Slapton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1634
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
SLAPTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Kingsbridge, hundred of Coleridge, Stanborough and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 7 miles (S. W.) from Dartmouth; containing 726 inhabitants.
This place belonged to Sir Guy de Brien, Knt., standardbearer to Edward III., whom he attended at the battle of Calais in 1349, on which occasion, having greatly distinguished himself by his intrepidity, he was rewarded with a grant of 200 marks per annum, payable out of the exchequer during his life. Sir Guy founded a chantry in the church for a rector and four priests, and endowed it with £10 per annum in land, and with the advowson of the living.
The parish comprises about 3000 acres. The living is a discharged perpetual curacy; net income, £96; patron, William Paige, Esq.; impropriators, the landowners.
Thomas Knyghton, in 1629, left an estate now producing about £30 a year, for the repair of the town-houses, and for the poor; and John and Charles Kelland, about 1690, bequeathed the sum of £150, which, with accumulations, now produces about £35 per annum, for purposes of instruction.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Devon, Slapton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Slapton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Devon, Slapton – Church records ( 6 )
England, Devon, Slapton, bishop’s transcripts, 1606-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Slapton (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Slapton, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Slapton (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Slapton, parish registers, 1634-2003
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Slapton (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
Slapton burial registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Slapton marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts, 1606-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Slapton (Devonshire)
England, Devon, Slapton – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
The Deanery of Woodleigh : an index of baptisms 1813-1839, marriages 1754-1837 and burials 1813-1988
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Parish register printouts of Slapton, Devon, England ; marriages, 1606-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Slapton, Devon, England, christenings, 1606-1853
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Devon, Slapton – Directories ( 1 )
Your Devon? : Slapton
England, Devon, Slapton – History ( 2 )
A fortunate place : the history of Slapton in South Devon
Author: Stanes, Robin
Your Devon? : Slapton
England, Devon, Slapton – Schools ( 1 )
Slapton school register : 1840
Author: Devon Family History Society (England); Devon (England). Record Office
England, Devon, Slapton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Slapton (Devon), 1747-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Kingsbridge
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Woodleigh
- Poor Law Union: Kingsbridge
- Hundred: Coleridge
- Province: Canterbury
