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Woodleigh, Devon

Historical Description

Woodleigh, a parish in Devonshire, half a mile from Loddiswell station on the G.W.R. Post town, Kingsbridge. Acreage, 2655; population of the civil parish, 198; of the ecclesiastical, 187. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; net value, £350 with residence. The church is an ancient edifice of stone in the Perpendicular style, and was well restored in 1893.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

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

Ancient CountyDevon 
Ecclesiastical parishWoodleigh St. Mary 
HundredStaneorough 
Poor Law unionKingsbridge 

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 Woodleigh


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 Woodleigh from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Woodleigh are available from a number of sites:


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.

DistrictSouth Hams
CountyDevon
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtTQ7
Post TownKingsbridge

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