Thorverton, Devon
Historical Description
Thorverton, a parish, with a village, in Devonshire, with a station on the G.W.R., 187 miles from London, and 7 N of Exeter. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office, and fairs on the last Monday of Feb., and the Monday after 18 July. Acreage, 4104; population, 863. The Exe Valley railway, opened in 1885, is the property of the G.W.R. Company, and connects the main line at Stoke Canon with the Devon and Somerset branch near Dulverton. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £280 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is an ancient building in the Gothic style. There is a Baptist chapel and Conservative club.
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 | Thorverton St. Thomas à Becket | |
Hundred | Hayridge | |
Poor Law union | Tiverton |
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 Thorverton
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Thorverton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Thorverton (St. Thomas à Becket))
Maps
Online maps of Thorverton 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.