Stoke Gabriel is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Gabriel
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1539
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1611
Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
STOKE-GABRIEL (St. Gabriel), a parish, in the union of Totnes, hundred of Haytor, Paignton and S. divisions of Devon, 4 miles (S. E. by E.) from Totnes; containing 691 inhabitants.
It comprises about 2000 acres; the surface is hilly, and the soil in general a rich loam. The navigable river Dart runs on the south.
The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £16. 11. 10½.; net income, £163; patrons, Sir S. H. Northcote, Bart., the Executors of the Rev. J. Templar, and the Rev. F. Belfield, in turn. The church contains an ancient wooden screen.
There is a place of worship for Baptists. Capt. John Davis, the discoverer of Davis’ Straits, was born here.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Devon, Stoke-Gabriel – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Stoke-Gabriel, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Devon, Stoke-Gabriel – Church records ( 6 )
England, Devon, Stoke Gabriel, Early bishop’s transcripts, 1611-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-Gabriel (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Stoke-Gabriel, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1819
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-Gabriel (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Stoke-Gabriel, parish registers, 1539-1986
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-Gabriel (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
Parish register transcripts, 1539-1863
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-Gabriel (Devonshire)
Stoke Gabriel burial registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Stoke Gabriel marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
England, Devon, Stoke-Gabriel – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Deanery of Ipplepen
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Parish register printouts of Stoke Gabriel, Devon, England ; christenings, 1825-1855
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Stoke-Gabriel, Devon, England ; christenings, 1539-1824
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Stoke-Gabriel, Devon, England ; marriages, 1754-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Devon, Stoke-Gabriel – Directories ( 1 )
Your Devon? : Stoke Gabriel
England, Devon, Stoke-Gabriel – History ( 1 )
Your Devon? : Stoke Gabriel
England, Devon, Stoke-Gabriel – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Stoke-Gabriel, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Totnes
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiars of the Bishop of Exeter (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1848 – None, Post-1847 – Ipplepen
- Poor Law Union: Totnes
- Hundred: Haytor
- Province: Canterbury