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South Hams District - general resources

NOTE: The combined 1841 index is abbreviated.
Please check each parish page for a full transcript.

Visit the Kingsbridge Historical Society's Website here
Some useful current and historical information may be found at Devon Towns & Villages

NOTE - Copies of original documents are often of poor quality & not indexed(unless noted)
For this reason you will appreciate that only lookups for specific individuals & events,
over a reasonable time period, may be undertaken. Thank you.

See a map of the ancient parishes here.

Search for images of South Hams parishes here

Type Description Period Link
  Registration Districts of Kingsbridge, Plympton
& Totnes
Index of places On-line
Census Most South Hams parishes TRANSCRIBED 1841 On-line
  Remainder of parishes INDEXED 1841 Ask Ray
  All parishes INDEXED 1851 - do -
  Some parishes TRANSCRIBED 1861 Check parish page
  All parishes INDEXED 1861 Ask Ray
  - do - 1871 - do -
  - do - 1881 - do -
  Most parishes INDEXED 1891 Check parish page
Parishes      
Combined Index to baptisms - mostly ex-IGI Mainly c1700-c1850 On-line
Combined Index to banns - ex-IGI Mainly post-1836 On-line
Combined Index to burials - ex-IGI Mainly c1700-c1850 On-line
IGI List of parishes indexed with batch numbers Here
Bibliography Books and Photos List Here
  Directories 1830-1923 - do -
Gazetteers Lewis' & Wilson's 1831 & 1870 - do -
Headstones Various cemeteries & names Index On-line
Maps Greenwood's 1827 Link here
  South Hams area   On-line
Mariners Lloyd's Captains' Register 1869 - sundry local men On-line
  Lloyd's Register - National Index 1869 Link here
  Trafalgar Prize List for HMS "Victory" List of recipients On-line
Workhouses Locations and history c1840+ Link here
Accomodation Bed & Breakfast in Kingsbridge Here