Rockbeare Devon Family History Guide

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Rockbeare is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon. 

Other places in the parish include: Marsh Green. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1645
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Society of Friends/Quaker.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ROCKBEARE, a parish, with the villages of Rock-beare and Marsh-Green, in St. Thomas district, Devon; 1½ mile SE of Broad-Clist r. station, and 6 ENE of Exeter. Post-town, Exeter.

Acres, 2,375. Real property, £3,310. Pop., 540. Houses, 108. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to Canonsleigh-abbey, and belongs now to T. Porter, Esq. R. House and R. Court are chief residences.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £148. Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. The church is ancient but good, and has a pinnacled tower.

There are an Independent chapel, a village school, and charities £9.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Rockbeare – Church records ( 6 )
England, Devon, Rockbeare, bishop’s transcripts, 1606-1854
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Rockbeare (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Rockbeare, parish registers, 1645-1953
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Rockbeare (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Parish register transcripts, 1645-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Rockbeare (Devonshire)

Rockbeare baptisms 1813-1840
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

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

England, Devon, Rockbeare – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Deanery of Aylesbeare
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Parish register printouts of Rockbeare, Devon, England ; christenings, 1645-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Rockbeare, Devon, England ; marriages, 1645-1887
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Devon, Rockbeare – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Rockbeare, 1781-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: St Thomas
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Aylesbeare
  • Poor Law Union: St Thomas
  • Hundred: East Budleigh
  • Province: Canterbury