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Lympstone is a pretty village, with several large and handsome houses, is pleasantly seated on the eastern bank of the broad estuary of the river Exe, about 2 miles N. by W. of Exmouth, and 8 miles S.S.E. of Exeter.
The village as we know it today has been formed from the amalgamations and permutations of three small Domesday manors, Leveneston (Lympstone), Notteswille (Nutwell) and (almost certainly a Domesday manor) Sowden. Over the last hundred years it has been thought of as Upper Lympstone (from near the Exeter main road up through the farms to the Common), Lower Lympstone, and Sowden. It was once a very considerable fishing station, having about 60 small fishing boats, and large beds of oysters in the estuary, brought there to fatten, from the sea coast near Exmouth. The parish church is the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( St Mary) To discover more about Lympstone history go to Lympstone Parish Council site Or Lympstone history Society |
Family History InformationEarliest Baptism registers 1654
Earliest marriage registers 1654 Earliest Burial registers 1654 Devon RO Holdings for Lympstone Bap 1654-1978 Marr 1654-1997 Bur 1654-1991 Non conformist registers c1820-1837 Wesleyan Chapel at www.bmdregisters.co.uk/ Transcripts by DCRS at Devon Heritage Centre 1654 -1906 IGI (LDS Church) Baptism and Marriages 1654 - 1875 The Devon FHS indexes Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837 - Registration District: St Thomas Wills and Probate: Peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Hundred: East Budleigh |
Where to find parish register transcripts and copiesThe best and most obvious place to view the Lympstone parish registers is the Devon Heritage 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 and Family Search is free Lympstone Baptisms 1654-1915 Find My Past
Lympstone Banns 1754-1915 Find My Past Lympstone Marriages 1654 -1915 Find My Past Lympstone Burials 1630-1915 Find My Past Other churches and chapels (with pre-1840 records): Wesleyan Chapel: Registers for c1820-37 - see Budleigh Temple, Exeter Mint PRO RG 4/517, 1208) Devon RO Lympstone B 1654-1978 Marr 1654-1997 Bur 1654-1991 Bishops Transcripts on Family Search 1813-1858.
Information available via this site for Lympstone
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 Lympstone parish registers but would welcome any holdings that you may have. Devon Heritage has a number of records - Lympstone residents in Robson's Directory of 1839 Lympstone residents in White's Directory of 1850 Seamen's records for Lympstone men Some Lympstone landowners in 1873 The War Memorial Lympstone Freeholders Not yet available Lympstone Tithe Map 1839 Not yet available Books about Lympstone The Lympstone Story by Rosemary Smith Published by the Lympstone Society 2005 The Houses of Lympstone: A History of the Village Through Its Houses Hardcover – 10 Sep 2011by Rosemary Smith Publisher: Lympstone Historic Houses Group |
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