Newton St Petrock, Devon Family History Guide

Newton St Petrock is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Alternative names: St Petrock Newton

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1578
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Bible Christian Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

NEWTON (St. Petrock), a parish, in the union of Bideford, hundred of Shebbear, Black Torrington and Shebbear, and N. divisions of Devon, 7½ miles (S. W.) from the town of Great Torrington; containing 261 inhabitants.

The parish comprises 1326 acres, of which 300 are common or waste land. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £8. 5. 7½.; patron and incumbent, the Rev. F. D. Lempriere: the tithes have been commuted for £151, and the glebe comprises 76 acres. The church is an ancient structure.

There is a place of worship for Baptists.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Newton-St. Petrock – Church records ( 6 )
England, Devon, Newton St. Petrock, bishop’s transcripts, 1607-1849
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Newton-St. Petrock (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Newton-St. Petrock, parish registers, 1578-1995
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Newton-St. Petrock (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Newton St. Petrock : burials 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Newton St. Petrock marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Newton, St. Petrock baptisms : 1813-1839
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts, 1578-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Newton-St. Petrock (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Newton-St. Petrock – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Deanery of Torrington : an index of baptisms. mariages and burials
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Parish register printouts of Newton St. Petrock, Devon, England, christenings, 1678-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Newton-St. Petrock, Devon, England ; marriages, 1578-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Devon, Newton-St. Petrock – Occupations ( 1 )
Newton St. Petrock apprentices register, 1804-1840
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); North Devon (England). Record Office

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

Administration

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