Holsworthy, Devon Family History Guide

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Holsworthy is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Devon.

Other places in the parish include: Chasly, Chasty, Chilsworthy, and Staddon.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1563

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Holsworthy

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HOLSWORTHY, a small town, a parish, a subdistrict, and a district, in Devon.

The town stands on an eminence, near the river Deer and the Bude canal, 5 miles E of the boundary with Cornwall, 14 W of Hatherleigh, and 14 N of Launceston r. station; was held for the King, during some period of the civil wars of Charles I.

It is a seat of petty sessions and county courts, and a polling place; and has a head post-office designated Holsworthy, North Devon, a banking office, two chief inns, a market house, a bridge, a church, four Methodist chapels, two Bible Christian chapels, a national school, a workhouse, and charities £41.

The market house was built in 1858. The church is later English; and consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel. A weekly market is held on Wednesday; great cattle markets are held on the Wednesday after Candlemas, and the first Wednesday of Nov.; and fairs are held on 27 April, 9, 10, and 11 July, and 2 Oct.

The parish contains also the villages of Chilsworthy, Chasty, and Staddon; and comprises 8, 836 acres. Real property, £6, 764. Pop., 1, 724. Houses, 341. The manor, and much of the land, belong to Earl Stanhope. An interesting feature is the Labyrinth, designed by Earl Stanhope, and formed of beech trees.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £1, 000.8 Patron, the Rev. G. W. Thornton.

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

Holsworthy, 214 m. S.W. London, and 42 miles W. Exeter. Mrkt. Sat. P. 1857

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

Chasly

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Chasly, a village in Holsworthy parish, Devon; near Holsworthy.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Holsworthy – Church history ( 1 )
Holsworthy Beacon Methodist Church : centenary, 1882-1982
Author:    Daniel, Thomas

England, Devon, Holsworthy – Church records ( 8 )
Births and baptisms, 1828-1830
Author:    Independent Church (Holsworthy)

Church records for Holsworthy Wesleyan Church, 1812-1837
Author:    Wesleyan Methodist Church (Holsworthy, Devonshire)

England, Devon, Holsworthy, bishop’s transcripts, 1612-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Holsworthy (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Holsworthy baptisms 1813-1839
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Holsworthy Bible Christian baptisms
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); North Devon (England). Record Office

Holsworthy burial registers, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts, 1563-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Holsworthy (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Holsworthy – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Holsworthy, Devon, England (Wesleyan Church) ; christenings, 1812-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Holsworthy, Devon, England ; marriages, 1563-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Holsworthy, Devon, England, christenings, 1563-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Devon, Holsworthy – Court records ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Holsworthy, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Holsworthy – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Holsworthy, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Administration

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