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Also known as Sampford St Swithun. A parish in Crediton Hundred, under the Peculiar jurisdiction of the Bishop of Exeter."SANDFORD, a straggling village, in three detached portions, called East and West Sandford and New Buildings, in the vale of the small river Creedy, from 2 to 4 miles north of Crediton; has in its parish 1998 souls, and 7770 acres of fertile land, including many scattered farm-houses, &c. . . . The manor of Combe Lancelles was anciently held by the Lancelles family, but has been possessed more than two centuries by the Davie family, one of whom was created a baronet in 1641. Sir H.R.F. Davie, Bart., the present owner of this manor and of Ruxford and other estates, resides at CREEDY PARK, . . . Dowrich House belongs with a large estate, to its present occupant, E.I. Clayfield, Esq., . . . The Church (St. Swithen,) is a neat Gothic structure, with a tower and five bells, and has recently been new seated and enlarged, . . . The church was built at the beginning of the 14th century, and has a beautiful font of Caen stone, and several memorials of the Dowrich and Davie families. The parish was formerly a chapelry of Crediton, and derives considerable benefit from Crediton Church Corporation Trust, . . . The Rev. Chas. Gregory is the present incumbent, . . . " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
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White-Thomson, R.T. Sir John Davie, fifth baronet of Creedy, 1707-1727. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 36, (1904) pp.116-122.[Emigrant to America, 1707-1727]
A transcription of the Memorial Inscriptions for the Church of St Swithin is held in the Society of Genealogist's Library, in Vol. 7 of Devon Memorial inscriptions (DE/M20).
Whitmore, J.B. Devonshire Monumental Inscriptions, MS at Society of Genealogists (1951). [Extracts]
Transcription of the Sandford Censuses for 1775 and 1783, provided by Judy Smith.
Name index to the 1790, 1793 and 1795 Sandford censuses, provided by Angela Perkins.
Glover, Gill. Sandford Census, 1790, 1793, 1800. Devon Family Historian, vol. 53 (1990) pp. 14- 18.
Sandford - from J. Stabb. Some Old Devon Churches (London: 1908-16).
Sandford Congregational Church, Devon, 1847-1947 (1947) [9]p: ill.
Mfc of Sandford Bap 1603-1906, Marr 1603-18/19, 1626-1837, Bur 1603-1752, 1754-1856, Banns 1754-1814, 1823-1954 are held at the SoG Library [DR/REG/117500].
Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1603 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.
Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1603-1837, and Marriages 1603-1837.
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 Angela Perkins, who invites queries and lookup requests. (Resources: PRs 1603-1906; Apprentice lists, Church rolls.)
Dodderidge, Sidney E. A short sketch of the family and manor of Dodderidge, Co.Devon. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 3:5, (1905) pp.169-173.
Hunt, John G. The ancestry of Mary Gye, wife of the Rev. John Maverick, New England Hist. & Gen. Reg. 115, 1961, pp. 248-53. See also 122, 1968, pp. 282-3. [Raymond: Prowse and Gye families of Sandford, etc. 15-16th c.]
Trease, G.E. Dowrich and the Dowrich family of Sandford, Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 33, 1974, pp. 37-8, 71 73, 113-7, 154-5, 208-11, 252-7, & 348-52.
Williamson, B. The Clayfield-Irelands. Typescript (1986) 7p. [Westcountry Studies Library - px929.2/CLA]
Sue Davey's Sandford pages provide historical information, and parish register extracts.
Munday, Daphne. A parish patchwork. Penwell Ltd, Parkwood, Callington, Cornwall (1985) xiv, 294 pp. ill., maps, facsims., plans, ports. ISBN: 0951042408 (pbk). [Pat Gallin <gallin@westnet.com.au>: an excellent commentary on the villages of New Buildings, Preston Village,West Sandord, East Village, Sandford and Upton Hellions.]
Historical notes, correspondence etc. re the Crediton armorial window 1925-6 and notes on Crediton and Sandford. Manuscript (1926) 1 box. [Westcountry Studies Library - Formerly Ms.18]
A Brief History of Ten Farms in Sandford Parish 1910-2010, Sandford Heritage Group. [Devon FHS p925.25]
Trease, G.E. Sandford and the 1569 Muster Roll. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 34, 1 (1978) pp.38-39.
Names from White's Devonshire Directory (1850), provided by Nick Heard.
Glover, Gillian. The Overseers' Accounts for the Parish of Sandford. Devon Family Historian 60 (1991) pp.22-23. [Raymond: Brief discussion, early 19th c.]
Will of Roger Wreford (1537) provided by John Moore.
Summary of the will of Roger Wreford (1791) provided by John Moore.
Will of John Mortimer (1604), probided by Diana Allen.
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