Woolfardisworthy West Devon Family History Guide

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

Other places in the parish include: Buckish Mill, Buckmills, Bucks Mills, and Alminstone

Alternative names: West Woolfardisworthy, Woolfardisworthy, Woolfardisworthy near Bideford, Woolsery

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1723
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Presbyterian, Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WOOLFARDIS WORTHY, or Woolsery, a village and a parish in Bideford district, Devon.

The village stands 9½ miles WSW of Bideford r. station; is a seat of petty-sessions; and has a post-office, of the name of Woolsery, under Bideford, a hotel, and two annual fairs.

The parish includes four hamlets, and comprises 5,798 acres. Real property, £2,756. Pop., 776. Houses, 156. The property is chiefly divided among seven. There are several neat residences.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £65. Patron, Mrs. L. E. Hawkes. The church is ancient. The p. curacy of Buckmills is a separate benefice.

There are three dissenting chapels and a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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England, Devon, West Woolfardisworthy
England, Devon, Woolsery (near Bideford)

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

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

England, Devon, West Woolfardisworthy, bishop’s transcripts
Author:    Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, West Woolfardisworthy, parish registers, 1723-1993
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Woolfardisworthy (near Bideford, Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Woolfardisworthy (near Bideford), bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1852
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Woolfardisworthy (near Bideford, Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts, 1607-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Woolfardisworthy (near Bideford, Devonshire)

West Woolfardisworthy baptisms 1813-1839
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

England, Devon, Woolfardisworthy (near Bideford) – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Woolfardisworthy (near Bideford), Devon, England ; marriages, 1607-1812
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Woolfardisworthy (near Bideford), Devon, England, christenings, 1607-1812
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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

Land tax assessment of Woolfardisworthy (near Bideford), 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