Uplyme Devon Family History Guide

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Uplyme is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1684
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1613

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

UPLYME, a parish, with a village, in Axminster district, Devon; 4 miles SSE of Axminster r. station. It has a post-office under Lyme.

Acres, 3,199; of which 50 are water. Real property, £5,785; of which £295 are in quarries. Pop., 989. Houses, 221. The manor belonged to Glastonbury abbey; passed to the Drakes; and, with Rhode-Hill mansion, belongs now to R. Talbot, Esq. A Roman bath, a tesselated pavement, and other Roman relics have been found.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £461. Patron, the Rev.W. Ethelston. The church was restored in 1852.

There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels and a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Uplyme – Church records ( 5 )
England, Devon, Uplyme, bishop’s transcripts, 1614-1836
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Uplyme (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Uplyme, parish registers, 1710-1992
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Uplyme (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Uplyme : baptisms 1813-1839
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

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

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

Land tax assessment for Uplyme, 1798
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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