Washfield Devon Family History Guide

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Washfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1554
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1613

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WASHFIELD, a parish and a sub-district in Tiverton district, Devon. The parish lies 2½ miles NNW of Tiverton r. station, and contains a village of its own name. Post town, Tiverton.

Acres, 3,319. Real property, £3,689. Pop., 471. Houses, 83. About one half of the land, with Worth House, belongs to J. F. Worth, Esq.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £407. Patron, J. F. Worth, Esq. The church is ancient.

There are a national school, and charities £28.

The sub-district contains 7 parishes and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 22,412. Pop., 2,731. Houses, 528.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WASHFIELD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Tiverton, hundred of West Budleigh, Collumpton and N. divisions of Devon, 2½ miles (N. N. W.) from Tiverton; containing 503 inhabitants.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £19. 7. 6., and in the gift of J. Francis Worth, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £400; there is a parsonage-house, and the glebe comprises 25 acres. The church contains an old oak screen, which has been painted white; and a curious monument with brasses to the family of Worth. Ancient swords and other military weapons have been found upon the site of what is supposed to have been a Roman encampment.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Washfield – Church records ( 6 )
England, Devon, Washfield, bishop’s transcripts, 1613-1874
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Washfield (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Washfield, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1851, 1873-1874
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Washfield (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Washfield, parish registers, 1554-1979
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Washfield (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

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

Washfield burial registers, 1800-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

England, Devon, Washfield – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Washfield, 1782-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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