Whitchurch is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Andrew
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1559
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist Association.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
WHITCHURCH (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Tavistock, hundred of Roborough, Tavistock and S. divisions of Devon, 1¼ mile (S. E.) from Tavistock; containing 918 inhabitants.
Walreddon House, here, the property of William Courtenay, Esq., a descendant of the Courtenays, earls of Devon, is an ancient mansion of the time of Edward VI., whose arms in the hall are still in good preservation. Holwell House, also in the parish, was, until within a recent period, the property and residence of the Glanville family, and is now the property of John Scobell, Esq.
The Tavistock races are held on Whitchurch Down.
The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £16. 5. 5; net income, £195; patron, incumbent, and impropriator, the Rev. Peter Sleeman. A chantry chapel was founded in 1300, by the abbot of Tavistock.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Devon, Whitchurch – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Whitchurch, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Devon, Whitchurch – Church records ( 6 )
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, Whitchurch, bishop’s transcripts, 1610-1841
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitchurch (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Whitchurch, bishop’s transcripts, 1838-1841
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitchurch (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Whitchurch, parish registers, 1321-1977
Author: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Whitchurch burial registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Whitchurch marriage registers, 1813-1838
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
England, Devon, Whitchurch – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
The Deanery of Tamerton
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
England, Devon, Whitchurch – Land and property ( 2 )
England, Devon, Whitchurch, inland revenue valuation book, 1910
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Whitchurch, parish registers, 1321-1977
Author: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Whitchurch – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
England, Devon, Whitchurch, parish registers, 1321-1977
Author: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Whitchurch – Taxation ( 3 )
England, Devon, Whitchurch, inland revenue valuation book, 1910
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Whitchurch, parish registers, 1321-1977
Author: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Land tax assessment for Whitchurch (Devon), 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
England, Devon, Whitchurch – Voting registers ( 1 )
England, Devon, Tavistock, electoral register, 1950
Author: Tavistock (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
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