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IHGS Library County Listings:
DEVON
How to search the listings.
Where relevant, the dates of the records we hold are noted. Please note that the reference number after the place name is the library catalogue number, which you can use for reference if requesting a search in a particular record or if visiting in person.
Once in the relevant county listing page you can either chose to scroll down the page manually or you may wish to search for a particular word or place using the “control” and “F” search facility.
How to use the search facility
1. Press the key marked “Ctrl” or “Control” at the same time as pressing down the “F” key on your keyboard. This will bring up a search box.
2. Then enter the name of the parish or word you wish to search for in the search box and click on “find next”. The first relevant entry will be highlighted for you in the main text.
3. To find the next relevant entry you can repeat the process by clicking “Find next” again.
A1 = Archive Enterprises Index Series Volume 1 A2 = Archive Enterprises Index Series Volume 2 RS = Devon and Cornwall Record Society (shelved lecture Hall)
Berryt Narber (CD222) Marriages 1540-1783 Bridgerule (CD222) Marriages 1702-1853 Chadstock (CD222) Marriages 1597-1837 Challacombe (CD222) Marriages 1597-1621, 1673-1837 Clyst St George All 1565-1812 Colyton (rs) All 1538-1837 Countisbury (CD218) Mar 1676-1757 Exeter: (rs) Freemen 1266-1967 (rs) Hoker’s City All Hallows, Goldsmith St (rs) Mar 1561-1753 1809-1810 1813-1837 Bap 1566-1837 Bur 1561-1837 St Budeaux, Marriages 1538-1837 St Pancras (rs) Mar 1664-1774 1784-1796 1813-1837 Bap 1664-1837 Bur 1664-1837 St Paul's (rs) All 1562-1837 Stonehouse East, Marriages 1697-1812 Farringdon (CD222) Marriages 1620-1633, 1670-1788 Halberton (rs) All 1605-1837 Hartland (rs) All 1558-1837 Hemyock (rs) All 1635-1837 Ippleden (CD218) Mar 1612-1813 Kings Kerswell (CD218) Mar 1752-1837 Lapford (rs) All 1567-1850 Littleham (Nr Exmouth) MI Lustleigh (rs) All 1631-1837 Lynton (CD222) Marriages 1591-1837 Martinhoe (CD218) Mar 1633-1812 Ottery St Mary (rs) All 1601-1837 Parkham (rs) All 1537-1812 Parracombe (rs) All 1597-1836 Pinhoe (CD222) Marriages 1687-1837 Plymouth - St Andrew (rs) All 1581-1633 (CD222) Marriages 1653-1674 Plymouth - St Budeaux MI Plymstock (CD222) Marriages 1591-1837 Plymtree (rs) All 1538-1837 Rewe (CD222) Marriages 1686-1836 Roborough Marriages 1620-1837 Topsham (rs) All 1600-1837 Trentishoe (CD218) Mar 1697-1812 Uffculme (CD218) Mar 1538-1837 Werrington (CD218) Mar 1654-1812 Widecombe - St Pancras MI (Included with Cornwall) Widecombe-in-the-Moor (rs) Mar 1573-1837 Bap 1570-1837 Bur 1560-1837 Witheridge (CD222) Marriages 1646-1837
Devon (mf) Census 1851 Devon (mf) Census 1881 Devon (rs) Feet of Fines 1196-1272 Devon & Cornwall (rs) Inquisitiones Post Mortem 1216-1649 Devon Hearth Tax 1674 Devon (mf) Inventories 16th & 17th century Devon (rs) Lay Subsidy 1332 Devon Taxes: Subsidy 1581 Assessment 1647 Assessment 1660 Poll Tax 1660
WILLS
Devon (BRS 46) Wills Exeter Consistory 1532-1800 Devon (BRS35) Wills Exeter Principle 1599-1799 Archdeacon 1547-1799 Devon Will Abstracts Devon (CD134) Worthies
Trade Directories Pigot's Directory of 1823-4 29
Pigot's Directory of 1830 38
Pigot's Directory of 1839-40 54
Pigot’s Directory of 1844 CD
White's Directory of 1850 108
Billing's Directory and Gazetteer of 1857 148
Harrison, Harrod and Co's Directory of 1862 171
Black's Guide Book of 1862 171a
Harrod's Directory of 1878 238
Kelly's Directory of 1883 260
White's Directory of 1890 293
Kelly's Directory of 1897 328
Kelly's Directory of 1906 C 32
Kelly’s Directory of 1910 MF
Kelly's Directory of 1935 C 151
Kelly's Directory of 1939 C 187
Devon: Towns
Besley's Exeter Directory, 1951 T 145
The Post Office Directory of Plymouth and District, 1932-33 T 129
Kelly's Directory of Plymouth and District, 1951 T 143
Hill's Directory of Torquay, Newton Abbott District, 1869-70 203
Kelly's Directory of Torquay and Paignton, 1935 T 45
Kelly's Directory of Torquay and Paignton, 1941 T 85
Kelly's Directory of Torquay and Paignton, 1948-49 T 134
Kelly's Directory of Torquay and Paignton, 1951 T 183
Kelly's Directory of Torquay and Paignton, 1963 T 322
Wills Consistory Court of Bishop of Exeter 1532-1800 BRS 46 Principal Registry of Exeter 1559-1799 BRS 35 Consistory Court of the Archdeacon of Exeter 1540-1799 BRS 35
Abstract of Devon Wills. C Worthy 1896 Devon Wills & Administrations Additions and Corrections to Printed Indexes 1595-1799 Devon Inventories 16th- 17th Century Devon and Cornwall Record society NS 1
Other
Ancient West Country Families and their Armorial Bearings Volume 1 (CD136)
Devon in the Religious Census of 1851
Devon: A Genealogical Bibliography Stuart A. Raymond
Historic Exeter
The Life of Exeter Cathedral
A Story of Sidmouth A. Sutton
Devon Record Office: Brief Guide: Part 1, Official & Ecclesiastical
The Records of the Bishop of Exeter's Consistory Court to 1660
South Devon and South Cornwall
Murray's Handbook of Devon & Cornwall
A Guide to Dartmoor
A Guide to Ilfracombe
A Guide to Sidmouth and South East Devon
A Guide to Exeter and South East Devon
A Guide to Paignton and South Devon
Black's Guide to Devonshire, 1877
Books About Stokenham in South Devon W.A. Roberts
John Lydford's Book (rs)
The History of Devonshire First published 1793-1806
A Calendar of Early Chancery Proceedings Relating to West County Shipping 1388-1493