Loxhore, Devon Family History Guide

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Loxhore is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1652
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1596

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

LOXHORE (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Barnstaple, hundred of Sherwill, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 6¼ miles (N. E.) from Barnstaple; containing 306 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £9. 14. 4½.; income, £177; patron, S. P. Bruce Chichester, Esq.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Loxhore – Church records ( 5 )
England, Devon, Loxhore, bishop’s transcripts, 1596-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Loxhore (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Loxhore, parish registers, 1652-1988
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Loxhore (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Loxhore baptisms, 1813-1839
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Loxhore (Devonshire)

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

Loxhore marriage registers
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

England, Devon, Loxhore – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessment for Loxhore, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Land tax assessment of Loxhore, 1798

Administration

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