Yealmpton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon. Revelstoke is a chapelry of Yealmpton.
Other places in the parish include: Dunston, Lyneham, Weston, Yealm Bridge, Yeo
Parish church: St. Bartholomew
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1600
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606
Nonconformists include: Christians, Society of Friends/Quaker, Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
YEALMPTON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Plympton-St. Mary district, Devon.
The village stands on the river Yealm, 4½ miles SE of Plympton r. station; was anciently known as Yealhampton; was once an important place, with the status of a borough; is now much decayed; is a seat of petty-sessions; and has a post-office under Plympton, and a monthly cattle market.
The parish includes Yealm-Bridge, Dunston, Yeo, Weston, and Lyneham hamlets; and comprises 3,432 acres of land , and 105 of water. Real property, £6,966. Pop. in 1851, 1,155; in 1861, 1,035. Houses, 227. The manor belonged to the Saxon king Ethelwold; passed to the Fitzherberts, the Hastingses, and others; and belongs now to B. J. P. Bastard, Esq. There are several good residences.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £355. Patron, the Bishop of E. The church was partly restored but mainly rebuilt in 1850, at a cost of about £7,500.
There are a Methodist chapel and national schools.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Devon, Yealmpton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Yealmpton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Devon, Yealmpton – Church records ( 6 )
City of Plymouth marriage index : index of brides and grooms taken from the post 1837 Plymouth Church of England marriage registers held in the Plymouth & West Devon Record Office in partnership with the Devon Family History Society
Author: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office; Devon Family History Society (England)
England, Devon, Yealmpton, bishop’s transcripts, 1813-1821
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Yealmpton (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)
England, Devon, Yealmpton, parish registers, 1600-1930
Author: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Parish register transcripts, 1600-1850
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Yealmpton (Devonshire)
Yealmpton burial registers 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Yealmpton marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
England, Devon, Yealmpton – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
The Deanery of Plympton
Author: Devon Family History Society (England)
Parish register printouts of Yealmpton, Devon, England ; marriages, 1600-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Yealmpton, Devon, England, christenings, 1600-1850
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Devon, Yealmpton – Land and property ( 2 )
England, Devon, Brixton and Yealmpton, inland revenue valuation book, 1910
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Yealmpton, land tax assessments, 1886-1920
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Yealmpton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
England, Devon, Yealmpton, Parish Council records
Author: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Yealmpton – Taxation ( 4 )
England, Devon, Brixton and Yealmpton, inland revenue valuation book, 1910
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Yealmpton, land tax assessments, 1886-1920
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire); Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
England, Devon, Yealmpton, Parish Council records
Author: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Land tax assessment for Yealmpton, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)
England, Devon, Yealmpton – Voting registers ( 1 )
England, Devon, Yealmpton, Parish Council records
Author: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: Plympton St Mary
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Plympton
- Poor Law Union: Plympton St Mary
- Hundred: Plympton
- Province: Canterbury