Countisbury, Devon Family History Guide
Countisbury is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Devon, created in 1747 from a chapelry in Lynton Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Countesbury
Other places in the parish include: Lynmouth.
Parish church: St John the Evangelist
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1676
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
Countisbury Parish Registers
Countisbury Marriages 1676-1757
The Countisbury Marriages 1676-1757 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research
Marriages at Countisbury 1676-1757 Devonshire Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 1. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Published London 1909.
Marriages at Countisbury 1676-1757 Devonshire Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 1. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Published London 1909.
Countisbury Parish Records
An index of parish records of people from Countisbury. The index includes information from The Marriage Licenses of the Diocese of Exeter from the Bishop’s Registers edited by Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Vivian 1889.
Marriage Licences and Allegations
Marriage Licenses of the Diocese of Exeter from the Bishop’s Registers
The following have been extracted from The Marriage Licenses of the Diocese of Exeter from the Bishop’s Registers edited by Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Vivian 1889
1630 Oct. 2. Hugh Popham of Linton, Gent., and Joanna Rawle of Countesbie
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
COUNTISBURY, or Countesbury, a parish in Barnstaple district, Devon; on the coast, at the boundary with Somerset, 15½ miles E by N of Ilfracombe, and 17½ NE of Barnstaple r. station. Post town, Lynton, under Barnstaple. Acres, 3,512; of which 285 are water. Real property, £2,268. Pop., 176. Houses, 38.
The manor belonged, in the time of Edward the Confessor, to Ailmar, a Saxon; was given, at the Conquest, to William Chieire, a follower of the Conqueror; passed through various hands; and belongs now to the Hallidays of Glenthorne.
The land rises steeply from the sea; attains a height of 1,146 feet, at Barney-barrow, in the vicinity of the church; and is elsewhere hilly. Many remains of Roman camps are seen; and a great number of Roman coins have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, not reported. Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. The church consists of nave and chancel, with a belfry; and was rebuilt within the present cent.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Historical Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Barnstaple
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Shirwell
- Poor Law Union: Barnstaple
- Hundred: Shirwell
- Province: Canterbury