Fremington Devon Family History Guide
Fremington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Other places in the parish include: Bickington Hill, Bickington, Holmacott, and Lovacott.
Parish church: St. Peter
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1602
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Bible Christian Methodist, Independent/Congregational, Wesleyan Methodist
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Fremington Parish Records
An index of parish records of people from Fremington. The index includes information from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837
Marriage Licences and Allegations
The following have been extracted from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.
Cook, William, of Fremington, co. Devon, Esq., 24, b., & Frances Butler, of Bramshott, 19, sp., with c. of her f., Thomas Butler, of the s., Esq., at B., 6 Aug., 1784.
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FREMINGTON, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Devon.
The village stands on the estuary of the Taw, near the Bideford railway, 3 miles W of Barnstaple; was known, in the time of the Saxons, as Freemanton; was a borough, in the time of Edward III., sending members to parliament; and now has a station on the railway, and a post office designated Fremington, North Devon. A small creek at it, called Fremington Pill, is an anchoring-place of vessels trading with Barnstaple, and a discharging-place of coal-vessels.
The parish contains also the village of Bickington; and is in the district of Barnstaple. Acres, 6,810. Real property, £6,108. Pop., 1,245. Houses, 272. The property is much subdivided.
The manor belonged anciently to the Traceys, barons of Barnstaple; passed to the Hollands, the Acklands, and others; and belongs now to W. A. Yeo, Esq. Fremington House, the seat of Mr. Yeo, is a handsome mansion, amid extensive grounds, with a fine collection of exotics. Bickington House and Brynsworthy also are principal residences. Building-stone and pipe-clay occur; and a salmon fishery is carried on.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £373. Patron, the Rev. J. T. Pigot. The church is ancient; has a square turreted tower; and is good. There are two Baptist chapels, and charities £86.
The hundred lies between the Taw and the Torridge, and contains eleven parishes. Acres, 31,384. Pop., 5,861. Houses, 1,192.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Barnstaple
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Barnstaple
- Poor Law Union: Barnstaple
- Hundred: Fremington
- Province: Canterbury