Throwleigh Devon Family History Guide

Throwleigh is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Throwleigh parish also includes: Murchington

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1653

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Throwleigh

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THROWLEIGH, a parish, with a village, in Okehampton district, Devon; 6½ miles SE of Okehampton r. station. It has a post-office under Okehampton, North Devon.

Acres, 1,943. Real property, £1,997. Pop., 327. Houses, 74. The property is subdivided.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £200. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but good.

There are a Bible Christian chapel, and a national school.

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

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Throwley, 6 miles N.E. Moreton-Hampstead. P. 445

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

Murchington

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Murchington, a hamlet in Throwleigh parish, Devon; 3 miles SE of Throwleigh village.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Devon, Throwleigh – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Throwleigh, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Devon, Throwleigh – Church records ( 5 )
England, Devon, Throwleigh, bishop’s transcripts, 1606-1838
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Throwleigh (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Throwleigh, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1838
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Throwleigh (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Throwleigh, parish registers, 1653-1987
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Throwleigh (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Throwleigh marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts, 1606-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Throwleigh (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Throwleigh – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
The deanery of Dunsford
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Parish register printouts of Throwleigh, Devon, England ; christenings, 1606-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Throwleigh, Devon, England ; marriages, 1606-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Devon, Throwleigh – History ( 2 )
Throwleigh : pictures and memories from a Dartmoor parish
Author:    Paget, Michael

Throwleigh : the story of a Dartmoor village
Author:    Varwell, Emmie

England, Devon, Throwleigh – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Throwleigh, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Okehampton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Dunsford
  • Poor Law Union: Okehampton
  • Hundred: Wonford
  • Province: Canterbury