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

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

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, South Pool – Church records ( 4 )
England, Devon, Poole South, bishop’s transcripts, 1606-1840
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of South Pool (Devon); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, South Pool, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1840
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of South Pool (Devon); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, South Pool, parish registers, 1664-1982
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of South Pool (Devon); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

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

England, Devon, South Pool – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
The Deanery of Woodleigh : an index of baptisms 1813-1839, marriages 1754-1837 and burials 1813-1988
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, South Pool – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for South Pool, 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 Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1848 – None, Post-1847 – Woodleigh
  • Poor Law Union: Kingsbridge
  • Hundred: Coleridge
  • Province: Canterbury