Kingskerswell, Devon Family History Guide

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Kingskerswell is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Devon, created in 1829 from a chapelry in St Marychurch Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Kings Carswell, Kings Kerswell

Other places in the parish include: South Whilborough and North Whilborough.

Parish church: St Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1752
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Presbyterian, Bible Christians and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Kingskerswell Parish Registers

Kings Kerswell Marriages 1752-1837

The Kings Kerswell Marriages 1752-1837 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Marriages at Kings Kerswell 1752-1837 Devonshire Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 1. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Published London 1909.

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Marriages at Kings Kerswell 1752-1837 Devonshire Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 1. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Published London 1909.

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Kingskerswell Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Kingskerswell. The index includes information from The Marriage Licenses of the Diocese of Exeter from the Bishop’s Registers edited by Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Vivian 1889 and Kingskerswell Marriages from Devonshire Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 1. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Published London 1909.

Marriage Licences and Allegations

1612-13 Feb. 11. James Codner of Kingskerswell and Margaret Stonman of Abbots Kerswell.

1618 Dec. 23. Bartholmew Codner of Kingskerswell and Mary Zouche of the same.

1628-9 Feb. 2. Alexander Cobbell of Kingskerswill and Pentecost Wootton, widow, of the same.

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KINGSKERS WELL, or KINGS-CARSWELL, a village and a parish in Newton-Abbot district, Devon. The village stands adjacent to the Torquay railway, 3 miles SSE of Newton-Abbot; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Newton-Abbot.

The parish contains also the hamlets of North Whilborough and South Whilborough. Acres, 1,744. Real property, £4,455. Pop., 903. Houses, 192. The manor belonged at Domesday to the Crown; passed to the families of De Molis, Courtenay, and Dynham; and, with Barton Hall, belongs now to H. L. Brown, Esq. Remains of an old mansion are near the church; and some Roman coins have been found on the neighbouring Down.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £110. Patron, the Vicar of St. Marychurch. The church is later English, with portions decorated; was recently repaired; has a tower; and contains three fine monuments to the Courtenays and the Dynhams. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Bible Christians, a national school, and charities £19.

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

Historical Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Newton Abbot
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiars of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Post-1847 – Ipplepen, Pre-1848 – None
  • Poor Law Union: Newton Abbot
  • Hundred: Haytor
  • Province: Canterbury