It is 6. 9 miles in length, and 6. It is very hilly, and abounds in huge granite rocks, some of whose peaks are above 1. The highland is covered with wide moors, of which Dartmoor is the most extensive. But in the valleys and lower ground the soil is fertile. Its rivers are the Exe, the Culm, the Dart, the Tamar, the Otter, & c.
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Some parts of its coasts are composed of lofty cliffs, but at others there is a beautiful sandy shore. The air and climate are so mild and salubrious that invalids often retire to its sea- ports for the winter. Limestone, granite, some building- stone, and a species of wood- coal are found here, as well as some kinds of variegated marble.
It produces corn, & c. Its fisheries also are of value. Exeter is its chief city.
Devon Local Studies Service has a very useful online Historic Gazetteer down to parish level, with summary historical and statistical information, and in most cases.
It sends 2. 2 members to parliament. There is also a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) file for these Devon pages, and a What's New page listing major recent additions. The DEVON mailing list associated with GENUKI/Devon is (now co- sponsored by the Devon FHS). For information related to specific families or individuals see Genealogies, and Biographies; to locate transcripts of wills for specific individuals see Wills.
NOTE 2: Volunteers are sought for the Devon Pre- 1. Census and Population Listing Transcription Project, the Devon Book Indexing Project, and the Devon Online Parish Clerks scheme. A Devon Book of Days - ? This web page chronicles events great and small across the centuries. The Devon Almanac, Mint Press, Stevensbooks, 7. Longbrook Street, Exeter, EX4 6. AP (c. 19. 99). These developments, which are described in Historical Records: A New Future for Devon's Heritage, do not affect the other major Devon archive, the Plymouth & West Devon Record Office, or the Local Studies Library, which are located in Plymouth and come under the Plymouth City Council.
Collectively these provide the principal genealogy- related resources in Devon. However the respective reponsibilities and resources of Devon Heritage Services, and of the Plymouth- based services are not easily disentangled - hopefully the links given below will help. Which heritage centre or record office should I visit?? What records do we hold?
However this catalogue is no longer being added to or altered, and it is the individual Devon Record Office catalogues that are being actively developed, and will presumably eventually supercede use of the Access to Archives catalogue. Covers the Society's own publications, parish register transcriptions, files on a large number of individual parishes and families, etc., etc. Tiverton: Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, Special Issue (1. Index to printed literature relating to North Devon. The Literature of Devonshire up to the Year 1. Being the Presidential Address to the Members of the Devonshire Association, Privately Printed (1. Bibliotheca Devoniensis: a Catalogue of the Printed Books relating to the County of Devon, Exeter, Willim Roberts (1.
A Few Sheaves of Devon Bibliography Gleaned by John Ingle Dredge. A Few Sheaves of Devon Bibliography Gleaned by John Ingle Dredge - Second Sheaf. A Few Sheaves of Devon Bibliography Gleaned by John Ingle Dredge - Third Sheaf. A Few Sheaves of Devon Bibliography Gleaned by John Ingle Dredge - Fourth Sheaf.
A Few Sheaves of Devon Bibliography Gleaned by John Ingle Dredge - Fifth Sheaf. Devon Bibliography 1. Devon History Society (1. Devon Bibliography 1. Devon History Society (1. Bibliography of the parishes of east Devon, except Exeter, Typescript (1. Devon: A Genealogical Bibliography (Vol 1: Sources), 1.
Exeter: S. A. Devon: A Genealogical Bibliography (Vol 2: Families), 8. Exeter: S. A. Devon Topographical Prints 1. Exeter, Devon Library Services (1. Some Recent Devonshire Literature. The Devonian Year Book.
London: The London Devonian Association, (1. County Sources at the Society of Genealogists (June 2.
Cornwall & Devon: Parish Registers, Nonconformist Registers, Marriage Licenses, Monumental Inscriptions, London, Society of Genealogists Enterprises, Ltd. Our providential way: a bibliography of the history of dissent in Devon, Trans.
A Few Sheaves of Devon Bibliography Gleaned by the Late Rev John Ingle Dredge: With Notes and Additions by Mrs Frances E Troup. The Manuscripts of the Duke of Somerset, The Marquis of Ailesbury and the Rev. Sir T. H. G. Puleston, Bart., London, H. M. S. O. 1- 1. 00 of the Devon Family Historian. Listing of article titles in Devon Family Historian, No 4. Oct 1. 98. 6) - No 7.
May 1. 99. 5). Listing of articles relating to Devon in other genealogical periodicals. Publishers and book distributors with coverage of Devon genealogy and history include: Archive CD, Dartmoor Press, Halsgrove, Phillimore, Stevensbooks, Bernard Welchman. Antiquarian and second hand books relating to Devon - Ambra Books, Chapel Books, Joel Segal Books, Stella and Rose's Books, and Antiquarian and Old Books (a listing of Antiquarian & Secondhand Booksellers in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset & Dorset). Maps, Plans, Manuscripts, Documents, etc., especially relating to the West Country - Lesley Aitchison. Genealogy and Family History Documents relating to Devon, offered by Beryl Anderson. Liz Shakespeare's Books from Devon.
