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"IPPLEPEN (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST), a parish, in the union of NEWTON-ABBOTT, hundred of HAYTOR, Teignbridge and S. divisions of DEVON, 3¾ miles (S. S. W.) from Newton-Abbott; containing, with the chapelry of Woodland, 1172 inhabitants. It comprises 2726 acres, of which 180 are common or waste. The church has a handsome screen, and an enriched wooden pulpit; it formerly belonged, with some adjoining lands, to the priory of St. Peter de Fulgeriis in Brlttany, and attached to it was a cell to that establishment. The Wesleyans have a place of worship." [From Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of England (1844)]

A parish in Haytor Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Totnes, and the Diocese of Exeter.

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Biography

Brooking-Rowe, J. (Ed.) Joseph Fletcher Robinson. [Obituary] Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. XXXVI, (1904), p. 39. [Transcript]

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Church History

Ipplepen - from J. Stabb. Some Old Devon Churches (London: 1908-16).

Ipplepen Methodist Church web site.

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Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1558 are held in the Devon Record Office.

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1558 are held in a special collection in the Westcountry Studies Library.

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Baptisms 1813-1840, Marriages 1754-1843, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their Devon Parish List.

Other churches and chapels (with pre-1840 records):

  • Wesleyan Chapel, Dainton: Registers for c1813-37 - see Teignmouth (PRO RG 4/1220)

Nothing transcribed into the IGI (as of Jan. 1993).

Ipplepen Wesleyan Methodist Church. Ipplepen Wesleyan Methodist baptisms 1838-1945. (1993) 14p. [Westcountry Studies Library - px929.3/IPP/1838]

Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts). "Marriages at Ipplepen, 1612-1813", In Devonshire parish registers, vol. 1. London: Phillimore & Co., 1909 (Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 112), pp. 1-30. [Full text]

Sellman, R.R. Family reconstitution from the parish registers of Ipplepen, Devon, 1671-1870. Typescript (1988) 72p. [Westcountry Studies Library - sx929.3/IPP/1671]

Deanery of Ipplepen: Photographs of the churches and extracts from White's Devonshire Directory 1850. CD - Devon FHS (2012). [An index of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parishes of: Abbotskerswell Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1756-1837), Burials (1813-1837); Berry Pomeroy Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837); Brixham All Saints Baptisms (1826-1839), Marriages (1826-1837), Burials (1831-1832); Brixham St Mary Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837); Broadhempston Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1681-1837), Burials (1813-1837); Churston Ferrers Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1835), Burials (1800-1837); Cockington Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1780-1834); Coffinswell Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1857); Denbury Baptisms (1813-1840), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1800-1837); Ipplepen Baptisms (1813-1840), Marriages (1754-1843), Burials (1813-1837); Kingskerswell Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837); Kingswear Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1755-1837), Burials (1780-1837); Littlehempston Baptisms (1813-1840), Marriages (1731-1837), Burials (1813-1840); Marldon Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837); Paignton Baptisms (1813-1841), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837); Paignton Independent Burials (1826-1836); Staverton Baptisms (1813-1840), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837); Stoke Gabriel Baptisms (1813-1840), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837); Torbryan Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1838), Burials (1813-1854); Tormohun Baptisms (1813-1840), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837); Torquay St Marychurch Baptisms (1813-1840), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837); Wolborough Baptisms (1813-1840), Marriages (1754-1839), Burials (1813-1837); Woodland Baptisms (1813-1840), Marriages (1755-1835), Burials (1813-1838).]

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Description & Travel

Conservation Area Appraisal for Ipplepen - an interesting account of the area, with numerous photographs and maps.

Section on Ipplepen from Samuel Lewis: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831), provided by Mel Lockie.

You can see pictures of Ipplepen which are provided by:

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Directories

Transcription provided by Val Henderson of the entry (description and names) in Morris and Co's Commercial Directory and Gazetteer of Devonshire 1870.

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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Genealogy

This parish is one of the growing number of places for which the Devon Heritage website provides census or parish register transcriptions, articles, and/or illustrations, etc.

Family History in Ipplepen (archived copy), by Arthur French.

Watkin, Hugh R. Bulley and Jerrard (or Jellard) families. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 11:8, (1921) pp.304-305. [See query vol.11, p.251. Also vol.12, pp.16-17.] [Index]

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History

Ipplepen Archaeology Project ("A previously unknown Romano-British site of significance was discovered in 2007 as a result of two local metal detectorists finding Roman coins. . . The site is unique to the South West Britain and its research will significantly contribute to our understanding of life in the Romano-British world, on the edges of the Roman Empire.")

Cooke, R.D. Notes on the Churches and Parishes of Ipplepen and Torbryan. (1963) [Plymouth Library]

French, Arthur. Ipplepen, Obelisk Publications (2003). [ISBN 1 903585 28 7] [Index]

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Maps

View a map of the boundaries of this town/parish.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX833665 (Lat/Lon: 50.486655, -3.646379), Ipplepen which are provided by:

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Probate Records

Will  of Jeffery Bullye or Bulley (1595), provided by John Moore. 

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Societies

Ipplepen Local History Group website.