East Allington, Devon Family History Guide

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East Allington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1554. The Parish Registers begin at 1554 for Baptisms and Burials, and 1555 for Marriages, and there are no gaps between 1596 and 1660.

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ALLINGTON (East), a parish in Kingsbridge district, Devon; 4¾ miles NW of Start bay, and 8 SSW of Totnes r. station. Post town, Blackawton under Totnes. Acres, 3,646. Real property, with Blackawton, £11,644. Pop., 521. Houses, 111. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a meet for the Slapton harriers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £510. Patron, W. B. Fortescue, Esq. The church has a screen, contains monuments of the Fortescue family, and is good.

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

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Allington (East), 3 miles N. Kingsbridge. P. 729

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Devon, East Allington – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for East Allington, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Devon, East Allington – Church records ( 4 )
City of Plymouth marriage index : index of brides and grooms taken from the post 1837 Plymouth Church of England marriage registers held in the Plymouth & West Devon Record Office in partnership with the Devon Family History Society
Author:    Plymouth and West Devon Record Office; Devon Family History Society (England)

East Allington marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Allington East, bishop’s transcripts, 1608-1838
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of East Allington (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, East Allington, bishop’s transcripts
Author:    Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, East Allington – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
The Deanery of Woodleigh : an index of baptisms 1813-1839, marriages 1754-1837 and burials 1813-1988
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, East Allington – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for East Allington, 1747-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Kingsbridge
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Woodleigh
  • Poor Law Union: Kingsbridge
  • Hundred: Stanborough
  • Province: Canterbury