Winkleigh Devon Family History Guide

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Winkleigh is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Other places in the parish include: Stable Green and Hollacombe.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1569
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WINKLEIGH, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Torrington district, Devon.

The village stands 5¼ miles W of Lapford r. station, and 5½ SW of Chulmleigh; contains several genteel residences; is a seat of petty-sessions; and has a post-office designated Winkleigh, North Devon, and an inn.

The parish comprises 9,118 acres. Real property, £6,246. Pop. in 1851, 1,554; in 1861, 1,425. Houses, 309. The property is subdivided, and there are several manors.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £312. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of E. The church is old, but good.

There are four dissenting chapels, a national school, an alms-house for 5 poor women, and other charities £22.

The sub-district contains 3 parishes. Acres, 16,516. Pop., 2,472. Houses, 518.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Winkleigh – Church records ( 6 )
England, Devon, Winkleigh, bishop’s transcripts, 1815-1834
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Winkleigh (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Winkleigh, parish registers, 1569-1944
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Winkleigh (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Parish register transcripts, 1569-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Winkleigh (Devonshire)

Winkleigh baptisms 1827-1853
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

Winkleigh marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Winkleigh – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Deanery of Torrington : an index of baptisms. mariages and burials
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Parish register printouts of Winkleigh, Devon, England ; marriages, 1569-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Winkleigh, Devon, England, christenings, 1585-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Devon, Winkleigh – Court records ( 1 )
Register of freeholders
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Devon (England). Record Office

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

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Torrington
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Torrington
  • Poor Law Union: Torrington
  • Hundred: North Tawton with Winkleigh
  • Province: Canterbury