Stoke Gabriel, Devon Family History Guide

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