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
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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].
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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