Walkhampton Devon Family History Guide

Walkhampton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1674
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WALKHAMPTON, a parish, with part of Horrabridge village, in Tavistock district, Devon; adjacent to Horrabridge r. station, and 5 miles SE of Tavistock. Post town, Horrabridge, Devon.

Acres, 10,540. Real property, £3,340. pop., 831. Houses, 143. The manor and most of the land belong to Sir M. Lopes, Bart. About 6,600 acres are waste land in Dartmoor.

The Living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £125. Patron, Sir M. Lopes, Bart. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, and a free school for 40 boys and 20 girls.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WALKHAMPTON, a parish, in the union of Tavistock, hundred of Roborough, Midland-Roborough and S. divisions of Devon, 4½ miles (S. E. by E.) from Tavistock; containing 717 inhabitants.

It comprises 10,501 acres, of which 6602 are common or waste. The Plymouth railway passes through.

The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £9. 14. 7., and in the gift of Sir R. Lopes, Bart.: the great tithes have been commuted for £124, and the vicarial tithes for £140, with a glebe of 21 acres; there is also a rentcharge of £37. 10. payable to the rector of Bickleigh. The church is situated on the verge of Dartmoor Forest.

Lady Modyford, in 1719, gave a school-house, with the rent of certain premises, now producing £161 per annum.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Devon, Walkhampton – Buildings, dwellings, etc. ( 1 )
Maristow estate farmhouses, 1800-1913 : a chronological development
Author:    Wakeham, Colin

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

England, Devon, Walkhampton – Church records ( 8 )
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, Horrabridge, parish registers, 1867-1996
Author:    Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

England, Devon, Walkhampton, bishop’s transcripts, 1609-1866
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Walkhampton (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Walkhampton, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1865
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Walkhampton (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Walkhampton, parish registers, 1674-1948
Author:    Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

England, Devon, Walkhampton, Wesleyan Methodist church records, 1912-1930
Author:    Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Horrabridge (Wesleyan) baptisms 1832-1914
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

England, Devon, Walkhampton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
The Deanery of Tamerton
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Walkhampton – History ( 2 )
Horrabridge as it was
Author:    Rowe, John, 1915-

Maristow estate farmhouses, 1800-1913 : a chronological development
Author:    Wakeham, Colin

England, Devon, Walkhampton – Land and property ( 1 )
England, Devon, Walkhampton, inland revenue valuation book, 1910
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

England, Devon, Walkhampton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
England, Devon, Walkhampton, parish registers, 1674-1948
Author:    Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

England, Devon, Walkhampton – Schools ( 1 )
Walkhampton school register : 1845-1863
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Devon (England). Record Office

England, Devon, Walkhampton – Taxation ( 2 )
England, Devon, Walkhampton, inland revenue valuation book, 1910
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Land tax assessment for Walkhampton, 1780-1831
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Maps

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Administration

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