England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Holsworthy lies in the extreme west of Devon quite close to its border with neighbouring Cornwall. Holsworthy is located about 18 miles southwest of the port of Bideford and around 9 miles east of the Cornish seaside resort of Bude. Holsworthy is a small market town sitting at the crossroads of the A388 (Bideford to Launceston road) with the A3072 (Bude to Hatherleigh road). Holsworthy's market was granted as early as the 12th century and whilst it is not as large as it once was its livestock market held every Wednesday is one of the largest in the area. The presence of the livestock market indicates the principal source of economic activity in its hinterland, a small manufacturing industry, of spinning yarn for blankets, died out soon after the industrial revolution made it uneconomic. Today Holsworthy remains a principal shopping centre for its local area but the remoteness of its location means it has failed to grow beyond its small market town size, a process exacerbated by the loss of its rail line in the 1960s cuts. Holsworthy is drained southwards by the River Deer which soon joins the Tamar and heads for the English Channel through the port of Plymouth. Holsworthy is sited between 110 and 140 metres above the sea, the church and town centre sitting on the highest point of the ridge above the Deer's valley, local heights rise to almost 190 metres to the east in deeply incised and rolling countryside. Holsworthy parish, as befits a market town, was one of the larger in the area, it covered around 9,500 acres and would have supported a population of busy under 1,900 parishioners. In Domesday times Holsworthy was a much smaller place, held directly by King William it could offer an impressive 28 ploughs but relatively small meadows, pastures & woodlands. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 7th April 1754 - 9th September 1799 | Devon Record Office - Reference - 2901A/PR/1/6 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 6th November 1799 - 21st October 1812 | Devon Record Office - Reference - 2901A/PR/1/7 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
3 | 3rd January 1813 - 13th April 1837 | Devon Record Office - Reference - 2901A/PR/1/8 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads | Poor handwriting makes it likely that some misreads will have occurred, hopefully they will be few in number but such is the quality that it is possible there may be more than that. |
Bradworthy
St John the Baptist
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Bradworthy
St John the Baptist
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Sutcombe
St Andrew
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Pancrasweek
St Pancras
Pyworthy St Swithun |
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Pyworthy
St Swithun
Clawton St Leonard |
Clawton St
Leonard
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Clawton
St Leonard
Hollacombe St Petrock |
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