Knowstone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Other places in the parish include: East Knowstone and Roachill.
Alternative names: St. Peter
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
KNOWSTONE, EAST and WEST (St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of South Molton, South Molton and N. divisions of the county of Devon, 7 miles (E. by S.) from South Molton; containing 578 inhabitants. The parish comprises 4994 acres, of which 1439 are common or waste. The living is a vicarage, with that of Molland united, valued in the king’s books at £26. 10. 10.; patrons, the family of Throckmorton. The church has a plain Norman door.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Devon, Knowstone – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Knowstone, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Devon, Knowstone – Church records ( 6 )
England, Devon, Knowstone, bishop’s transcripts, 1598-1850
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Knowstone (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Knowstone, parish registers, 1538-1922
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Knowstone (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
Knowstone : baptisms 1813-1840
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Knowstone : burials 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Knowstone marriage registers
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Parish register transcripts, 1538-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Knowstone (Devonshire)
England, Devon, Knowstone – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Knowstone, Devon, England ; christenings, 1538-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Devon, Knowstone – Court records ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Knowstone, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
England, Devon, Knowstone – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessment for Knowstone, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
Land tax assessment of Knowstone, 1798
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: South Molton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: South Molton
- Poor Law Union: South Molton
- Hundred: South Molton
- Province: Canterbury