Membury, Devon Family History Guide
Membury is a chapelry of Axminster Ancient Parish in Devon.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. John the Baptist
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1637
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1620
Nonconformists include: Presbyterian and Society of Friends/Quaker.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Yarcombe
- Wambrook, Dorset
- Chardstock All Saints
- Stockland with Dalwood
- Axminster
- Whitestaunton, Somerset
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
MEMBURY (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and S. divisions of Devon, 3½ miles (N. N. W.) from Axminster; containing 886 inhabitants, and comprising by measurement 4210 acres. A cattle-fair is held on August 10th.
The living is annexed to the vicarage of Axminster: the impropriate tithes have been commuted for £265, and the vicarial for £336. The church contains a monument to the memory of Sir S. Calmady, who was mortally wounded at the siege of Ford House, during the great civil war.
In the neighbourhood is an ancient encampment, formed by a single vallum, inclosing two acres.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Marriage Licences and Allegations
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Atkins, Francis, of Chard, co. Somerset, clerk, bachelor, 49, and Susanna Chafe, spinster, 30, daughter of John Chafe, of Memburie, co. Devon, gent., who consents — at Chard or Memburie aforesaid. 8 July, 1661. F.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Axminster
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Honiton
- Poor Law Union: Axminster
- Hundred: Axminster
- Province: Canterbury