Ugborough, Devon Family History Guide

Ugborough is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Places in Ugborough parish: Cheston

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1538

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Presbyterian.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Ugborough

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

UGBOROUGH, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Totnes district, Devon.

The village stands 1½ mile SSW of Kingsbridge-Road r. station; and has a post-office under Ivybridge, cattle markets on the fourth Monday of every month, and fairs on the fourth Monday of May and Nov.

The parish contains also five hamlets, and part of Ivybridge. Acres, 8,659. Real property, £10,264; of which £30 are in quarries. Pop., 1,482. Houses, 303. The property is. much subdivided; and there are many pleasant residences.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £260. Patrons, the Grocers’ Company. The church is later English.

There are an Independent chapel and a parochial 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

Ugborough, 3 miles W. Modbury. P. 1523

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

UGBOROUGH, a parish, in the union of Totnes, hundred of Ermington, Ermington and Plympton, and S. divisions of Devon, 8 miles (W. S. W.) from Totnes; containing 523 inhabitants.

The parish is on the road from Plymouth to Exeter, and comprises 8659 acres, of which 2631 are common or waste. A lead-mine is worked at Filham, and there are some quarries of slate and limestone. Fairs are held in May and November.

The living is a discharged vicarage, endowed with a portion of the rectorial tithes, and valued in the king’s books at £20; net income, £260; patrons, the Grocers’ Company; impropriator of the remainder of the rectorial tithes, Lady Carew. There are 3 acres of glebe. The church is a handsome structure, standing upon a bold eminence, and forming a striking feature in the scenery; it is in the early English style, and contains a Norman font, and some curious remains of ancient screenwork.

At Ivybridge, a village partly in the parish, is a district church; and at Earlscombe was formerly a chapel. There is a place of worship for Baptists. Sir John Kempthorn, a distinguished admiral, was born at Widescomb here, in 1620.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Cheston

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Cheston, a hamlet in Ugborough parish, Devon.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Ugborough – Church records ( 9 )
City of Plymouth marriage index : index of brides and grooms taken from the post 1837 Plymouth Church of England marriage registers held in the Plymouth & West Devon Record Office in partnership with the Devon Family History Society
Author:    Plymouth and West Devon Record Office; Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Ivy-Bridge, parish registers, 1835-1950
Author:    Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

England, Devon, Ugborough, bishop’s transcripts, 1609-1842
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Ugborough (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Ugborough, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1842
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Ugborough (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Ugborough, parish registers, 1538-1999
Author:    Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Ivybridge burials, 1836-1840
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Chapelry of Ivy-Bridge (Devonshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1538-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Ugborough (Devonshire)

Ugborough baptisms 1827-1840
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Ugborough marriage registers, 1813-1841
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Ugborough – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
The Deanery of Plympton
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Parish register printouts of Ugborough, Devon, England ; christenings, 1538-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Ugborough, Devon, England ; marriages, 1538-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Devon, Ugborough – Land and property ( 1 )
England, Devon, Ugborough, land tax assessments, 1886-1946
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

England, Devon, Ugborough – Medical records ( 1 )
Ugborough vaccinator register
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Ugborough – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
England, Devon, Ugborough, poor law records, 1869
Author:    Ugborough (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

England, Devon, Ugborough – Taxation ( 3 )
England, Devon, Ugborough, land tax assessments, 1886-1946
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

England, Devon, Ugborough, poor law records, 1869
Author:    Ugborough (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Land tax assessment for Ugborough, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Administration

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