Difference between revisions of "Devon"

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*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexwar.html Dartmoor Region War Memorials]
 
*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexwar.html Dartmoor Region War Memorials]
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*[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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valhender/transcriptslist.htm Devon/Devonshire transcripts]
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/devon.html Local History Online - Devon]
 
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/devon.html Local History Online - Devon]
  
*[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonIndexes/LastFarewell.html Devon Convicts Transported to Australia 1782 - 1821]
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*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexlost.html Lost Devon (Dartmoor) Monumental Inscriptions]
  
 
*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/page5.html Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
 
*[http://www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk/page5.html Research Services - at The Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton, Devon, UK]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
 
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Devonport Directories]
 
  
 
*[http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/ag/agopc.htm Aveton Gifford Online Parish Clerk]
 
*[http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/ag/agopc.htm Aveton Gifford Online Parish Clerk]
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*[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ The Dartmouth Archives]
 
*[http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk/ The Dartmouth Archives]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Devonport Directories]
  
*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford OPC]
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*[http://web.mit.edu/~dfm/www/genealogy/dunsford-opc.html Dunsford Online Parish Clerk]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm Ermington OPC]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lynnash/main.htm Ermington Parish Online]
  
*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Parish OPC]
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*[http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/ Exeter History and Memories]
  
*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexlost.html Index of Lost Dartmoor Monumental Inscriptions]
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*[http://www.harford-opc.com/ Harford Online Parish Clerk]
  
*[http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/ Exeter History and Memories]
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*[http://www.johnhmoore.co.uk/hele/ History of Hele Bay, Ilfracombe, North Devon]
  
*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/ Greens on Screen]
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*[http://www.high-bickington.org.uk/index.htm High Bickington]
  
*[http://www.high-bickington.org.uk/index.htm High Bickington]
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*[http://www.luppitt.net/ Luppitt: Parish, Church and People]  
  
*[http://www.johnhmoore.co.uk/hele/ Hele Bay History]
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*[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Registers]
  
*[http://www.luppitt.net/ Luppitt]  
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*[http://www.petrockstowe.co.uk/genealogy.html Petrockstowe One Place Genealogy]
  
*[http://www.sherriff-family.com/mpr-main.htm Modbury Parish Records]
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*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website]
  
*[http://www.petrockstowe.co.uk/genealogy.html Petrockstowe Genealogy ]
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*[http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/sv-argylestory.asp Greens on Screen - History of Plymouth Argyle Football Club]
  
*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Plymouth History ]  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth and South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
  
 
*[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/leisureandtourism/archives/plymouthsarchitecturalheritage.htm Plymouth's Architectural Heritage]
 
*[http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/leisureandtourism/archives/plymouthsarchitecturalheritage.htm Plymouth's Architectural Heritage]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/index.htm Plymouth and South West Devon]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eterryw/plydirec/plym1847/plym1847.htm Plymouth Directory 1847]  
  
 
*[http://www.shaugh.net/_sgg/f10000.htm Shaugh Bridge and Shaugh Prior]
 
*[http://www.shaugh.net/_sgg/f10000.htm Shaugh Bridge and Shaugh Prior]
  
*[http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~our4bears/index.html South Hams District]
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*[http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~our4bears/index.html South Hams]
  
 
*[http://www.sutcomberecords.co.uk/ Sutcombe Village Records]
 
*[http://www.sutcomberecords.co.uk/ Sutcombe Village Records]
  
*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/terryleaman/index.html Torquay Genealogy ]
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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]
 
 
 
*[http://www.plymouthdata.info/plymindx.htm Brian Moseley's Plymouth Data Website]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~terryw/ Plymouth & South West Devon, a Genealogical Miscellany]
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*[http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/WalknContents.html Walkhampton Parish History]
  
 
*[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?UID=021SED00C908S29U00005C01 English Accents and Dialects - Weare Gifford, Devon]
 
*[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?UID=021SED00C908S29U00005C01 English Accents and Dialects - Weare Gifford, Devon]

Revision as of 11:44, 15 January 2008

The Good Life submitted by Chris aka Sherlockslovechild
Devon County Map (source: Wikipedia)

Devon


County town: Exeter

Other major towns: Plymouth, Torquay

Bordered by the sea both to the north and south, Devon is also home to both Dartmoor & Exmoor National Park. It is the home to the Royal Naval Dockyard at Plymouth & Dartmouth Naval College as well as beautiful coastal resorts.

Favoured by Agatha Christie. Famous son, Francis Drake.








Register Offices


Barnstaple
The Civic Centre
Barnstaple
Devon
EX31 1ED
Tel 01271 382000

Bideford
Windmill Lane
Northam
Bideford
Devon
EX39 1BY
Tel 01237 474978

Exeter
New Buildings
Castle Street
Exeter
EX4 3PQ
Tel 01392 384230

Honiton
Elmfield House
Dowell Street
Honiton
EX14 1LX
Tel 01404 42531
covers East Devon Registration District

Mid Devon
The Great House
1 St Peter Street
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 6NU
Tel 01884 255255

Paignton
Torbay Register Office
Oldway
Paignton
Devon
TQ3 2TU
Tel 01803 386880/1

Plymouth
Lockyer Street
Plymouth
Devon
PL1 2QD
Tel 01752 268331

South Hams
Follaton House
Plymouth Road
Totnes
TQ9 5NE
Tel 01803 861234

Teignbridge
15 Devon Square
Newton Abbott
TQ12 2HR
Tel 01626 206341


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Photo Offers

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Links

Primary Reference Links


Countywide Interest

  • Friends of Devon Archives includes transcripts of Devon and Exeter Oath Rolls 1723, Episcopal Visitation Returns 1744 and 1779, and Devon Freeholders 1711-1799


Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps & Photographs




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