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
