Plymtree, Devon Family History Guide

Plymtree is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

PLYMTREE (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Honiton, hundred of Hayridge, Cullompton and N. divisions of Devon, 3¾ miles (S. E. by S.) from Cullompton; containing 439 inhabitants. It lies between the Cullompton and Exeter, and the Cullompton and Honiton, roads. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £21. 18. 1½.; net income, £285; patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Oriel College, Oxford. The church has an elegant gilt wooden screen, and an octagonal stone font.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Plymtree – Church records ( 6 )
England, Devon, Plymtree, bishop’s transcripts, 1605-1866
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Plymtree (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Parish register extracts, 1538-1648
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Plymtree (Devonshire)

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

Plymtree burial registers, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

The register of marriages, baptisms & burials of the parish of Plymtree, co. Devon, A.D. 1538 to 1837
Author:    Hay, Edgar

England, Devon, Plymtree – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
The deanery of Plymtree
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Parish register of Plymtree, Devon
Author:    More, James F.

Parish register printouts of Plymtree, Devonshire, England

England, Devon, Plymtree – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessment for Plymtree, 1781-1831
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Land tax assessment of Plymtree, 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