Landcross, Devon Family History Guide
Landcross is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Alternative names:
Parish church: Holy Trinity
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1595
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
LANDCROSS (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Bideford, hundred of Shebbear, Great Torrington and N. divisions of Devon, 2½ miles (S. by E.) from Bideford; containing 120 inhabitants.
It is situated on the river Torridge, and intersected by the road from Bideford to Torrington; and comprises by measurement 331 acres. There are quarries of stone, which is used for building and also for the roads.
The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £5. 4. 0½., and in the gift of the family of Rolle: the tithes have been commuted for £63, and the glebe comprises 8 acres. General Monk, afterwards Duke of Albemarle, was baptized here in 1608.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Bideford
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Hartland
- Poor Law Union: Bideford
- Hundred: Shebbear
- Province: Canterbury