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WOODBURY is a large village and parish,  near the estuary of the river Exe 7 miles from the City of Exeter in East Devon .It  takes its  name from a prehistoric earthwork known as Woodbury Castle which commands views of the Exe estuary and dominates the modern village and the area around it. The village lies in the centre of what is one of Devons largest parishes. Agriculture has always been the main industry. The parish church of St Swithins was rebuilt in 1409 but was restored (the historian WG Hoskins says ruinously) by Rev Fulford in the mid 19th century.

Some local information about the parish can be found at the Woodbury Common web site maintained by Jim Batten
The excellent Woodbury Local History site is well worth a visit.

​WOODBURY is  the head of a petty sessional division, in the Eastern division of the county, hundred of East Budleigh, union of St. Thomas, county court district of Exeter, rural deanery of Aylesbeare and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter.

Ebford,Exton, Nutwell, Gulliford, Woodmanton, Woodbury Salterton are all hamlets in this parish.
For pictures of Woodbury and village web cam follow this link for the excellent site by Roger Stokes the author of The Book of  Woodbury, The Twentieth Century Revisited.

Family History Information

Earliest Baptism registers 1575
Earliest marriage registers 1557
Earliest Burial registers     1557 BMDRegisters.co.uk
Non conformist registers 1773 -1836 (Gulliford Meeting (Presb)  at www.bmdregisters.co.uk/
Copies at DCRO at Westcountry Studies Library
Baptism 1557 -1837
Marriage 1557- 1837
Burial 1575 - 1837
IGI (LDS Church) Baptism and Marriages 1557 - 1837
The Devon FHS indexes Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837 -
Registration district: St Thomas
Wills and Probate: Peculiar Court of the Vicars Choral of Exeter
Hundred: East Budleigh

Where to find parish register transcripts and copies

The best and most obvious place to view the Woodbury or Woodbury Salterton 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 and dates available.
Please note - Find my Past is a subscription site and Family Search is free
Woodbury Baptisms     1557 -1915  Find My Past     1557-1837  Family Search
Woodbury Banns         1653 -1823   Find My Past  
Woodbury Marriages   1557 -1915   Find My Past     1557-1837 Family Search
Woodbury Burials        1567-1915    Find My Past 

Woodbury Salt  Baptisms    1845 -1915  Find My Past 
Woodbury Salt Banns         1846 -1914  Find My Past 
Woodbury Salt Marriages   1845 -1915  Find My Past 
Woodbury Salt Burials        1845-1915   Find My Past  
Bishops Transcripts on  Family Search 1813-1858.

 Information available via this site  for Woodbury

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 have limited abstracts and transcriptions available. All of them are post  1800 so ask me if you would like me to look these up.

Lookups keith searle

Burials 

A burial list for St Swithins Church has been produced from details supplied by the Council for Christian Care in 1987, with plans of the two churchyards.It has been updated to 2009 by local historian Roger Stokes.
Click here to go to the St Swithins burials page 

Directories

Whites Trade Directory  1878/79 Inhabitants of Woodbury parish transcribed by Selena Gillian  click here to download pdf   

Kellys Directory 1902 click here for list  of Woodbury inhabitants

Woodbury -  Accounts of the overseers of the poor 1808 - 1832.
Part of a scanning programme carried out by the Woodbury Local history Society

Woodbury - The Vestry book 1852-1865
The meeting of parishioners also referred to as the annual vestry meeting was held yearly  to elect churchwardens and deputies for the forthcoming year. These are the minutes of those meetings. These are part of a scanning programme carried out by the Woodbury Local history Society

Woodbury Freeholders

Extract of Woodbury freeholders 1711-1799 from the Index transcribed by the  Friends of Devon Archive. These show the money collected for the poor of the parish and the individual payments made to the poor, either as a cash payment or in kind.


Valuation of the Parish of Woodbury 1859
Part of a scanning programme carried out by the Woodbury Local history Society
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Woodbury and the Church
 
Religious dissent and the relationship between the established Church and the parishioners

An article by Keith Searle

Woodbury Tithe Map 1839

The 1839  Tithe map of Woodbury is 10 feet square, and it was housed in St Swithun's Church until 2009. It now resides in the Devon Records Office.

This is a copy of the version held by the Inland Revenue which has now been digitised by Roger Stokes between 2008 and 2011.

There are links to several  versions - one is a digitally enhanced map with colour added of the outline and detail of the original, and the other has been added with the detail (now in colour) taken from the Tithe Apportionment Book which accompanied the map, and held all the detail of the Parish acreage, cropping, and ownership and tenanting of farms and dwellings.


Books about Woodbury 

I recommend these books some have been indexed with the permission of the author or publisher where appropriate. I have listed the name of the person who is willing to do look ups for those books which have been indexed. I am willing to do look ups where a precise reference is given.  

Woodbury a view from the Beacon Author: Ursula Brighouse  
I have indexed this book on Genuki  which can be found by following this link

The Book of Woodbury: The Twentieth Century Revisited Author: Roger Stokes Published by:Halsgrove Press 
I have indexed this book  on Genuki which can be found by following this link



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