Cockington, Devon Family History Guide

Cockington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Cockington parish includes: Chelston

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1628

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Cockington

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Cockington, 5 m. N.E. Totnes. P. 203

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

COCKINGTON, a parish, in the union of Newton-Abbot, hundred of Haytor, Paignton and S. divisions of Devon, 2½ miles (W.) from Torbay; containing 203 inhabitants. This place is of considerable antiquity, and appears to have obtained a degree of importance at an early period; in 1297, the inhabitants received the grant of a market and a fair, both which have long been discontinued. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to that of Tor-Mohun; impropriator, the Rev. Roger Mallock. The church contains an octagonal font and a wooden screen. Queen Elizabeth leased the rectory of Tor-Mohun, and the church of Cockington, to Sir George Cary, who in 1609 erected almshouses here for seven persons, with an endowment of £30 per annum.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Chelston

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Chelston, a hamlet and a manor in Cockington parish, Devon.

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

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Newton Abbot
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Cockington
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1848 – None, Post-1847 – Ipplepen
  • Poor Law Union: Newton Abbot
  • Hundred: Haytor
  • Province: Canterbury