Sandford is a chapelry of Crediton Ancient Parish in Devon.
Other places in the parish include: New Buildings, West Sandford, and East Sandford.
Alternative names: Sampford
Parish church: St. Swithin
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1603
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Independent/Congregational.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
SANDFORD (St. Swithin), a parish, in the union and hundred of Crediton, Crediton and N. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (N. by W.) from Crediton; containing 1998 inhabitants.
It is bounded by the small river Creedy, and comprises 6605 acres, whereof 422 are common or waste land; the surface is varied. There are some quarries of stone of good quality for building.
The village is situated on the road from Exeter to South Molton; a fair for bullocks and sheep is held in it on the Monday after St. Swithin’s day.
The living is a perpetual curacy, with a net income of £205; the patronage and impropriation belong to the Governors of the Crediton Charity, whose tithes have been commuted for £1150. The church, formerly a chapel of ease to the church of Crediton, is a neat structure in the early English style, with a low square tower.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Devon, Sandford – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Sandford, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Devon, Sandford – Church records ( 7 )
England, Devon, Sandford, bishop’s transcripts, 1606-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sandford (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Sandford, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sandford (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Sandford, parish registers, 1603-1918
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sandford (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
Parish register transcripts, 1630-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sandford (Devonshire)
Sandford baptisms : 1813-1838
Author: Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Sandford (Devonshire)
Sandford burial registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Sandford marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
England, Devon, Sandford – 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 (England)
Parish register printouts of Sandford, Devon, England ; christenings, 1603-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Sandford, Devon, England ; marriages, 1603-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Devon, Sandford – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Sandford (Devon), 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Crediton
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiars of the Bishop of Exeter (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1848 – None, Post-1847 – Kenn
- Poor Law Union: Crediton
- Hundred: Crediton
- Province: Canterbury