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"TORRINGTON (BLACK), a parish in the hundred of BLACK TORRINGTON, county of DEVON, 5 miles (W. by N.) from Hatherleigh, containing 880 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £22. 8. 9., and in the patronage of Sir George Bampfylde, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place of worship for Baptists. The river Torridge runs through the parish." [From: A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis, 1831]

General information:

Biography

Daw, Sir John E., (Ed.). John Daw 1760-1849, (1939) 68p; photos. [Westcountry Studies Library: s920/DAW]

Cemeteries

MIs for this parish are included in the Incledon index - see under Cemeteries on the main Devon page.

Census

Snetzler, M.F. North Devon Surname Index to the Census. Microfiche: M.F. Snetzler, Barcott, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon EX39 5LN. [Covers 1841, 1861, 1871 and 1881 census records for this parish]

Church History

Black Torrington - from J. Stabb. Some Old Devon Churches (London: 1908-16).

Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1547 are held in the Devon Record Office - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon Record Office.

Indexed transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1547, and of the Bishops' Transcripts going back to 1601, 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 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their book list.

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

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1601-1837 Marriages 1547-1837. (These entries are based in part on Bishops' Transcripts.)
Granville, Roger & Mugford, W.E. (eds.) Black Torrington, 1598-1641. 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]

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

The Online Parish Clerk scheme's representative for this parish is Judy Adams, who invites queries and lookup requests.

History

Matthews, Gerry. Black Torrington - The Second Millennium 1001-2000, Bideford, Lazarus Press (Edward Gaskell Publishers) (2004) 160 pp. [ISBN: 189854661-4]
Powell, Brenda. Untimely deaths in Black Torrington, Devon Family Historian, vol. 113, (Feb 2005) pp.32-36. [An analysis, based on parish registers and the 1841 and 1851 census]
Reichel, Oswald J. The hundred of Black Torrington in early times. Devonshire Association (1932) pp.187-243.
Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the Parish of Black Torrington, Devon. Typescript (1964) 8 leaves. [Westcountry Studies Library]

Land and Property

Agreement between Thomas Venton (of Bradford) and Christopher Braund (1791), transcribed by Adrian Parry.

Probate Records

Summary of the will of Michael Mallet (1636), provided by Mike Mallett.

Transcriptions of the wills of Lewis Hatherly (1837), John Venton (1709) and Margaret Ward (1850), provided by Sheila Howard.

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Last updated: 15 Dec 2011 - Brian Randell

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