Germansweek is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Alternative names: Week St Germans
Parish church: St. Germanus
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1652
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
GERMANSWEEK, or Week-St. Germans, a parish in Okehampton district, Devon; on an affluent of the river Tamar, 7½ miles N of Coryton r. station, and 13 N by W of Tavistock. Post town, Bridestow, North Devon.
Acres, 2,594. Real property, £1,355. Pop., 325. Houses, 57. The property is divided among a few.
The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Broadwood-widger, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is small and ancient; comprises chancel, N transept, and tower; and was recently in disrepair.
There are chapels for Baptists and Bible Christians.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Devon, Germansweek – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Germansweek, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Devon, Germansweek – Church records ( 5 )
England, Devon, Germansweek, bishop’s transcripts, 1608-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Germansweek (Devon); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Germansweek, parish registers, 1652-1992
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Germansweek (Devon); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
Germansweek baptisms 1813-1840
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Germansweek burials 1813-1840
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Germansweek marriage registers
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
England, Devon, Germansweek – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Deanery of Okehampton : an index of baptisms, marriages and burials
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
England, Devon, Germansweek – Court records ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Germansweek, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
England, Devon, Germansweek – History ( 1 )
Germansweek and its parish church : a history of the village of Germansweek and of the parish church of Saint German’s from the earliest times up to the present century, complete with architecural notes, extracts from old documentary sources (including the Domesday book) and
Author: Fielding, Leslie
England, Devon, Germansweek – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Germansweek, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Okehampton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Tavistock
- Poor Law Union: Okehampton
- Hundred: Lifton
- Province: Canterbury
