Milton Abbot, Devon Family History Guide
Milton Abbot is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Other places in the parish include: Lea, Edgcumbe, Quither, Foghanger, and Chillaton.
Parish church: St. Constantine
Parish registers begin: 1653
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Bradstone
- Marystowe
- Kelly
- Dunterton
- Brent Tor
- Coryton
- Stoke Climsland, Cornwall
- Sydenham Damerel
- Lamerton
Parish History
Milton Abbot
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MILTON-ABBOT, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in Tavistock district, Devon.
The village stands 1½ mile E of the river Tamar, at the boundary with Cornwall, and 6¼ NW of Tavistock r. station; is a pleasant place; and has a post office under Tavistock, and a fair on the Wednesday after 20 July.
The parish contains also the hamlets of Chillaton, Edgcumbe, Foghanger, and Quither. Acres, 6,617. Real property, £8,540; of which £10 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 1,242; in 1861,1,062. Houses, 220. The property is divided among a few.
The manor belonged to Tavistock abbey; went, at the dissolution, to Lord Russell; and belongs now to the Duke of Bedford. Endsleigh is a villa-seat of the Duke of Bedford; stands amid romantic scenery on the river Tamar; was built in 1810, after designs by Sir G. Wyattville; presents an aspect of remarkable but picturesque irregularity; and has grounds with features of striking interest, including the Dairy dell, the Alpine garden with a Swiss cottage, and the Terrace commanding a very beautiful view.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £557. Patron, the Duke of Bedford. The church is later English, and has a pinnacled tower.
There are chapels for Wesleyans and Bible Christians, a boys’ free school, a girls’ free school, and charities £6.
The sub-district contains also four other parishes and part of another. Acres, 22,746. Pop., 4,728. Houses, 927.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Milton-Abbot, 5m. N.W. Tavistock. P. 1256
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
MILTON-ABBOT (St. Constantine), a parish, in the union and hundred of Tavistock, Tavistock and S. divisions of Devon, 6 miles (N. W. by W.) from Tavistock; containing 1256 inhabitants.
In this parish, which is watered by the river Tamar, is the Anglo-Swiss domain of the Duke of Bedford, distinguished for its beautiful scenery and landscape gardening.
The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £19. 13. 6½.; patron and impropriator, the Duke of Bedford. The great tithes have been commuted for £384, and the vicarial for £416; the glebe comprises 62 acres.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Chillaton
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Chillaton, a hamlet in Milton-Abbot parish, Devon.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Foghanger
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Foghanger, a hamlet in Milton-Abbot parish, Devon.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Tavistock
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Tavistock
- Poor Law Union: Tavistock
- Hundred: Tavistock
- Province: Canterbury