Twitchen Devon Family History Guide

Twitchen is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Devon, created in 1850 from a chapelry in North Molton Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Twitching

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1708
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TWITCHEN, a parish in South Molton district, Devon; 12 miles NE of South Molton Road r. station. Post town, South Molton, North Devon. Acres, 2,918. Real property, £1,889. Pop., 227. Houses, 45. The manor belongs to Lord Poltimore. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to North Molton. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1848. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Twitchen – Church records ( 6 )
England, Devon, Twitchen, bishop’s transcripts, 1602-1874
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Twitchen (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Twitchen, parish registers, 1708-1989
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Twitchen (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Parish register transcripts, 1708-1850
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Twitchen (Devonshire)

Twitchen baptisms, 1813-1839
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Twitchen (Devonshire)

Twitchen burial registers, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Twitchen marriage registers
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Twitchen – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Twitchen, Devon, England, christenings, 1715-1850
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Devon, Twitchen – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessment for Twitchen, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Land tax assessment of Twitchen, 1798

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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