Roborough, Devon

Historical Description

Roborough, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands 4 miles WSW of Portsmouth Arms station on the L. & S.W.R., and 5½ ESE of Great Torrington, was anciently called Rougaburga, and took that name from beorghs or burying-places in its neighbourhood. The parish contains also the hamlet of Ebberly. There is a post office under Torrington; money order office, Beaford; telegraph office, Torrington. Acreage, 3214; population, 367. There is a parish council consisting of eight members. The manor of Roborough belonged at the Norman Conquest to the Russells, and with Ebberly House belongs now to the Hole family. The manor of Coombe belongs to the Hon. Mark Rolle. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £240 with residence. The church is ancient. There is a Bible Christian 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 Roborough

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 Roborough from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Roborough 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.