Chelson Meadow, Devon Genealogy
Guide to Chelson Meadow, Devon ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Chelson Meadow, Devon | |
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Type | Extra-parochial area (England) |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | Plympton |
County | Devon, England Genealogy |
Poor Law Union | Plympton St Mary |
Registration District | Plympton St Mary |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: For records see surrounding parishes | |
Bishop's Transcripts: For records see surrounding parishes | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | Not Applicable |
Diocese | Not Applicable |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | Search the courts of the surrounding parishes |
Location of Archive | |
Devon Heritage Centre | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
CHELSON MEADOW can be found under CHELSEA-MEADOW, an extra-parochial tract in Plympton-St. Mary district, Devon; 4¼ miles ENE of Plymouth.[1]
PLYMPTON ST. MARY, a parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Plympton, Ermington and Plympton, and S. divisions of Devon, ½ a mile (N. W. by W.) from Earl's-Plympton. This parish derives its name from its situation on the river Plym, and the dedication of its church to St. Mary.[2]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records[edit | edit source]
Chelson Meadow parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
Chelson Meadow Online Parish Records | ||||||
Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
FS PRs | 1538-1912 | 1538-1912 | 1538-1912 | |||
FS BTs | 1558-1887 | 1558-1887 | 1558-1887 | |||
FS Mar | 1660-1912 | |||||
FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
FMP | 1538-1923 | 1507-2002 | 1537-1988 | |||
FMP Banns | 1629-1918 | |||||
BOYD | 1538-1850 | |||||
IGI | ||||||
FS Catalog PRs | ||||||
FS Catalog BTs |
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Records are also available at the Devon Archives and Local Studies.
Non-Conformist Churches[edit | edit source]
None
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Devon Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ John M. Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) Date accessed: 25 October 2013.
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848) Access date: 25 October 2013.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk