Swimbridge is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Other places in the parish include: Gunn and Cobbaton.
Alternative names: Swymbridge
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1562
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603
Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SWIMBRIDGE, a parish, with a village and two hamlets, in Barnstaple district, Devon; 4½ miles ESE of Barnstaple r. station. It has a post-office under Barnstaple.
Acres, 7,280. Real property, £8,074; of which £100 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 1,738; in 1861, 1,532. houses, 332. The property is much subdivided.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of E. The church is later English, and has a tower and spire.
There are a Baptist chapel, and charities £132.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Devon, Swimbridge – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Swimbridge, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Devon, Swimbridge – Church records ( 4 )
England, Devon, Swimbridge, bishop’s transcripts, 1753-1846
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Swimbridge (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Swimbridge, parish registers, 1563-2000
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Swimbridge (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
Parish register transcripts, 1562-1850
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Swimbridge (Devonshire)
Swimbridge marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
England, Devon, Swimbridge – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
The Deanery of Barnstaple
Parish register printouts of Swimbridge, Devon, England ; marriages, 1563-1850
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Swimbridge, Devon, England, christenings, 1562-1850
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Devon, Swimbridge – History ( 1 )
A look at the past of Swimbridge
Author: Lamplugh, Lois
England, Devon, Swimbridge – Occupations ( 1 )
Swimbridge apprentices register, 1802-1843
Author: Devon Family History Society (England); North Devon (England). Record Office
England, Devon, Swimbridge – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessment for Swimbridge, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
Land tax assessment of Swimbridge, 1798
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Barnstaple
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiars of the Bishop of Exeter (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1848 – None, Post-1847 – Barnstaple
- Poor Law Union: Barnstaple
- Hundred: South Molton
- Province: Canterbury