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ROBOROUGH

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"ROBOROUGH, 5½ miles E. by S. of Torrington, has in its parish 588 souls, and about 3000 acres of land, including the hamlet of Ebberley, and a number of scattered farms. Henry Hole, Esq., is lord of the manor, and owner of a great part of the soil, and resides at Ebberley House. The Trustees of the late Lord Rolle own Owlacombe, and several smaller proprietors have estates in the parish. The Church (St. Peter,) has a tower and six bells, and the living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £10. 9s. 8d., and in 1831 at £244. The Bishop of Exeter is patron, and the Rev. W.W. Gurney is the incumbent, and has 60A. of glebe, and a handsome residence, in the Elizabethan style, erected some years ago, at the cost of about £1500. . . ." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

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

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

Parish church home page, with hotograph of the church on the Two Rivers Team ministry web-site.

Williams, H. Fulford. The Rectors of Roborough. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 28 (1959-61) pp.279-281.

Church Records

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1549 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): Baptisms 1813-1840, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1839 - for details see their book list.

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1550-1812 and Marriages 1549-1812.

Description and Travel

Barber, Chips. Around & About Roborough Down. Pinhoe, Exeter: Obelisk Publications. [ISBN 1899073698].

Directories

Transcription provided by Val Henderson of the entry (description and names) in Morris and Co's Commercial Directory and Gazetteer of Devonshire 1870.

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

The Online Parish Clerk for this parish is Deborah O'Brien, who invites queries and lookup requests.

History

Oliver, B. Notes on Roborough (North Devon), Trans. Devon. Assoc., (1957) pp.239-252.

Reichel, O.J. The Hundred of Roborough in Early Times, Trans. Devonshire Association (1940) pp.97-132.

Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the parish of Roborough, Devon. Typescript (1961) 8p. [Westcountry Studies Library - sB/ROB/0001/WIL]

Land and Property

Oliver, May F.C. Correction and addition to the "notes on the manors and bartons". Trans. Devon. Assoc. 84, (1952) pp.206-207.

Military History

Sullock, Jason. Militia of Roborough Hundred, 1569 (1996). [Devon FHS Library p942.35/WES]

Names, Personal

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

Probate Records

Transcript of the will of John Parkin (1897), provided by John Hackwill.

Last updated: 18 Jun 2009 - Brian Randell

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