Laira Green, Devon Family History Guide

Laira Green is an extra-parochial place.

Alternative names: Laria Green

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LAIRA, the estuary of the river Plym, and an extra-parochial tract, in Devon; contiguous to Egg-Buckland parish, in the north-eastern vicinity of Plymouth.

Laira bridge here is a five-arched cast-iron erection of 1827; is 500 feet long; was constructed at the expense of the Earl of Morley, after designs by Rendal; and was, for a time, the largest structure of its kind in England excepting that of Southwark.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Devon, Laira Green – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Laira Green, 1861-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Devon, Laira Green – Schools ( 2 )
England, Devon, Plymouth, Laira Green Primary School records
Author:    Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

England, Devon, Plymouth, Laira Green Secondary School records
Author:    Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

England, Devon, Laira – Church records ( 1 )
England, Devon, Egg-Buckland, Laira, parish registers, 1923-1950
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Egg-Buckland (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Plympton St Mary
  • Probate Court: Search the courts of the surrounding parishes
  • Diocese: Not Applicable
  • Rural Deanery: Not Applicable
  • Poor Law Union: Plympton St Mary
  • Hundred: Roborough
  • Province: Canterbury