Lympstone, Devon Family History Guide

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Lympstone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Other places in the parish include: Sowdon.

Alternative names: Lympston

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1654
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

LYMPSTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of East Budleigh, Woodbury and S. divisions of Devon, 2½ miles (N.) from Exmouth; containing 999 inhabitants.

The parish comprises 1120 acres, of which 54 are common or waste; it is pleasantly situated on the eastern bank of the river Exe, and the country is agreeably diversified.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £15. 13. 4., and in the gift of T. Porter, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £263, and the glebe contains 12 acres.

Here are places of worship for Wesleyans and Unitarians; and a national school partly supported by several trifling bequests.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Lympston – Church records ( 6 )
England, Devon, Lympston, parish registers, 1654-1991
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Lympston (Devon); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Lympstone, bishop’s transcripts, 1608-1857
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Lympston (Devon); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Lympstone baptisms : 1813-1840
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Lympston (Devon)

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

Lympstone marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Parish register transcripts, 1654-1883
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Lympston (Devon)

England, Devon, Lympston – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Deanery of Aylesbeare
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Parish register printouts of Lympston, Devon, England ; marriages, 1654-1875
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Lympstone, Devon, England ; christenings, 1654-1875
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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

England, Devon, Lympston – Occupations ( 1 )
Lympstone apprentices register, 1802-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: St Thomas
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Aylesbeare
  • Poor Law Union: St Thomas
  • Hundred: East Budleigh
  • Province: Canterbury