Newton Tracey, Devon
Historical Description
Newton Tracey, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands 2½ miles W of the river Taw, 4 from In-stow station on the L. & S.W.R., and 5 SSW of Barnstaple. It has a post office under Barnstaple; money order and telegraph office, Barnstaple. Acreage of parish, 338; population, 140. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £100 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but good, and has a tower.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Devon | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Newton-Tracey St. Thomas à Becket | |
| Hundred | Fremington | |
| Poor Law union | Barnstaple |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the South West Heritage Trust, Parochial Church Council, and Devon Family History Society have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Newton Tracey
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Newton Tracey from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Newton-Tracey (St. Thomas à Becket))
Maps
Online maps of Newton Tracey are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering Devon online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of the County of Devon in the year 1564, with additions from the earlier visitation of 1531, is online.
The Visitations of the County of Devon, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, with additions by Lieutant-Colonel J.L. Vivian, published for the author by Henry S. Eland, Exeter 1895 is online.