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Upton Hellions

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"UPTON HELLIONS, in the picturesque valley of the small river Creedy, two miles N. by E. of Crediton, is a village and parish, containing only 146 inhabitants, and about 1000 acres of fertile land. Mrs. Guerin owns the manor and farm of Helions Barton, anciently held by the Helion family. Sir. H.R.F. Davie, Bart., owns Creedy Widger, or Lower Creedy. Mr. W.C. Dicker owns the estate called Haske, or Husk; and J.C. Luxmore, Esq., owns Merifield, or Merryvale. The Church (St. Mary,) is an ancient structure, with a tower and one bell, and the living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £10. 6s. 8d., and in 1831 at £275, is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. W. Wellington, B.A., who has a large and handsome, residence, commanding a fine view of Creedy Park, on the opposite side of the river, The house was much enlarged by a late rector, - the Rev. James Carrington, who died in 1794, and has a handsome monument in the church, The poor have the dividends of £132. 8s. 10d., four per cent stock, purchased with money given by various donors." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

A parish in West Budleigh Hundred, and the Archdeaconry and Diocese of Exeter.

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Cemeteries

A transcription of the Memorial Inscriptions for the Church of St Mary is held in the Society of Genealogist's Library, in Vol. 7 of Devon Memorial inscriptions (DE/M20).

Whitmore, J.B. Devonshire Monumental Inscriptions, MS at Society of Genealogists (1951). [Extracts]

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Church History

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

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Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1678 are held in the Devon Record Office.

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1678, and of the Bishops' Transcripts going back to 1611, are held in a special collection in the Westcountry Studies Library.

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Baptisms 1813-1842, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1678-1929 - for details see their Devon Parish List.

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

  • Wesleyan Chapel: Registers for c1818-37 - see Exeter Mint (PRO RG 4/1207)

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1613-1837, and Marriages 1611-164, 1630, 1668-1836.

Upton Helions burials 1678-1810Upton Helions christenings 1678-1812, and Upton Helions marriages 1679-1753 - SoG Data Online DE/REG (SoG Members only).

Deanery Of Cadbury - Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837 And Burials 1813-1837, CD060, Exeter, Devon FHS (2014). [Brampford Speke Bapt: 1813-1839 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1840; Cadbury Bapt: 1813-1839 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837; Cadeleigh Bapt: 1813-1839 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1810-1837; Cheriton Fitzpaine Bapt: 1813-1840 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837; Colebrooke Bapt: 1813-1839 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837; Crediton Presbyterian Chapel Bur: 1826-1837; Crediton Bapt: 1813-1843 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837; Down St Mary Bapt: 1813-1840 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1770-1837; Kennerleigh Bapt: 1813-1839 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837; Morchard Bishop Bapt: 1813-1837 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837; Nether Exe Bapt: 1814-1851 Mar: 1773-1807 Bur: 1813-1856; Newton St. Cyres Bapt: 1813-1839 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1840; Poughill Bapt: 1813-1840 Mar: 1754-1838 Bur: 1770-1837; Sandford Bapt: 1813-1838 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837; Shobrooke Bapt: 1813-1839 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837; Stockleigh English Bapt: 1813-1840 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1813-1837; Stockleigh Pomeroy Bapt: 1813-1843 Mar: 1752-1837 Bur: 1813-1851; Thorverton Bapt: 1813-1840 Mar: 1754-1839 Bur: 1813-1837; Upton Hellions Bapt: 1813-1842 Mar: 1754-1837 Bur: 1678-1929; Upton Pyne Bapt: 1813-1840 Mar: 1754-1838 Bur: 1800-1837.]

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Description & Travel

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

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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

Taylor, M. Jane. Who Was William Hellyons, Devon Family Historian, vol. 158, (2016) p.23. [See Risdon, Jon. The Wrong Risdon, Devon Family Historian, vol. 161, (2017) p.26.]

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History

Munday, Daphne. A parish patchwork. [Sandford]: D. Munday (1985) xiv, 294 pp. ill., maps, facsims., plans, ports. ISBN: 0951042408 (pbk). [Pat Gallin <gallin[at]faroc.com[dot]au>: an excellent commentary on the villages of New Buildings, Preston Village,West Sandford, East Village, Sandford and Upton Hellions.]

Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the parish of Upton Hellions, Devon. Typescript (1965) 7p. [Westcountry Studies - sB/UPT 3/0001/WIL]

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Maps

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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SS842033 (Lat/Lon: 50.817632, -3.645217), Upton Hellions which are provided by:

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Names, Personal

Upton Hellions contributors to a 1678 brief for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.