Milton Damerel, Devon Family History Guide

Milton Damerel is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon. Cookbury is a chapelry of Milton Damerel.

Other places in the parish include: East Wonford, Whitebeare, and West Wonford.

Alternative names: Milton Damerel with Cookbury, Milton Damerell

Parish church: Holy Trinity

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1678
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

MILTON-DAMERELL (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Holsworthy, hundred of Black Torrington, Holsworthy and N. divisions of Devon, 5½ miles (N. E. by N.) from Holsworthy; containing 813 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Cookbury annexed, valued in the king’s books at £26. 13. 6½., and in the gift of the Earl of Devon: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £315, and the glebe comprises 75 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Milton-Damerel – Church records ( 5 )
England, Devon, Milton Damerel, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1839
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Milton-Damerel (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Milton Damerel : burials 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Milton Damerel baptisms 1813-1840
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts, 1606-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Milton-Damerel (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Milton-Damerel – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Milton-Damerel, Devon, England ; christenings, 1609-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Milton-Damerel, Devon, England ; marriages, 1606-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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

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

Administration

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