Yarnscombe Genealogical Records
Yarnscombe Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A name index, connected to digital images of baptism registers, the primary source for birth documentation before 1837. They may record the date a child was born and/or baptised, their parents' names, occupations, residence and more.
A searchable database of 2,225,292 records, linked to original images of baptism registers. The records provide proof of parentage, occupations, residence and other details.
Transcriptions of over 360,000 baptisms from most parishes in the county. Records include parents name and abode.
Over 60,000 transcripts of personal entries in various types of records, including vaccination registers, apprenticeship records, occupational records, poor law records, marriage notice books, returns of deaths, infirmary registers, debtor lists, workhouse birth registers, bastardy records and more.
Yarnscombe Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Banns registers give details of parties who intended to marry. They record an individual's real parish of residence if they moved to a parish temporarily for the purpose of a marriage.
Details of those who were married at the church between 1653 and 1915. Information given may include parents' names, ages, marital status, abode and more.
A searchable database of 1,871,561 records, linked to original images of marriage registers. The records may include fathers' names, age, residence, occupations and more.
Transcriptions of over 270,000 marriages from most parishes in the county.
Yarnscombe Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. They may detail the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
A searchable database of 1,666,144 records, linked to original images of burial registers. The records may include date of burial and/or death, residence, age and other details.
Transcriptions of over 225,000 burials from most parishes in the county. Induces the deceased's age.
Over 60,000 transcripts of personal entries in various types of records, including vaccination registers, apprenticeship records, occupational records, poor law records, marriage notice books, returns of deaths, infirmary registers, debtor lists, workhouse birth registers, bastardy records and more.
Yarnscombe Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
A transcription of the Lady Day hearth tax for 1674 for the county of Devon.
Newspapers Covering Yarnscombe
A politically independent newspaper, covering the affairs of Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. It includes family notices.
A short regional paper covering local occurrences, business news, family notices and more.
A liberal newspaper covering the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. It includes family notices.
Original images of a regional newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the Devon area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering regional news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Devon area.
Yarnscombe Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to 295,609 wills of people who lived in or were connected to Devon. The wills they reference can contain a great deal of genealogical information.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
An index to thousands of probates and administrations granted by the Diocese and Archdeaconry of Exeter, covering parts of Devon & Cornwall.
An index to over 300,000 Devon wills, admons and inventories from 550 sources. Index contains name, abode, occupation, type of document, year of probate, court, notes and document reference.
Yarnscombe Immigration & Travel Records
A detailed investigation into motivations for Devonians choosing to stay or migrate from the county, with particular attention to labour, religion and family ties.
A lengthy article detailing the practice of moving the needy poor between parishes. Contains examples of settlements, removals and examinations.
The story of a ship heading to Quebec from Plymouth that sank off the coast of Cornwall, killing 194 passengers. Includes information on the crew, passengers and others connected with the event.
An overview of emigration from north Devon to the Americas, with particulars of some who made the journey.
A calendar of prisoners brought before the quarter sessions, with details of their crime and punishment. Contains entries for individuals who were transported.
Yarnscombe Military Records
Various military lists published in the Exeter Flying Post, particularly lists of deserters, which may list age and physical description.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Devon, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Devon, with some service details.
Names from a presumably predominately Devonian war memorial in the former Bible Christian church at Swansea.
Yarnscombe Court & Legal Records
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
An index of around 300,000 names in local tax records. The index is connected to digital images of the rate books, which record, land owner and occupier, description of property, address and details of the tax.
Transcriptions of documents listing those who swore loyalty to King George I after the Jacobite Atterbury Plot.
A calendar of cases to be heard before the quarter session that are indictable by nature,.
Two calendars, one of those licensed to carry out trade and the other those brought before the session for cursing.
Yarnscombe Taxation Records
An index of around 300,000 names in local tax records. The index is connected to digital images of the rate books, which record, land owner and occupier, description of property, address and details of the tax.
Transcriptions of documents listing land, their owner or occupier acreage and name or description.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
A transcription of the Lady Day hearth tax for 1674 for the county of Devon.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Yarnscombe Land & Property Records
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
Maps delineating fields in Devon, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
An index of around 300,000 names in local tax records. The index is connected to digital images of the rate books, which record, land owner and occupier, description of property, address and details of the tax.
Transcriptions of documents listing land, their owner or occupier acreage and name or description.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
Yarnscombe Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
Yarnscombe Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Devon's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Memorials of a select number of headstones in Devon.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Yarnscombe Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Yarnscombe Histories & Books
A detailed investigation into motivations for Devonians choosing to stay or migrate from the county, with particular attention to labour, religion and family ties.
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
A general and parochial history of the county, with sections for each parish.
Numerous articles covering the history of the country, its principle settlements, notable persons, castles and more.
A detailed overview of Devon in 1850, extracted from a directory of that year.
