Payhembury, Devon Family History Guide

Payhembury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Alternative names: Peyhembury

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1559
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Plymtree
• Feniton
• Clyst Hydon
• Talaton
• Broadhembury
• Awliscombe
• Buckerell

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

PAYHEMBURY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Honiton, hundred of Hayridge, Cullompton and N. divisions of Devon, 5¼ miles (W. N. W.) from the town of Honiton; containing 545 inhabitants. It comprises 2700 acres, of which 120 are common or waste land.

The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £18. 4. 2.; patron, the Rev. T. T. Jackson; impropriator, W. Wyndham, Esq. The great tithes have been commuted for £150, and the vicarial for £137: the glebe comprises 81 acres. The church is a handsome structure, and has a fine wooden screen.

At Leyhill is an old mansion, with a chapel; and at Hembury is an ancient intrenchment.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Payhembury – Church records ( 5 )
England, Devon, Payhembury, bishop’s transcripts, 1608-1854
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Payhembury (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Payhembury, parish registers, 1559-1991
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Payhembury (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Payhembury baptisms, 1813-1839
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Payhembury (Devonshire)

Payhembury burial registers, 1800-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Payhembury marriage registers, 1813-1838
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Payhembury – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
The deanery of Plymtree
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Payhembury – Occupations ( 1 )
Payhembury apprentices register, 1802-1934
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Payhembury – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Payhembury apprentices register, 1802-1934
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Payhembury – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessment for Payhembury, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Land tax assessment of Payhembury, 1798

Administration

• County: Devon
• Civil Registration District: Honiton
• Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
• Diocese: Exeter
• Rural Deanery: Plymtree
• Poor Law Union: Honiton
• Hundred: Hayridge
• Province: Canterbury