Welcombe Devon Family History Guide

Welcombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Alternative names: Welcomb, Wellcombe

Other places in the parish include: Lower Darracott.

Parish church: St. Nictan

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1757
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WELLCOMBE, a parish in Bideford district, Devon; near the coast, 16 miles WSW of Bideford r. station. Post town, Stratton, Cornwall.

Acres, 1,751. Real property, £1,155. Pop., 209. Houses, 45. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £71. Patron, Lord Clinton. The church was recently in bad condition.

There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WELLCOMBE (St. Nictan), a parish, in the union of Bideford, hundred of Hartland, Great Torrington and N. divisions of Devon, 5¾ miles (S. W. by S.) from Hartland; containing 293 inhabitants.

This parish is situated on the coast of the Bristol Channel, which bounds it on the west; and comprises 1551 acres, whereof 448 are common or waste land. The road from Stratton to Bideford passes on the east.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £71; patron, Lord Clinton; impropriator, W. Heddon, Esq. About nine acres of land purchased by a grant from Queen Anne’s Bounty, belong to the benefice. The church is a very small cruciform structure in the Norman style.

There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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England, Devon, Welcombe

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

England, Devon, Wellcombe – Church records ( 7 )
The deanery of Hartland
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Wellcombe, bishop’s transcripts, 1607-1841
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wellcombe (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Wellcombe, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1841
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wellcombe (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Wellcombe, parish registers, 1777-1992
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wellcombe (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

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

Welcombe burials, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Wellcombe (Devonshire)

Welcombe marriage registers : 1757-1786, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

Land tax assessment of Wellcombe, 1798

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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