South Pool, Devon Family History Guide
South Pool is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Other places in the parish include: Frogmoor, North Pool, and Frogmore.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Cyriac
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1664
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
POOL, SOUTH (St. Cyriac), a parish, in the union of Kingsbridge, hundred of Coleridge, Stanborough and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 4¾ miles (S. E.) from Kingsbridge; containing, with the hamlets of Frogmoor and North Pool, 555 inhabitants.
The parish comprises 1746 acres, of which 24 are common or waste land.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £22. 16. 5½., and in the joint patronage of Mrs. Treby, and A. Kelly and T. H. Hayes, Esqrs.: the tithes have been commuted for £376, and there are 45½ acres of glebe.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Kingsbridge
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1848 – None, Post-1847 – Woodleigh
- Poor Law Union: Kingsbridge
- Hundred: Coleridge
- Province: Canterbury