigh ridge way, 5½ miles W by N of Hele r. station, and 6½ EN E of Crediton. Post Town, Cheriton-Fitzpaine, under Crediton. Acres, 1,899. Real property, £2,399. Pop., 241. Houses, 46. The property is divided among three. The manor, with Fursdon House, belongs to E. Fursdon, Esq. Cadbury Castle is the remnant of an ancient earthwork; was the rendezvous of Fairfax’s army on a day in 1645; and has yielded a quantity of antique ornaments. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £163. Patron, Rev. F. J. Coleridge. The church is a substantial structure of the 15th century.

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: Tiverton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Cadbury
  • Poor Law Union: Tiverton
  • Hundred: Hayridge
  • Province: Canterbury