Shute, Devon Family History Guide
Shute is a chapelry of Colyton Ancient Parish in Devon.
Other places in the parish include: Whitford.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Michael
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1561
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1613
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Independent/Congregational.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
SHUTE (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Axminster, hundred of Colyton, Honiton and S. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (N.) from Colyton; containing 683 inhabitants.
The living is annexed, with that of Monkton, to the vicarage of Colyton; the tithes have been commuted for £300 payable to the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, and £180 to the incumbent. The church contains a memorial of Charles Bickford Templer, Esq., who was lost in the wreck of the Halsewell East Indiaman, in 1786.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Marriage Licences and Allegations
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Bampfeild, Sir Coppleston, of Honyton, co. Devon, knight, widower, about 30, and Mrs. Jane Poole, of Shute, said county, spinster, about 20, consent of her father, Sir Courtney Poole, of same, knight — at Shute, Honyton, or Axminster, said county. 21 Oct. 1674. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Axminster
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiars of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1848 – None, Post-1847 – Honiton
- Poor Law Union: Axminster
- Hundred: Colyton
- Province: Canterbury