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
Vision of Britain historical maps
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