Whitestone

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

Parish Registers going back to 1594 are held in the Devon Record Office.

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1594 are held in a special collection in the Westcountry Studies Library.

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837 - 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 1594-1837, and Marriages 1594-1837.

Sellman, R.R. Whitestone: Notes from the parish records and other sources. Photocopy of transcript (1978) 300p. [Westcountry Studies Library - f929.3/WHI/1594] [Parish registers. 1594- 1913]

Whitestone Baptisms 1693-98 (photocopy) [SoG Library Box 16/Folder6]

Allegation for marriage by licence of William Mallet and Sarah Lee (1797), provided by Mike Mallett.

Whitestone christenings 1701-1812 - SoG Data Online DE/REG (SoG Members only).

The Deanery of Dunsford: An index of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parishes of Ashton, Bridford, Chagford, Cheriton Bishop, Christow, Doddiscombsleigh, Drewsteignton, Dunsford, Gidleigh, Hittisleigh, Holcombe Burnell, South Tawton, Spreyton, Tedburn St. Mary, Throwleigh and Whitestone. With photographs of the churches and extracts from White's Devonshire Directory 1850. CD-ROM, Exeter, Devon FHS (2009). [Ashton Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1740-1837; Bridford Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1800-1837; Chagford Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Cheriton Bishop Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1841, Bur: 1813-1837; Christow Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1757-1844, Bur: 1813-1837; Doddiscombsleigh Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1755-1836, Bur: 1780-1837; Drewsteignton Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Dunsford Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Gidleigh Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1748-1812 (BT's), Mar: 1814-1837, Bur: 1813-1884; Hittisleigh Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1839; Holcombe Burnell Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1836, Bur: 1753-1837; South Tawton Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Spreyton Bapt: 1803-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1800-1837; Tedburn St. Mary Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Throwleigh Bapt: 1813-1841, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Whitestone Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837.]

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

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Transcript of entry in White's Devonshire Directory of 1850.

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

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Aldam, Angela. The Baker Family of Whitestone and Exeter St Thomas, Devon and their Descendants, (1997). [Devon FHS Library 929.2/BAK]

Andrews, Thomas. Notes on a Carved Stone Head found in the Parish of Whitstone. Trans. Devon. Assoc., 1878, Vol. X, illus., pp. 388-391. [Index]

Williams, H. Fulford. Arms in St. Catherine's Church, Whitestone, nr. Exeter. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 28 (1959-61) pp.233-236.

Braddick, L.E. Whitstone and Oldridge. Trans. Devon. Assoc.; 94 (1962) pp.339-362, plates: ill, map.

Brown, