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ALL HALLOWS, GOLDSMITH STREET

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"Allhallows Church, in Goldsmith street, is a small antique fabric, which was disused from 1720 till 1822, when it was re-opened for public worship, after being thoroughly repaired. It has a wooden belfry and one bell. Its rectory, valued in K.B. at £6. 4s. 7d., and in 1831 at £66, is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter, and incumbency of the Rev. T. Coldridge." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
A parish in the centre of the old walled City of Exeter. Its population was 325 in 1801, and 360 in 1841.

Cemeteries

Tapley-Soper, H. The Registers of the City of Exeter, Vol. 2: Allhallows Goldsmith St., St Pancras, St Paul: additions from bishop's transcripts and lists of monumental inscriptions in all three churches (1933) [Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter Cathedral Library, Exeter University Library, Plymouth Library, Torquay Library]

Church History

Nesbitt, F. Rectors of Exeter Churches: Allhallows, Goldsmith Street Devon & Cornwall Notes and Queries 16 (1930-31), pp. 235-240.
Reed, Harbottle. Allhallows Church, Goldsmith Stree, Exeter. Trans. Devon Assoc. 35 (1903) pp.581-616.

Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1809 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 1561 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 1561-1752 1806-1837, Burials 1813-1904 - for details see their book list.

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1566-1837 and Marriages 1561-1753, 1809-1837.

Tapley-Soper, H. The Registers of the City of Exeter, Vol. 2: Allhallows Goldsmith St., St Pancras, St Paul. (1933) [Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter Cathedral Library, Exeter University Library, Plymouth Library, Torquay Library]
The Deanery of Christianity [The City Of Exeter] - Baptisms 1813-1840, Marriages 1561-1837 and Burials 1770-1904. CD018, Devon Family History Society (2008). [An index of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parishes of Allhallows Goldsmith Street, Allhallows on the Walls, Bedford Precinct, Exeter Cathedral, Holy Trinity, St. David, St. Edmund, St. George, St. John, St. Kerrian, St. Lawrence, St. Leonard, St. Martin, St. Mary Arches, St. Mary Major, St. Mary Steps, St. Olave, St. Pancras, St. Paul, St. Petrock, St. Sidwell, St. Stephen and Heavitree St. Michael & All Angels. With burials from Bow Meeting House, Castle Street Independent Chapel, George Meeing House (Presbyterian), Mint Meeting House (Presbyterian), Mint Methodist Chapel and South Street Baptist Church. Photographs of the churches and extracts from White's Devonshire Directory 1850] [Details]

Names, Personal

Militia List (1803) for Allhallows Goldsmith Street, transcribed by Iris Sutton.

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