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"UPLYME, a large scattered village, is pleasantly situated at the most eastern extremity of Devon, only about a mile N.W. of the town and sea-port of Lyme-Regis, in Dorsetshire. Its parish is a suburb of that town, and comprises 1057 inhabitants, and 3149A. 2R. 5P. of land. The manor was anciently held by Glastonbury Abbey, and afterwards passed to the Drake and Tucker families. The Hon. Sir John Talbot, K.C.B., admiral of the Blue, is now lord of the manor and owner of a great part of the parish. He has a handsome seat here called Rhode Hill House. Robert Bourchier Wrey, Esq., of Ware Cliff House; James Davidson, Esq., and the Rev. C.W. Ethelston, M.A., have estates in the parish. The latter is also patron and incumbent of the rectory, valued in K.B. at £20. 8s. 11½d., and in 1831 at £386. The glebe is 35A., and the Rectory House is a handsome residence, which was enlarged and much improved in 1838, when the tithes were commuted for £461. The CHURCH (St. Peter and St. Paul,) is an ancient structure, with a remarkably low tower. The Methodists and Baptists have chapels here. . . . " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
A parish in Axminster Hundred, and the Archdeaconry and Diocese of Exeter.

General information:

Cemeteries

MIs for this parish are included in the Incledon index - see under Cemeteries on the main Devon page.
Matthews, A.W. Ye Old Mortality. vol. 8 (1909) pp. 868-893. [MS, Society of Genealogists]

Census

Transcription of a local census of Uplyme, of 1826-27, held at the Devon Record Office, provided by Jenni Gay.

Church History

Watkin, Alfred (ed.). The Great Chartulary of Glastonbury Abbey, vol. 3. Somerset Record Society 64 (1956). [Raymond: Includes property at Uplyme.]

Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1684 are held in the Devon Record Office - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon Record Office.

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1838, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their book list.

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

Nothing entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993).

Description and Travel

Stirling, D.M. Beauties of the Shore: or A Guide to the Watering Places on the South East Coast of Devon. Comprising copious illustrations of the Antiquities, History, Topography and Scenery of the following parishes; Seaton, Axmouth, &c. &c., Exeter, W. Roberts (printer) (1838) vi + 191pp + 6pp list of subscribers + 3 pages of adverts. [Index]

Gazetteers

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

History

Berry, Les. Around Uplyme and Lyme Regis. (Archive photographs series) Chalford: Chalford Publishing (1995) 128p: chiefly ill. [ISBN 0752400444]
Gosling, Gerald and Thomas, Jack. The Book of Uplyme: Portrait of a Devonshire Village, Halsgrove (2004) 160 p. [ISBN 1841143359]
The story of Uplyme. Uplyme Women's Institute (1982) 27p: ill, map. [Westcountry Studies - pB/UPL/0001/STO]

Land and Property

Digitised 1840 tithe maps, including one of this parish, are available on the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership's website.

Names, Personal

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

Schools

Children sent to Day School (1827), transcribed by Jenni Gay.

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Last updated: 21 Jan 2012 - Brian Randell

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