Listing of Dartmoor Press Publications - an extensive set of parish register and trade directory transcripts and indexes, etc., related to parishes in the Dartmoor Region. A selected bibliography related mainly to North Devon is provided by James Brannan. Published and on- line individual biographies are listed on a separate set of Biographies pages. Devonshire Characters and Strange Events (London, 1. The Worthies of Devon, The Devonian Year Book, London: The London Devonian Association (1.
Prominent Living Devonians, The Devonian Year Book, London: The London Devonian Association (1. The Worthies of Devon: Addenda, The Devonian Year Book, London: The London Devonian Association (1.
Exploring the West Country: A woman's guide. London: Virago Press (1. Extraordinary Parsons of Devon and Cornwall, Exeter, Devon Books (1. Eighth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Celebrities. A Book of Devonshire Parsons, London, Heath Granton (1. A notice of some remarkable Devonshire centenarians.
History of the Worthies of England. London: John Nicholls (1. Devonshire Leaders: Social and Political. Published for Private Circulation. Exeter Centenarian: An Interesting interview, Devon Famiy Historian, vol. The Romance of the Men of Devon, (1. Leading Lights of Devon (1.
First Report of the Committee on Devonshire Celebrities. Second Report of the Committee on Devonshire Celebrities. Third Report of the Committee on Devonshire Celebrities.
Fourth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Celebrities. Fifth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Celebrities. Seventh Report of the Committee on Devonshire Celebrities. A Devonshire Christmas, The History Press Ltd (2. West- Country Poets: their lives and works: being an account of about four hundred verse writers of Devon and Cornwall with poems and extracts.
London: Elliot Stock (1. Rags to Riches: The stories of five entrepreneurial families whose prosperity began in eighteenth century Devon, Blue Horse (2. Captains from Devon: The Great Elizabethan Seafarers Who Won the Oceans for England, Chapel Hill, NC, Algonquin Books (1. Biographical dictionary of Devon incumbents (2. Manuscript (1. 93.
Notes on slips connected with Devonshire. Notes on slips connected with Devonshire. Notes on slips connected with Devonshire. Notes on slips connected with Devonshire. Notes on slips connected with Devonshire.
Notes on slips connected with Devonshire. Notes on slips connected with Devonshire. Prince's 'Worthies of Devon' and the Dictionary of National Biography, Part I, Trans. Prince's 'Worthies of Devon' and the Dictionary of National Biography, Part II, Trans.
Prince's 'Worthies of Devon' and the Dictionary of National Biography, Part III, Trans. Assoc., vol 1. 9, (1.
Devonshire Celebrities: Social and Political. Worthies of Devon: A Work Wherein the Lives and Fortunes of The Most Famous Divines, Statesmen, Swordsmen, Physicians, Writers, and Other Eminent Persons, Natives of that most noble Province.. Danmonii Orientales Illustres (two vols.), MSS (1. Art in Devonshire, Part I. Art in Devonshire, Part II. Art in Devonshire, with the biographies of Artists born in that County, Exeter & London, (1. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Portraits of Departed Worthies Connected with the Counties of Devon and Cornwall.
Exeter: Royal Albert Memorial Museum (1. Dicky Slader: The Exmoor Pedlar Poet.
David & Charles, Dawlish (1. Devoniana, Part II: Art in Devonshire. Assoc., 1. 5, (1. Notes on Prince's Lives of Sir William Pole and Thomas Risdon. Assoc., Vol 1. 8, (1. Devon Historian, 3. Jan 1. 98. 5) pp.
This is currently (November 2. It also holds a card index of inscriptions from 5. North Devon. Some account of the monumental brasses of Devon.
Exeter Diocesan Architectural Soc. Devon Monumental Inscriptions. Dwelly (1. 91. 8) v, 2. The Monumental Brasses of Devonshire, Monumental Brass Society County Series, vol. The Book of the Axe: containing a Piscatorial Description of that stream, and a history of all the Parishes and remarkable spots upon its banks. An Index to the Names of Persons found in the Monumental Inscriptions in Devonshire Churches, Copied in the Years 1.
Trans. 3. 6, (1. 90. The (unindexed) original records can be seen on either microfilm or microfiche at the National Archives in London, and at LDS Family History Centres world- wide.
Adding to GENUKI's extensive general information about the census, the situation for Devon in particular is as follows: 1. Scanned images available on CD- ROM from Archive CD, and online with a name index - for a fee - from Ancestry and Find. My. Past. A Free. CEN project to produce a free online indexed transcription is underway. Fully- indexed transcription available on CD- ROM from the LDS, and for a fee from Ancestry and Find. My. Past. 1. 86. 1 - Scanned images available on CD- ROM from Archive CD, the subject of a completed joint DFHS/Free.