West Anstey, Devon Family History Guide

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West Anstey is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Petrock

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ANSTEY, WEST (St. Petrock), a parish, in the union and hundred of South Molton, South Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 3½ miles (W.) from Dulverton; containing 279 inhabitants, and comprising 3008 acres, of which 1036 are common or waste. Here are some quarries of stone for building.

The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £10. 16. 8.; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The great tithes have been commuted for £76. 17., and the vicarial for £112; the glebe consists of 37½ acres. The church is a substantial edifice with a tower, and is in good repair.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

West Anstey Parish Registers

The Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish Registers of Devon 1596 to 1644 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish Registers of Devon 1596 to 1644: And short notes on the extant pre-restoration registers of all the parishes in the county, from particulars furnished by the several incumbents thereof. By The Revd. Roger Granville, M.A., Sub-Dean of Exeter, and W. E. Mugford. Vol. 1. A-Bra. Published Exeter 1908.

Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish registers of Devon 6

Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish Registers of Devon 1596 to 1644: And short notes on the extant pre-restoration registers of all the parishes in the county, from particulars furnished by the several incumbents thereof. By The Revd. Roger Granville, M.A., Sub-Dean of Exeter, and W. E. Mugford. Vol. 1. A-Bra. Published Exeter 1908.

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Administration

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