Exminster Devon Family History Guide

Exminster is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Parish church: St Martin

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1562
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1613

Nonconformists include: Plymouth Brethren

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EXMINSTER, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Devon.

The village stands on a pleasant spot adjacent to the river Exe and the South Devon railway, 3½ mile SSE of Exeter; and has a station on the railway, a post office under Exeter, and a fair on the first Thursday of May.

The parish includes the village, and is in the district of St. Thomas. Acres, 5,817; of which 370 are water. Real property, £9,093. Pop., 1,781. Houses, 231.

The manor belonged to the Courtenays, Earls of Devon; and had formerly a very large manor-house, in which Archbishop Courtenay was born. The lords of the manor now are the Earl of Devon and Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart. The principal residences are Peamore and Kenbury; the seats of respectively the Kekewiches and the Stoweys.

The Devon county lunatic asylum stands here on a plot of 50 acres; occupies an elevated position, on a declivity 140 feet above the surrounding level; was opened in 1846; and cost, inclusive of the land, £65,000.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, 300. Patrons, the Governors of Crediton Church Corporation Trust. The church is ancient; consists of nave, chancel, and S aisle, with western tower; and contains an ancient carved oak screen, and several handsome monuments.

There is a Wesleyan chapel. An endowed school has £30; and other charities £43.

The hundred contains seventeen parishes. Acres, 48,250. Pop. in 1851, 19,698: in 1861, 20,389. Houses, 3,995.

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

Parish Registers

Marriage Licences and Allegations

London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869

The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.

Baker, Aaron, of Exminster, co. Devon, clerk, bachelor, and Martha Tompson, spinster, 19, daughter of Joseph Tompson, of same, clerk, who consents — at Exminster or Exmouth, co. Devon. 14 Oct. 1676. F.

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887