Down St Mary Devon Family History Guide

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Down St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Other places in the parish include: Copplestone and Knowle.

Alternative names: St Mary Down

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1696
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DOWN-ST. MARY, a parish in Crediton district, Devon; on the river Taw and the North Devon railway, near Morchard-Road r. station, and 6 miles NW of Crediton. Post town, Morchard-Bishop, North Devon. Acres, 2,229. Real property, £2,339. Pop., 426. Houses, 90. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Henry Sturt, Esq. The living is a rectory in the dio. of Exeter. Value, £233. Patron, Rev. W. T. A. Radford. The church is partly Norman; and consists of nave, chancel, and south aisle, with a tower.

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

Administration

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