Difference between revisions of "Devon"

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+[[Category:Region 6 ~ South West England]]
-[[Image:devon.jpg|250px|thumb|The Good Life submitted by Chris aka Sherlockslovechild]]
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-[[Image:EnglandDevon.jpg|left|131px|thumb|Devon County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
+|Bordered by the sea both to the north and south, Devon is home to both Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks.
+It is also home to the Royal Naval Dockyard at Plymouth and the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth as well as beautiful coastal resorts.
-'''Devon'''
+Favoured by Agatha Christie.
+Famous son: Francis Drake.
-County town: Exeter
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+'''County town:''' Exeter
-Other major towns: Plymouth, Torquay
-Bordered by the sea both to the north and south, Devon is home to both Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks. It is also home to the Royal Naval Dockyard at Plymouth and the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth as well as beautiful coastal resorts.
+'''Other major towns:''' Plymouth, Torquay
-Favoured by Agatha Christie. Famous son: Francis Drake.
-<br><br><br><br><br><br><BR>
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Devon| Devon Places of Worship]]'''
-==Register Offices==
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/deaths/copy-2.htm Copy Certificate information]<br>
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
+| [[Image: EnglandDevon.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/registration_districts_in_devon.htm Registrar homepage]<br>
+|}
-'''Barnstaple'''<BR>
+==Resources==
-The Civic Centre<br>
-Barnstaple<br>
-Devon<br>
-EX31 1ED<br>
-Tel 01271 382000<br>
-Email:srnorth@devon.gov.uk<br>
-'''Bideford'''<BR>
-Windmill Lane<br>
-Northam<br>
-Bideford<br>
-Devon<br>
-EX39 1BY<br>
-Tel 01237 474978
-'''Exeter'''<BR>
+'''Primary Reference'''
-New Buildings<br>
-Castle Street<br>
-Exeter<br>
-EX4 3PQ<br>
-Tel 01392 384230<br>
-Email: srexeter@devon.gov.uk<br>
-'''Honiton'''<BR>
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office '''Devon Record Office''']
-Elmfield House<br>
-Dowell Street<br>
-Honiton<br>
-EX14 1LX<br>
-Tel 01404 42531<br>
-covers East Devon Registration District<br>
-Email: sreast@devon.gov.uk<br>
-'''Mid Devon'''<BR>
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/community/the_county/record_office/north_record_office.htm North Devon Record Office]
-The Great House<br>
-St Peter Street<br>
-Tiverton<br>
-Devon<br>
-EX16 6NU<br>
-Tel 01884 255255
-'''Paignton'''<BR>
+*[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/archives Plymouth and West Devon Record Office]
-Torbay Register Office<br>
-Oldway<br>
-Paignton<br>
-Devon<br>
-TQ3 2TU<br>
-Tel 01803 386880/1
-'''Plymouth'''<BR>
-Lockyer Street<br>
-Plymouth<br>
-Devon<br>
-PL1 2QD<br>
-Tel 01752 268331
-'''Totnes'''<BR>
-Follaton House<br>
-Plymouth Road<br>
-Totnes<br>
-TQ9 5NE<br>
-Tel 01803 861234<br>
-Email: srshams@devon.gov.uk<br>
-'''Teignbridge'''<BR>
-Devon Square<br>
-Newton Abbott<br>
-TQ12 2HR<br>
-Tel 01626 206341
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
-<br>
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*South Dartmoor:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
-*South Devon: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
-*West Devon: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=269 Miss Dynamite]
-==Photo Offers==
-Members who have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send the member a private message with your queries.
-==Links==
-'''Primary Reference Links'''
-*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office '''Devon Record Office''']
 *[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ Devon Family History Society]
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 *[http://uk.geocities.com/devonlookup@btinternet.com/ Devon Look-up Exchange]
-*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html Devon OPC ]
-*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ GENUKI Devon]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(A-M).htm#PageTitle IGI Devon (A-M)]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyDevon_(N-Z).htm#PageTitle IGI Devon (N-Z)]
 *[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
+*[http://www.geocities.com/opcdevon/ Devon OPC]
 '''Countywide Interest'''
 *[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3033/ A Genealogist's Devon Connection]
-*[http://www.britannia.com/history/devon/ Britannia: The History of Devon] includes information on some castles, churches, etc.
