Whitestone, Devon Family History Guide
Whitestone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Alternative names: Whitstone
Parish church: St. Catherine
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1594
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1615
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
- Oldridge
- Dunsford
- Tedburn St Mary
- Exeter St Thomas
- Sherwood Villa
- Brampford Speke
- Newton St Cyres
- Kenton
- Holcombe Burnell
- Alphington
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
WHITSTONE (St. Catherine), a parish, in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of Wonford, Wonford and S. divisions of Devon, 3¾ miles (W. N. W.) from Exeter; containing 670 inhabitants.
It is situated on the Falmouth road, and comprises by measurement 4077 acres, of which about 2700 are arable, 570 meadow and pasture, 450 coppice, and 260 orchard and garden ground; the soil is principally clay.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £19. 3. 4., and in the gift of the Rev. Charles Brown: the tithes have been commuted for £616. 16., and the glebe comprises 79 acres. The church is a handsome structure in the later English style, and contains 284 sittings, of which two-thirds are free.
John Splatt, in 1753, bequeathed £20 per annum for teaching children; he also founded almshouses for five people.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: St Thomas
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Dunsford
- Poor Law Union: St Thomas
- Hundred: Wonford
- Province: Canterbury