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COOKBURY

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"COOKBURY, 4 miles N.E. of Holsworthy, has in its parish 301 souls, and 1833 acres of land, mostly belonging to the Earl of Devon, Lord Stanhope, W.H.B. Coham, Esq., and the Misses May; the latter of whom own the manor of Stapledon. The Church (St. John,) is a small fabric, and the benefice is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Milton Damerell. The glebe is 24 acres, an the tithe were commuted in 1842 for £118. 2s. 6d. per annum. The Church Meadow (3A.) was given at an early period, on condition that the owners of Dunsland should have the use of two pews. . . ." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
A parish in Black Torrington Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Totnes and the Diocese of Exeter.

General information:

Cemeteries

A few headstone inscriptions from Cookbury Churchyard transcribed by Nicola Aldridge.

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

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

Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1746 are held in the Devon Record Office - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon Record Office.

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1746, and of the Bishops' Transcripts going back to 1609, 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 1813-1841 - for details see their book list.

Kirst Gray offers look-ups of the PRs for the years 1838-1930.

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

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1609-1837 Marriages 1609-1634, 1663-1698, 1721-1737, 1750-1764, 1779-1798, 1811-1837. (These entries are based in part on Bishops' Transcripts.)

Gazetteers

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

History

Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the Parish of Cookbury, Devon. Typescript (1963) 4 leaves. [Westcountry Studies Library]

Probate Records

Listing of Estate Duty and PCC wills, compiled by Kathryn Barnett.

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Last updated: 13 Jun 2010 - Brian Randell

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