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"STAVERTON, is a small village at the south-eastern extremity of its large parish, on the south side of the river Dart, 3 miles N.N.W. of Totnes. Its parish comprises 1069 souls, and 5356A. 2R. 5P. of land, rising boldly from the Dart valley, and including the hamlets of Woolstone Green, Sparkwell, and Strechford, many scattered farm-houses, and about 700 acres of orchard grounds, celebrated for excellent cider. In the northern part of the parish, about two miles S. of Ashburton, are the Penn Recca Slate Quarries, which have been worked for centuries, . . . About 100 hands are now employed in getting the slate and preparing it for roofing purposes. . . . At Pridhamsleigh is a large and curious Limestone Cavern. The Dean and Chapter of Exeter are lords of the manor of Staverton, and owners of six-tenths of the parish. Mr. John Maye is lord of the small manor of Barkington; and Lord Cranstoun is owner of Pridhamsleigh. . . . The Church (St. George,) is a large venerable structure, with a tower and six bells. . . . The Rev. Wm. Martin is the incumbent, and has a neat residence and 3A. 31P. of glebe. . . " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
A parish in Haytor Hundred, under the Peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The modern parish of Landscove was formed in 1851. Regarded as part of the South Hams area.

General information:

Biography

Sutcliffe, Hillary. Who Was Mary Grute?, Devon Family Historian, vol. 117, (Feb 2006) pp.26-29. [Born Staverton 1857]

Cemeteries

Whitmore, J.B. Devonshire Monumental Inscriptions, MS at Society of Genealogists (1951). [Extracts]

Church History

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

Photographs and description of the Parish Church, (St Paul de Leon, formerly St George's), provided by Richard A. Derrick.
Cardale, C.A. A Short Guide to Saint Paul de Leon Parish Church of Staverton, Totnes & St Matthew's Church, Landscove, Newton Abbot. The Abbot Stamp Co. Newton Abbot, Devon (1971).
Cardale, C.A. The Madonna of Saint Paul de Leon, Staverton. Kingfisher Print & Design Ltd, Staverton, Totnes, Devon.

Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1614 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 1614 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 1560-1812 and Marriages 1556-1812. Fore Street Independent Chapel Christenings 1794-1837

Anne Brooks offers look-ups of her transcription of Staverton

marriages 1770 - 1837.

Description and Travel

Staverton Village website.

Feloy, Jean. Staverton: "village by the stony ford". [Staverton]: Jean Foley (1993) 42p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - pxB/STA 7/0001/FEL]

Directories

Transcription of the entry in White's Devonshire Directory (1850) by Terry Partridge.

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

Heraldry

Pershouse, Stanley. Armorial shields on the screens in Staverton church co. Devon, described by Major Stanley Preshouse, with notes and pedigrees. Typescript (1926) 85p. ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - sx929.8/STA/PER]

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

Rowe, J.Y. Descent of John Rowe, serjeant-at-law, Staverton. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 28, 1959-61, pp. 59-60. [15-16th c.]

History

The Staverton web-site contains accounts of the history of the village, parish church, etc.
Drake-Brockman, E. D. Staverton on the Dart: from records of church and parish. Exeter: Sydney Lee (1946) 97p, plates: ill.
Feloy, Jean. Staverton Parish Council: the first one hundred years 1895-1995 (2nd ed.) [Staverton]: [The Author] (1995) [i], 57leaves: ill, maps.

Probate Records

Staverton Inventory. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 27 (1956-58) pp.59-64. [Inventory of Edward Gould of Staverton, 1628.]
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