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A parish in Black Torrington Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Totnes, and the Diocese of Exeter."BRADWORTHY, a scattered village, near the sources of the small river Waldon, 6½ miles N. by W. of Holsworthy, has in its parish 1081 souls, and 9856 acres of land, including a large portion of hilly moorland, and the small hamlets of Denworthy, Alfardisworthy, Kimsworthy, and Youlston. A fair is held in the village on September 9th. The manor, with a fair on St. John's day, was granted to Lord Brewer by King John. After passing to various families, the manor was sold in severalities, and it now belongs to C.H. Hotchkys, Esq., the Trustees of the late L.S. Ashton, A.B. Wren, Esq., and a few smaller freeholders. The Church (St. John,) is an ancient structure, with a tower and five bells, and the living is a vicarage, valued in K.B. at £25. 5s. 5d., and in 1831 at £283, with the perpetual curacy of Pancrasweek annexed to it. The patronage is in the Crown, and the Rev. J.B. Clyde, B.A., is the incumbent, and has a good residence, and 25A. 2R. 3P. of glebe. . ." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
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Grylls, Richard G. Grace Grill's Letter to Canada, Devon Family Historian, vol. 121, (2007) pp.12-14. [Transcript of an 1851 letter from Grace Grylls (neé Hockin?) of Bradworthy]
Aldridge, N. Monumental Inscriptions in St John's Churchyard, Bradworthy, (1999) [DFHS 929.5/DEV]
Collacott, C. Bradworthy Soldiers and Centenarians, Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries, vol. 30, (1965-67) pp.169.
Whitmore, J.B. Devonshire Monumental Inscriptions, MS at Society of Genealogists (1951). [Extracts]
Transcription of the 1841 census, by Nicola Aldridge.
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]
Bradworthy - from J. Stabb. Some Old Devon Churches (London: 1908-16).
Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1548 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 1592-1860, Marriages 1548-1860.
Elizabeth Howard offers look-ups of Devon strays among the Bible Christians' Kilkhampton (Cornwall) Circuit.
Toms, H.N.W, Collacott, C.T. and R. Walter (transcr.). Bradworthy, Devon, the registers of the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, 1548-1860, Typescript (1972) 222 pp. [Devon Record Office, SoG Library, LDS 942.35/B3 K29c]
Toms, H.N.W and R. Walter (transcr.). Bradworthy, Devon : a supplement to the parish registers; being baptisms of persons of Bradworthy listed in non-parochial registers of Bible Christian, Wesleyan and Wesleyan-Methodist circuits in northwest Devon and north Cornwall in the period 1816-1909, Typescript (1972) 52 pp. [LDS 942.35/B3 K28]
Fourtie articles in the High Court of Parliament against William Lang. London: for Tho. Bates, (1641) 8pp. [Westcountry Studies Library: p920/LAN] [Transcription]
Judd, Robert. To the Right Honorable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, assembled in the Commons House this present Parliament. The humble Petition of R. Judd for and on behalf of himself, and the rest of the Parishioners of Bradworthie, in the County of Devon. In : Lang (William) Vicar of Bradworthy. Fourtie articles in Parliament against William Lang, etc. [1642?] [BL E.132.(25.)]
Blower, W.H.I. Bradworthy. Devon Life vol. 6 no. 46 (1970) pp.30-31; ill.
Transcription provided by Val Henderson of the entry (description and names) in Morris and Co's Commercial Directory and Gazetteer of Devonshire 1870.
The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
The Online Parish Clerk scheme's representative for this parish is Nicola Aldridge, who invites queries and lookup requests. (Resources: Censuses 1841-91; MIs; Newspaper items etc.)
Crissey, John Thorne. The Bradworthy, Devon, Harris family : updated, expanded, edited, indexed and computerized by John Thorne Crissey, M.D. from the 1986 original of Mrs. Mervyn Lobb San Marino, Calif. : [J.T. Crissey], (1997) iv, 455 pp. [929.271 H24L supp. 1997]
Grills, Clifford T. Bradworthy to the Barabool Hills: the history of the Walter family. Geelong: Henwood & Dancy, 1985.
Lobb, Jean. The Bradworthy, Devon, Harris family. [Ontario: Harris family tree committee, 1986] 361 pp. : ill., maps, ports. [LDS 929.271 H24L]
Sachville, Heanton. Yeo, of Bradworthy. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 8:1, (1914) pp.11-14.
Cann, T. and Collacott, C. Bradworthy in the Twentieth Century, The Authors (2001). [Devon FHS Library 942.35/BRA]
Collacott, C.T. Bradworthy Soldiers and Centenarians. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 30 (1965-67) p.169.
Collacott, Cecil T. Bradworthy and its borderland: a tour of the upper Torridge countryside: its old villages, churches, historic houses ... [s.l.]: [s.n.] [197-?] 32p: ill. [Barnstaple Library - BT:BRA 4/0001/COL]
Collacott, Cecil T. Memories of Old Bradworthy. Jamaica Press, Hartland (1979) 51p: ill.
Collacott, Cecil T. Bradworthy past and present. Bradworthy: The Author (1991) 25p: ill.
Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the Parish of Bradworthy, Devon. Typescript (1963) 9 leaves. [Westcountry Studies Library]
Transcription of an Lease agreement between Thomas Yeo and Grace Walter (1788) provided by Elizabeth Howard.
Transcription by J.M. Jolliffe of the Bradworthy section of the Devon Protestation Return (1642) held in the House of Lords Record Office.
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