Alphington Devon Family History Guide

Alphington is a parish and village, on the river Exe, and the road from Exeter to Exminster, 1½ miles south from Exeter and 11 north-west from Dawlish, in the North Eastern division of the county, Wonford hundred and petty sessional division, St. Thomas’ union, county court district of Exeter, rural deanery of Kenn and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter : the South Devon railway and the Exeter ship canal pass through the parish1.

Status: Ancient Parish.

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin: 1603. The Parish Registers begin at 1603, and the only gap between that date and 1660 is during the Commonwealth.

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Schools:

A School Board of 5 members was formed March 31, 1875 ; Exminster with one member & Shillingford St. George with one member, are contributory parishes; J. Hutchings, Heavitree, clerk to the board & attendance officer1.

Board Schools, erected in 1876, for 220 children; average attendance, 210 ; John Bell, master ; Miss Annie B. Gorley, mistress1

Boundary changes:

By Local Government Board Order No. 16,545 (March 25, 1884) Gutteridge house and cottages were transferred from Kenton1.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Alphington Devon
Alphington Devon

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ALPHINGTON, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in the district of St. Thomas, Devon.

The village stands near the South Devon railway and the river Exe, 1¾ mile S of Exeter; and has a post office under Exeter, and fairs on the Wednesday after 20 June and after 29 Sept. It was one of the headquarters of Fairfax’s army, in 1646. at the blockading of Exeter.

The parish comprises 2,471 acres. Real property, £8,598. Pop., 1,250 Houses, 270. The property is divided among a few. The manor was acquired, in the reign of Richard II., by the family of the Earl of Devon; and the greater part of it continues still in their possession. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £987. Patron, the Rev. F. A. Savile. The church contains a Norman font with interlaced arches, scroll ornaments, and grotesque figures over the arches; has a red turretted tower in perpendicular English; and, excepting the south wall, is in good condition. Charities £29, and some poors’ cottages.

The subdistrict comprises seven entire parishes and parts of two others. Acres 17,470. Pop., 4,097. Houses, 841.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Alphington, 1 m. S. Exeter. P. 1286

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Alphington – Church records ( 6 )
Alphington baptisms 1813-1826
Author: Devon Family History Society

Alphington burial registers, 1813-1837
Author: Devon Family History Society

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

England, Devon, Alphington, bishop’s transcripts, 1606-1862
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Alphington (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Alphington, parish registers, 1603-2005
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Alphington (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Parish registers for Alphington, 1603-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Alphington (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Alphington – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Alphington, Devon, England ; christenings, 1603-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Alphington, Devon, England ; marriages, 1603-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Devon, Alphington – Military history ( 1 )
Alphington war dead : in two world wars
Author: Palfrey, Vi

England, Devon, Alphington – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Alphington, 1780-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

FamilySearch – Birth Marriage & Death Census Migration & Naturalization Military Probate & Court

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: St Thomas
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Kenn
  • Poor Law Union: St Thomas
  • Hundred: Wonford
  • Province: Canterbury