Stoke Damerel, Devon Family History Guide

Stoke Damerel is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Alternative names: Plymouth St Andrew, Stoke Damerel

Other places in the parish include: St John, Tamar, Stoke Ward, Stoke, St John Street Ward, Tamar Ward, St Aubyns Ward, St Aubyns, Clowance Ward, and Clowance.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1595
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1614

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Calvinist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Moravian/United Brethren, Particular Baptist, Protestant Dissenters, and Wesleyan Methodist.

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Adjacent Parishes

Stoke Damerel Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Stoke Damerel. The index includes information from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837

Marriage Licences and Allegations

The following have been extracted from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.

Abbott, John, of Stoke Damerel, co. Devon, gentleman, 21, b., & Elizabeth Hillman Walter, of Andover, 21, sp., at A., 13 June, 1813.

Duins, George Parlby, of Stoke Damerel, co. Devon, gent., 21, b., & Mary Donovan, of Portsea, 21, sp., at P., 1 July, 1813.

Gilbert, John, of a vessel trading to Portsmouth, 21, b., & Mary Tinney [also Tinny], of Stote-Damerel, co. Devon, 21, sp., at Alverstoke, 1 Sep., 1784. Richard Gilbert, of Gosport, vintner, bondsman.

Hart, Nicholas, of H.M.S. Russell, mariner, 21, b., & Judith Pepperell, of Stoke Damerel, co Devon, 21, sp., at Portsea, 4 Feb., 17., 1797.

Henna, John, of Stoke Damerel, co. Devon, gent., 21, b., & Sarah Honeyman, of Portsea, 21, sp., at P., 29 Nov., 1806. Shadrack Honeyman, of the s., gent., bondsman.

Hire, Henry, of Stoke Damerel, co. Devon, lieut., R.N., 21, b., & Elizabeth-Lock Pritchard, of Portsea, a minor, with c. of her m., Ruth-Ann Pritchard. of the s., w., at P., 6 Dec, 1814.

Jewry, Henry, of Stoke Damerel, co. Devon, lieut., R.N., 21, b., & Mary-Ann Ross, of Portsea, 21, sp., at P., 10 May, 1805.

Parish Registers

Stoke Damerel St. Andrew 1837-1853 – UK Genealogy Archives

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STOKE-DAMEREL, a suburb, a parish, and a district, in Devon. The suburb adjoins the NE side of Devonport; contains edificed terraces and numerous villas; and commands superb views over Plymouth sound.

The parish contains also Morice-Town and Devonport, and is all included in Devonport burgh. Post town, Devonport. Acres, 2,380; of which 565 are water. Real property, £111,500; of which £2,546 are in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 38,180; in 1861, 50,440. Houses, 4,189. The manor belonged, from the Norman conquest till the time of Edward III., to the Damerels; and passed to successively the Wises, the Morices, and the St. Aubyns.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, not reported. Patrons, the Trustees of the late Sir J. Aubyn. The church is plain but spacious. The p. curacy of Morice-Town and the six p. curacies of Devonport are separate benefices.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

County: Devon
Civil Registration District: Stoke Damerel
Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
Diocese: Exeter
Rural Deanery: Pre-1848 – Tamerton, Post-1847 – Plympton
Poor Law Union: Stoke Damerel Incorporation
Hundred: Devonport Borough
Province: Canterbury