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.
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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
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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