Yarnscombe, Devon Family History Guide

Yarnscombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Parish church: St. Andrew

Parish registers begin: 1653

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

YARNSCOMBE (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Torrington, hundred of Hartland, Great Torrington and N. divisions of Devon, 6 miles (N.E. by E.) from Great Torrington; containing 512 inhabitants.

The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £7. 11. 11., and in the patronage of the Crown; impropriator, Lord Rolle. The great tithes have been commuted for £150, and the vicarial for £135; the glebe comprises 24 acres. The church has in the chancel a very old monument of granite, on which the inscription is illegible.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Yarnscombe – Church records ( 4 )
England, Devon, Yarnscombe, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Yarnscombe (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Yarnscombe, parish registers
Author: Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Parish register transcripts, 1606-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Yarnscombe (Devonshire)

Yarnscombe marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society

England, Devon, Yarnscombe – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
The Deanery of Barnstaple

Parish register printouts of Yarnscombe, Devon, England ; christenings, 1606-1700
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Yarnscombe, Devon, England ; marriages, 1606-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Yarnscombe, Devon, England, christenings, 1607-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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

Land tax assessment of Yarnscombe, 1798

Administration

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