Peter Tavy, Devon

Historical Description

Tavy St Peter, a parish, with a village and a hamlet, in Devonshire, on the W border of Dartmoor, 3½ miles NE of Tavistock station, on the G.W.R. Post town, Tavistock. Acreage, 9460; population of the civil parish, 350; of the ecclesiastical, 279. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The Duke of Bedford is lord of the manor. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £200 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. The church is an ancient building of stone with an embattled tower, and has been restored. A chapel of ease is at Hillbridge, and there is a Wesleyan chapel.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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 Peter Tavy

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Peter Tavy from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Tavy (St. Peter))

Maps

Online maps of Peter Tavy 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:

• Western Times
• Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
• Western Morning News
• North Devon Journal
• Exeter Flying Post

Villages, Hamlets, &c

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.