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ASHFORD

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"ASHFORD, a small village and parish, on the north side of the estuary of the Taw, 2 miles W.N.W. of Barnstaple, has only 174 souls, and about 359 acres of land, successively held by the Beaumont, Bassett, Moore, and Bampfylde families. About 1815, the estate was sold in lots by Sir C. W. Bampfylde, and it now belongs to George Langdon, Esq., and a few smaller owners. The Church (St. Peter,) is an ancient fabric, with a tower and three bells. It is in good repair, and has a small organ." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

• General historical and descriptive information, area map from 1765, details about administrative boundaries, etc., about Ashford from the Devon Library's Local Studies Service.

Cemeteries

Schilling, Annette. St Peters Ashford - Monumental Inscriptions. (1993) [DFHS LOC 262]

Census

Snetzler, M.F. North Devon Surname Index to the Census. Microfiche: M.F. Snetzler, Barcott, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon EX39 5LN. [Covers 1881 census records for this parish]

Church Records

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1774, and of the Bishops' Transcripts going back to 1597, are held in a special collection in the Westcountry Studies Library - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon & Cornwall Record Society's Collection.

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Marriages 1747-1837, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their book list.

Other churches and chapels (with pre-1840 records):

• Wesleyan Chapel: Registers c1807-37 - see Barnstaple Circuit (PRO RG 4/954) and Landkey (PRO RG 4/1213)

Parish Church Marriages for 1875-1964 are in the 5-CDROM LDS British Vital Records Index (1538-1888), (Item #50028).

Brock, Bob and Ann. From Cradle to Grave 1900-1919, 20 years of Birth, Marriage and Death Notices Taken from the 'North Devon Journal' for the parishes of Ashford, Bittadon, Heanton Punchardon, Georgeham, Marwood, Morthoe and West Down Braunton Museum, The Bakehouse Centre, Caen Street, Braunton, N. Devon EX33 1AA (2002?) 60p.

Granville, Roger & Mugford, W.E. (eds.) Ashford, 1596-1640. Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish-Registers of Devon, 1596-1644, and short notes on the extant pre-reformation registers of all the parishes in the county, from particulars furnished by the several incumbents thereof. Vol. 1 A-Bra. Exeter: W. Pollard (1908). [Full text]

Directories

Transcription, by Jonathan Frayne of the Ashford section of Kelly's Directory of Barnstaple and Neighbourhood (1941).

Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

History

Cannon, Donald V. The history of Ashford. Barnstaple, D.V. Cannon, "Glenkens", Strand La. (1973), 36 pp. [ISBN: 095031840X] [Westcountry Studies Library: B/ASH 4/0001/CAN].

Names, Personal

Ashford contributors to a 1678 brief for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.

Last updated: 16 May 2010 - Brian Randell

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