Yarnscombe School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Yarnscombe Occupation & Business Records
Background information on women employed by the mining industry in Devon & Cornwall. Includes a database of over 25,000 women and oral histories.
Lists of gamekeepers from the North Devon Journal.
Lists of gamekeepers from the The Western Times.
A series of newspaper articles listing gamekeepers in Devon.
Transcripts of newspaper articles listing the particulars of apprentices who absconded from their master.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Yarnscombe
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Yarnscombe Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Three works compiled from 16th and 17th century sources that record Devon families who had the right to bear a coat of arms.
A list of men found by William Camden to have unsubstantiated claims to coats of arms.
Photographs and descriptions of Devon's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Yarnscombe Church Records
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
Prior to civil registration in 1837, the parish registers of Devon are the most common place to turn for details on births, marriages and deaths.
A series of questionnaires detailing the ecclesiastical predicament of around 250 parishes in Devon.
A transcript of documents recording those who contributed to the rebuilding of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
A history of the Bible Christians, a denomination of Methodists, in Devon and Cornwall.
Biographical Directories Covering Yarnscombe
A series of folk tales and detailed biographies of Devonshire men and women.
Biographies of notable Devonians from the Norman period up to the end of the 17th century.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Yarnscombe Maps
Maps delineating fields in Devon, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
Maps delineating fields, forests and other land plots in east Devon. Apportionments not included.
Transcriptions of documents listing land, their owner or occupier acreage and name or description.
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Yarnscombe Reference Works
A series of articles on Devon surnames, including a dictionary of Devon surname definitions.
A guide to locating Devon wills in light of losses incurred during World War II.
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
YARNSCOMBE is a parish and village 2 ½ miles south-west from Chapelton and 4 miles west from Umberleigh station on the North Devon branch of the London and South Western railway, about 5 ½ north-east from Torrington, 8 south from Barnstaple and 10 west from South Molton, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Hartland, petty sessional division, union and county-court district of Torrington, rural deanery of Torrington, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Andrew is an ancient building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch, and an embattled western tower on the north side containing 6 bells, the first three dated respectively 1709, 1631 and 1608: the chancel retains a piscina; there is an octagonal font of the Tudor period, and the staircase to the rood loft remains and some ancient stained glass, but the screen has disappeared: on the north side of the chancel, within a low-arched recess, is an altar-tomb, the upper slab of which bears a partly effaced inscription to John Cockworthy and his wife, of the 15th century; the church contains besides several monuments of the Loveband family from 1680, including one to the Rev. A. W. Loveband M.A. vicar, d. 1878; also memorials of the Trevelyans (1623), Pollards (1667) and Champneys (1681): the church was repaired and a vestry added in 1852, and the whole church was thoroughly restored in 1888—9 at a cost of £700, and affords 160 sittings. The register dates from the year 1653. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £100, including 30 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1882 by the Rev. John Blood Singleton. There is an estate of 36 acres, producing £20 a year, for the repair of the school and church, which is managed by trustees; there are also charities of £1 10s. yearly, given by deed poll, for the benefit of the poor; and £2. to be distributed in bread. Yarnscombe Court, which was once a seat of the Cockworthy family and afterwards of the ancestors of the Right Hon. Sir G. Otto Trevelyan bart. P.C. is now a, farm-house. Delly, an old manor house, much improved, is the property of Captain John Edgecombe Loveband, whose family has held land here since 1314; it is occupied as a farm. Northchurch was the residence of the Lovebands from 1314, but it passed to the Rolles in 1878 who also purchased from them the estate known as Graylake. The Hon. Mark George Kerr Rolle is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The manor of Little Yarnscombe belongs to the trustees of the late Ven. Charles Wellington Furse M.A. canon and archdeacon of Westminster (d. 1899); that of Yarnscombe Hankford is the property of the Misses Bellew. The soil is clayey; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The acreage is 3,470; rateable value, £2,002; the population in 1891 was 294 in the civil, and 286 in the ecclesiastical parish, and 279 in the civil parish in 1901.
By Local Government Board Order 14,972, a detached part of High Bickington, known as Langley Barton, was transferred to this parish, March 24, 1884.
A School Board of 5 members was formed November 20th, 1877; Samuel Woollacott, jun. clerk to the board & attendance officer.
Board School (mixed), built in 1878, for 68 children; average attendance, 60.
