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| "ABBOTS-BICKINGTON a small parish, 9 miles S.W. of Torrington, has only 75 souls, and 1034 acres of land, formerly belonging to Hartland Abbey. The Trustees of the late Lord Rolle are now lords of the manor, owners of most of the soil, impropriators of the great tithes, and patrons of the perpetual curacy, valued at &pound;96, and now held by the Rev. P.D. Foulkes, of Shebbear. The <i>Church</i> (St. James,) is a small fabric, with three bells. . . ." [From White's <i>Devonshire Directory</i> (1850)]||[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/AbbotsBickington/ParishMap.html http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/AbbotsBickington/Area.gif]
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Also known as Little Bickington. A parish in Black Torrington Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Totnes, and the Diocese of Exeter.

General information:

<ul> <li>General historical and descriptive information, area map from 1765, details about administrative boundaries, etc., about <a href= "http://www.devon.gov.uk/etched?url=etched/ixbin/hixclient.exe&amp;_IXP_=1&amp;_IXR=100033"> Abbots Bickington</a> from the Devon Library's Local Studies Service.</li> </ul>

<h4>Cemeteries</h4>

MIs for this parish are included in the Incledon index - see under Cemeteries on the main Devon page.

<p><a href= "http://web.ukonline.co.uk/june.rose/Resources/Abbots%20BickingtonPage.html"> Monumental Inscriptions</a> from the Sutcombe Village Records web-site.</p>

<blockquote>Whitmore, J.B. <i>Devonshire Monumental Inscriptions</i>, MS at Society of Genealogists (1951). [Extracts]</blockquote>

<h4>Census</h4>

<blockquote>Snetzler, M.F. <i>North Devon Surname Index to the Census</i>. Microfiche: M.F. Snetzler, Barcott, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon EX39 5LN. [Covers 1841, 1861, 1871 and 1881 census records for this parish]</blockquote>

<h4>Church History</h4>

<p><a href="http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/AbbotsBickington/StabbAbbotsBickington.html">Abbots Bickington</a> - from J. Stabb. <i>Some Old Devon Churches</i> (London: 1908-16).</p>

<blockquote>Dorrington, Bryony. <i>A Guide to the Church and Memorial Inscriptions of Abbots Bickington</i> (2001). [DFHS Library p929.5/ABB]</blockquote>

<h4>Church Records</h4>

Parish Registers going back to 1717 are held in the Devon Record Office - for details see <a href= "../DevonCRO/PR-Holdings.html">Parish Registers in the Devon Record Office</a>.

<p>The Society of Genealogists holds copies of the parish registers covering the years 1609-1837.</p>

<p>Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1716, and of the Bishops' Transcripts going back to 1614, are held in a special collection in the Westcountry Studies Library - for details see <a href= "http://www.devon.gov.uk/etched?url=etched/ixbin/hixclient.exe&amp;_IXP_=1&amp;_IXR=100223#X"> Parish Registers in the Devon &amp; Cornwall Record Society's Collection</a>.</p>

<p>The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Marriages 1770-1837, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their <a href="http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/parishbooks.htm">book list</a>.</p>

<p>Other churches and chapels (with pre-1840 records):</p>

<ul> <li>Wesleyan Chapel: Registers for 1813-37 in PRO RG 4/1210 (with Holsworthy)</li> </ul>

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1615-1836 (incomplete) Marriages 1615-1616, 1631, 1673-1677, 1709-1743, 1770-1833. (These entries are based in part on Bishops' transcripts.)

<blockquote>Granville, Roger &amp; Mugford, W.E. (eds.) Abbots Bickington, 1609-1634. <i>Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish-Registers of Devon, 1596-1644, and short notes on the extant pre-reformation registers of all the parishes in the county, from particulars furnished by the several incumbents thereof. Vol. 1 A-Bra</i>. Exeter: W. Pollard (1908).</blockquote>

<h4>Gazetteers</h4>

<p>The transcription of the section for this parish from <a href= "Gaz1868.html">the National Gazetteer (1868)</a>, provided by Colin Hinson.</p>

<h4>Genealogy</h4>

<p>The <a href="../OPCproject.html">Online Parish Clerk scheme's</a> representative for this parish is <a href= "mailto:dwdavis@shaw.ca">Don Davis</a>, who invites queries and lookup requests. (Resources: Land Tax assessments, Tithe apportionments, PRs.)</p>

<h4>History</h4>

<blockquote>Harvey, J H. Abbots Bickington and Bulkworthy. <i>Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries</i> 25,4 (1952) pp. 102-4.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Williams, H.Fulford. <i>Notes on the parish of Abbotsbickington, Devon.</i> Typescript (1963) 7p.</blockquote>

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