Poughill, Devon Family History Guide

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Poughill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Alternative names: Ponghill, Pouhgill

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

POUGHILL, a village and a parish in Crediton district, Devon. The village stands 6½ miles NNE of Crediton r. station; was anciently called Pohill or Podhill; and has a post-office under Crediton. The parish comprises 1, 663 acres. Real property, £2, 152. Pop., 356. Houses, 77. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £221. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is early perpendicular English; consists of double nave and chancel, with a tower; had formerly a chantry; and was thoroughly repaired in 1856. There is a national school, with a small endowment from Pyncombe’s charity; a charity of £1,013 a year for schools, small livings, and the poor.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

POUGHILL (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Credition, hundred of West Budleigh, Crediton and N. divisions of Devon, 7 miles (N. by E.) from Crediton; containing 361 inhabitants.

The parish comprises by measurement 1662 acres, chiefly arable land; 97 acres are common or waste. The surface is undulated, and the soil in some parts very good, but in others poor and thin, covering a red-sandstone used for building.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £8. 17. 8½., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £221.

Here was formerly a chantry chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

DetailsPlace of Marriage
George Sheir, junr., gent., of Poughill, & Susan Hockin, dau. of Edmund Hockin gent., of Lankey, Co. Devon,lic, 7 Oct. 1678St Juliot
  

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Poughill – Church records ( 7 )
England, Devon, Poughill, bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1838
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Poughill (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Poughill, bishop’s transcripts, 1762-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Poughill (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Poughill, parish registers, 1653-2011
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Poughill (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Poughill baptisms 1813-1840
Author: Devon Family History Society

Poughill burial registers, 1770-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society

Poughill marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society

Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Poughill (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Poughill – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Deanery of Cadbury : an index of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parishes of Brampford Speke, Cadbury, Cadeleigh, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Colebrooke, Crediton, Down St. Mary, Kennerleigh, Morchard Bishop, Nether Exe, Newton St. Cyres, Poughill, Sandford, Shobrooke, Stockleigh English, Stockleigh Pomeroy, Thorverton, Upton Hellions and Upton Pyne. Includes Crediton Presbyterian Chapel Burials. With photographs of the churches and extracts from White’s Directory (1850) and Kelly’s Directory of Devonshire (1902), 1813-1840
Author: Devon Family History Society

Parish register printouts of Poughill, Devon, England ; marriages, 1603-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Poughill, Devon, England, christenings, 1603-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Devon, Poughill – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Poughill (Devon), 1782-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Crediton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Cadbury
  • Poor Law Union: Crediton
  • Hundred: West Budleigh
  • Province: Canterbury