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire Transcripts]
-*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexwar.html Dartmoor Region War Memorials]
-*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonIndexes/LastFarewell.html Devon Convicts Transported to Australia 1782 - 1821]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire transcripts]
 *[http://familyannouncements.thisisdevon.co.uk Devon Family Announcements]
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 *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~footprints1/dev1/index.htm Devon Index Page - Genealogy and Family History]
-*[http://www.thefamilyhistorypages.co.uk/Devon.html Devon Page] some Parish Register transcriptions
+*[http://www.thefamilyhistorypages.co.uk/Devon.html Devon Page]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Efootprints1/dev1/parishindex.htm Devon Parishes Index] some transcriptions
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Devonport Directories]
 *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdev/surnames/ Devon Surnames]
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dev/devon_workhouses.htm Devon Workhouses]
+*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonSurnames/ Studies on Devon Surnames]
-*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon Archives] includes transcripts of Devon and Exeter Oath Rolls 1723, Episcopal Visitation Returns 1744 and 1779, and Devon Freeholders 1711-1799
-*[http://www.genogold.com/html/devon1.html Genogold - Devon Census]
-*[http://www.genogold.com/html/devon.html Genogold - Devon Parish Registers]
+*[http://www.foda.org.uk/ Friends of Devon Archives]
 *[http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/history/devtales.htm John Lerwill's Devon History Selection]
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 *[http://www.devon.gov.uk/parish_register_list List of Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers]
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/devon.html Local History Online - Devon]
+*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/ Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
-*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexlost.html Lost Devon (Dartmoor) Monumental Inscriptions]
+*[http://www.explorenorthdevon.org/default.aspx "Explore North Devon" Project Homepage]
-*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/page5.html Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Williams’s Commercial Directory 1847 Of Devonport, Plymouth, and Stonehouse]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
 *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
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 *[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Devon/visprepref.html Visitations of Devon 1531, 1561 and 1626]
-*[http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/paul001.html West Country Newspapers]
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 *[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ The Dartmouth Archives]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Devonport Directories]
 *[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford Online Parish Clerk]
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 *[http://www.petrockstowe.co.uk/genealogy.html Petrockstowe One Place Genealogy]
-*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website]
+*[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/leisureandtourism/archives/plymouthsarchitecturalheritage.htm Plymouth's Architectural Heritage]
 *[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/sv-argylestory.asp Greens on Screen - History of Plymouth Argyle Football Club]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth and South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
+*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website]
-*[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/leisureandtourism/archives/plymouthsarchitecturalheritage.htm Plymouth's Architectural Heritage]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth and South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
 *[http://www.shaugh.net/_sgg/f10000.htm Shaugh Bridge and Shaugh Prior]
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 *[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/terryleaman/index.html Terry Leaman's Torquay Website]
-*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/WalknContents.html Walkhampton Parish History]
+*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Walkhampton/ Walkhampton Parish History]
-*[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?UID=021SED00C908S29U00005C01 English Accents and Dialects - Weare Gifford, Devon]
 *[http://www.witheridge-historical-archive.com/index.htm Witheridge Parish]
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-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
 *[http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/100134/1.html Etched on Devon's Memory - Early Topographical Prints]
 *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photo2/artists.html Victorian and Edwardian Photographers in Devon]
+==Register Office==
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/deaths/copy-2.htm Copy Certificate Information]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/births/apply_copy.htm Apply for a Copy Certificate]
+*[http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/democracycommunities/people/registration_districts_in_devon.htm Registrar Homepage]
+'''Barnstaple'''
+The Civic Centre<br>
+Barnstaple<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX31 1ED<br>
+Tel: 01271 382000<br>
+Email:srnorth@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Bideford'''
+Windmill Lane<br>
+Northam<br>
+Bideford<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX39 1BY<br>
+Tel: 01237 474978 <br>
+'''Exeter'''
+New Buildings<br>
+Castle Street<br>
+Exeter<br>
+EX4 3PQ<br>
+Tel: 01392 384230<br>
+Email: srexeter@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Honiton''' (covers East Devon Registration District)
+Elmfield House<br>
+Dowell Street<br>
+Honiton<br>
+EX14 1LX<br>
+Tel: 01404 42531<br>
+Email: sreast@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Mid Devon'''
+The Great House<br>
+St Peter Street<br>
+Tiverton<br>
+Devon<br>
+EX16 6NU<br>
+Tel: 01884 255255<br>
+'''Paignton'''
+Torbay Register Office<br>
+Oldway<br>
+Paignton<br>
+Devon<br>
+TQ3 2TU<br>
+Tel: 01803 386880/1 <br>
+'''Plymouth'''
+Lockyer Street<br>
+Plymouth<br>
+Devon<br>
+PL1 2QD<br>
+Tel: 01752 268331<br>
+'''Totnes'''
+Follaton House<br>
+Plymouth Road<br>
+Totnes<br>
+TQ9 5NE<br>
+Tel: 01803 861234<br>
+Email: srshams@devon.gov.uk<br>
+'''Teignbridge'''
+Devon Square<br>
+Newton Abbott<br>
+TQ12 2HR<br>
+Tel: 01626 206341
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/member.php?u=344 Sunny Rosy]
+*Exeter Records Office [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1695 Geoff Devon]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*Barnstaple & Bideford Area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7372 bubblebelle]
+*South Dartmoor: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
+*South Devon: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
+*West Devon: [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=269 Miss Dynamite]
+==Photo Offers==
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
+*South Dartmoor [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=333 Mavis by the Moor]
+*Barnstaple & Bideford Area [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=7372 bubblebelle]
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