Sutton on Plym Devon Family History Guide

Sutton on Plym is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Devon, created in 1844 from Plymouth Charles Ecclesiastical Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Cattledown.

Alternative names: Plymouth St John the Evangelist

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1850
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SUTTON-ON-PLYM, a chapelry in Charles-the-Martyr parish, Devon; within Plymouth borough.

It was constituted in 1844; and its Post town is Plymouth. Rated property, £12,078. Pop., 6,237. Houses, 533.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £300. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church is excellent.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Devon, Sutton-on-Plym – Church records ( 1 )
England, Devon, Plymouth, Sutton-on-Plym, parish registers, 1850-1948
Author:    Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

England, Devon, Sutton-on-Plym – Schools ( 1 )
England, Devon, Plymouth, St. John’s School, admission registers
Author:    Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Plymouth
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Plympton
  • Poor Law Union: Plymouth
  • Hundred: Plymouth Borough
  • Province: Canterbury