Pennycross, Devon Family History Guide

Pennycross is a chapelry of Plymouth St Andrew Ancient Parish in Devon.

Alternative names: Plymouth St Pancras, Weston Peverel, Weston Peverell

Parish church: St. Pancras

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1634
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include: Protestant Dissenters and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WESTON-PEVEREL, or Penny-Cross, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Andrew, Plymouth, union of Plympton St. Mary, hundred of Roborough, Roborough and S. divisions of Devon, 2¾ miles (N. by W.) from Plymouth; with 267 inhabitants. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for £350, and the impropriate for £51. The chapel is dedicated to St. Pancras.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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England, Devon, Weston-Peverell

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

England, Devon, Pennycross – Church records ( 4 )
England, Devon, Plymouth, Penny Cross, bishop’s transcripts, 1800-1837
Author:    Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Plymouth, St. Pancras, Pennycross, parish registers, 1634-1950
Author:    Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Parish register transcripts, 1634-1812
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Pennycross

Parish register transcripts, 1634-1880
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Pennycross

England, Devon, Pennycross – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
The Deanery of the Three Towns
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Parish register printouts of Pennycross, Plymouth, Devon, England ; christenings, 1634-1812
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Plymouth baptism index
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Pennycross – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Weston-Peverell, 1780-1831
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Plympton St Mary
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Plympton
  • Poor Law Union: Plympton St Mary
  • Hundred: Roborough
  • Province: Canterbury