Most Common Surnames in Yarnscombe
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Hartland Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oatway | 15 | 1:18 | 14.02% | 1,066 |
| 2 | Clarke | 13 | 1:20 | 0.87% | 34 |
| 2 | Thorne | 13 | 1:20 | 1.46% | 100 |
| 4 | Waldron | 12 | 1:22 | 3.90% | 369 |
| 5 | Muxworthy | 11 | 1:24 | 18.97% | 1,730 |
| 6 | Pethebridge | 10 | 1:27 | 18.87% | 1,816 |
| 7 | Tucker | 8 | 1:33 | 0.22% | 3 |
| 7 | Bellew | 8 | 1:33 | 25.81% | 2,647 |
| 7 | Horrel | 8 | 1:33 | 40.00% | 3,438 |
| 10 | Fisher | 7 | 1:38 | 1.24% | 185 |
| 10 | Lake | 7 | 1:38 | 0.72% | 84 |
| 10 | Bolt | 7 | 1:38 | 0.91% | 119 |
| 10 | Hammett | 7 | 1:38 | 1.52% | 242 |
| 14 | Richards | 6 | 1:44 | 0.27% | 11 |
| 14 | Ellis | 6 | 1:44 | 0.31% | 17 |
| 14 | Dixon | 6 | 1:44 | 5.31% | 1,023 |
| 14 | Yeo | 6 | 1:44 | 0.81% | 125 |
| 18 | Pope | 5 | 1:53 | 0.69% | 131 |
| 18 | Norrish | 5 | 1:53 | 1.92% | 455 |
| 18 | Denford | 5 | 1:53 | 6.33% | 1,388 |
| 18 | Patt | 5 | 1:53 | 10.87% | 2,022 |
| 18 | Clemett | 5 | 1:53 | 20.00% | 3,006 |
| 23 | Baker | 4 | 1:67 | 0.14% | 6 |
| 23 | Pearce | 4 | 1:67 | 0.31% | 43 |
| 23 | Bird | 4 | 1:67 | 0.88% | 247 |
| 23 | Symons | 4 | 1:67 | 0.36% | 63 |
| 23 | Loosemore | 4 | 1:67 | 1.58% | 462 |
| 28 | Moore | 3 | 1:89 | 0.18% | 26 |
| 28 | Kent | 3 | 1:89 | 1.45% | 575 |
| 28 | Hoyle | 3 | 1:89 | 1.86% | 747 |
| 28 | Down | 3 | 1:89 | 0.26% | 58 |
| 28 | Mitchel | 3 | 1:89 | 2.48% | 962 |
| 28 | Kerslake | 3 | 1:89 | 0.73% | 265 |
| 28 | Paddon | 3 | 1:89 | 0.91% | 340 |
| 28 | Darch | 3 | 1:89 | 1.13% | 439 |
| 28 | Garnish | 3 | 1:89 | 10.34% | 2,729 |
| 28 | Heaman | 3 | 1:89 | 7.69% | 2,300 |
| 38 | Davey | 2 | 1:133 | 0.10% | 15 |
| 38 | Fry | 2 | 1:133 | 0.40% | 212 |
| 38 | Isaac | 2 | 1:133 | 0.31% | 158 |
| 38 | Dart | 2 | 1:133 | 0.27% | 128 |
| 38 | Pengelly | 2 | 1:133 | 0.43% | 238 |
| 38 | Tout | 2 | 1:133 | 1.56% | 926 |
| 38 | Tanton | 2 | 1:133 | 1.64% | 953 |
| 38 | Joce | 2 | 1:133 | 2.67% | 1,447 |
| 38 | Connibear | 2 | 1:133 | 40.00% | 8,667 |
| 47 | Smith | 1 | 1:266 | 0.03% | 4 |
| 47 | Brown | 1 | 1:266 | 0.05% | 12 |
| 47 | Turner | 1 | 1:266 | 0.06% | 25 |
| 47 | Cooper | 1 | 1:266 | 0.23% | 253 |
| 47 | Carter | 1 | 1:266 | 0.09% | 60 |
| 47 | Bennett | 1 | 1:266 | 0.06% | 26 |
| 47 | Oliver | 1 | 1:266 | 0.20% | 214 |
| 47 | Bishop | 1 | 1:266 | 0.14% | 137 |
| 47 | Piper | 1 | 1:266 | 0.22% | 248 |
| 47 | Kingston | 1 | 1:266 | 1.67% | 1,692 |
| 47 | Maddock | 1 | 1:266 | 0.35% | 414 |
| 47 | Sage | 1 | 1:266 | 0.48% | 572 |
| 47 | Alford | 1 | 1:266 | 0.17% | 174 |
| 47 | Passmore | 1 | 1:266 | 0.15% | 155 |
| 47 | Topley | 1 | 1:266 | 100.00% | 15,767 |
| 47 | Connoly | 1 | 1:266 | 16.67% | 7,664 |
| 47 | Wedlake | 1 | 1:266 | 1.14% | 1,262 |
| 47 | Petherbridge | 1 | 1:266 | 0.72% | 843 |
| 47 | Chudley | 1 | 1:266 | 0.40% | 469 |
| 47 | Bealey | 1 | 1:266 | 1.22% | 1,345 |
| 47 | Smaldon | 1 | 1:266 | 2.50% | 2,249 |
| 47 | Stideford | 1 | 1:266 | 100.00% | 15,767 |
| 47 | Joyslin | 1 | 1:266 | 100.00% | 15,767 |