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Clyst St. George, a scattered village and parish, 1½ miles E by N. of Topsham, and 4 miles S.E. of Exeter and is the most southerly of six parishes named after the River Clyst. The parish formerly contained Marsh Barton,[2] now the site of an industrial estate within the Exeter City Council area.
The church, St George has a red sandstone tower was completely rebuilt in 1854–59 and gutted by fire in an air raid in 1940, and again rebuilt in 1952. The Old Rectory dates from the 18th century.[4] Also known as Clyst Wick. |
Family History InformationEarliest Baptism registers 1810 Earliest marriage registers 1754 Earliest Burial registers 1813 Devon RO Holdings for Clyst St George Bap 1810-1851 Marr 1754-1915 Bur 1813-1837 Registration District: St Thomas The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837 Entered into the IGI: Parish Church Christenings 1568-1812, and Marriages 1567-1811, 1813-1837. Wills and Probate: Archdeaconry and the Diocese of Exeter Hundred: East Budleigh |
Where to find parish register transcripts and copiesThe best and most obvious place to view the Clyst St George parish registers is the Devon Archives and Local Studies Centre in Exeter where all the originals, microfilms and fiche are kept. It is not always possible to visit Exeter and so copies or indexes are the next best thing. Below are some sites where you can find these with the date ranges.
Please note - Find my Past is a subscription site (which you can search for free) and Family Search is free Clyst St George Baptisms 1813-1837 Find My Past 1567-1809 Genealogist
Clyst St George Banns None Find My Past 1759-1809 Genealogist Clyst St George Marriages 1754-1915 Find My Past 1567-1811 Genealogist Clyst St George Burials 1813-1837 Find My Past 1567-1812 Genealogist Bishops Transcripts 1615-1812 Family Search Transcripts of the Parish Registers Marriages from 1813by the Devon & Cornwall Record Society are held at the Devon Archives and Local Studies Centr Registers of Clyst St. George, Devon, 1565-1812 (The Parish Register Society, 1899). John Lomax Gibbs, ed., by FamilySearch Books - free.
John Gibbs remarks in the foreword that "there is a great disproportion of the Marriages to Births and Burials which is occasioned by this Church having been much frequented for weddings the last 40 years by people from Exeter, Topsham, Woodbury, &c. It was also made use of by many Woodbury people for Baptisms during the Civial War."
Information available via this site for Clyst St George
Here is a summary of resources I have available to share with you or links to other sites of interest. Some are transcriptions or extracts and will be on this site; some, for reasons of copyright are in my possession and I or another person will do lookups where you see the email button. Census 1851 LDS CD - Rom Look - ups available email keith searle 1881 LDS CD - Rom Lookups available keith searle or from LDS web site Parish Registers I do not have any transcripts of Clyst St Mary parish registers but would welcome any holdings that you may have. Devon Heritage has a number of records - 1914 - 18 War Memorial The Habell bodied men of Clyst St George in 1569 Clyst St George in White's Directory of 1850 Clyst St George Freeholders Not yet available Clyst St George Books The history and Antiquities of Clyst St George |
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