Yealmpton Devon Family History Guide

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