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"LODDISWELL is a considerable village, pleasantly situated on rising ground on the western side of the vale of the Avon, 3 miles N.N.W. of Kingsbridge. Its parish contains 1013 souls, and 3568 acres of land, exclusive of the township of Buckland-Toutsaints, . . . The manor of Loddiswell is in two moieties, belonging to Mrs. E. Wise and Mr. Thos. Harris; that of Webbiton belongs to Sir W.P. Carew, and that of Staunton to the Rev. C. Osmond; but several smaller owners have estates here. . . . Yellow ochre is manufactured here, and in the parish is a copper mine, which was opened in 1825, . . . Blackdown hill, at the north end of the parish, commands extensive views, and has evident traces of an entrenchment. The Church (St. Michael,) is an ancient structure, with a tower and five bells. . . . The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £26. 0s. 2½d., and in 1831 at £286, with the curacy of Buckland-Toutsaints annexed to it, is in the patronage of the Executors of the Rev. C.I. Jones, and incumbency of the Rev. H. Marriott, M.A., who has 111 acres of glebe and a good residence. . . . " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

A parish in Stanborough Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Totnes and the Diocese of Exeter. Regarded as part of the South Hams area.

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Cemeteries

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

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Census

Name index to the 1841 census, from the Parishes of the South Hams website.

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Church History

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

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Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1559 are held in the Devon Record Office.

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their Devon Parish List.

The members' area of the Devon FHS website makes available online images, not at present (Jan 2016) available elsewhere, of the Parish Registers covering Loddiswell Baptisms, Marriages and Burials: 1559-1690, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials: 1653-1798, Baptisms and Burials: 1783-1812, Baptisms: 1813-1852, Marriages: 1757-1805, Marriages: 1806-1812, Marriages: 1813-1837, Marriages: 1837-1906, Banns: 1823-1915, Burials: 1813-1884, Burials: 1884-1915, Baptisms: 1853-1915.

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

Deanery of Woodleigh Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837 and Burials 1813-1988 - CD-ROM, Exeter, Devon FHS (2006). [Index of Aveton Gifford: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Bigbury: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837), Buckland-Tout-Saints: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1818-1822), Burials (1813-1988), Charleton: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1780-1812), Chivelstone: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1800-1837), Churchstow: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1848), Dodbrooke: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), East Allington: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), East Portlemouth: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Kingsbridge: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Kingsbridge Ind.: Burials (1793-1897), Loddiswell: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Malborough: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Moreleigh: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Ringmore: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1764-1814), Salcombe: Baptisms (1813-1839), Sherford: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1800-1837), Slapton: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), South Huish: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1856), South Milton: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1838), South Pool: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1838), Stokenham: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Stokenham Ind.: Burials (1795-1836), Thurlstone: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1838), West Alvington: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837), Woodleigh: Baptisms (1813-1839), Marriages (1754-1837), Burials (1813-1837)]

Indexes to Baptisms (1740-1812), Marriages (1693-1753), Marriages (1754-1814) and Burials (1699-1812), from the Parishes of the South Hams website.

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Description & Travel

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

You can see pictures of Loddiswell which are provided by:

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Directories

Transcription of the entry in White's Devonshire Directory (1850) by Terry Partridge.

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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Folklore

Woodhouse, H.B.S. May Day Customs. In:  Thirteenth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Folk-Lore. Trans. Devon Assoc., vol. XXVII, (1895), pp. 72-73. [Transcript]

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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

The South Hams Genealogical Information Resource website offers lookups in their records concerning this parish.

Parsons, Willis S. Jeffrey Parsons of Loddiswell, Devonshire, and Gloucester, Massachusetts, New England Hist. & Gen. Reg. 142, 1988, pp. 245-49. [17th c.]

Thomas, Neil. Moores from Loddiswell?, Devon Family Historian, no. 188, (2023) p.48. [John Moore, m. Susannah Kennard 1748]

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Maps

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

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX721486 (Lat/Lon: 50.323417, -3.798076), Loddiswell which are provided by:

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Probate Records

Will of the Reverend Thomas Freke (1834), provided by Ros Dunning.

Last updated - 1 Feb 2016 - Brian Randell

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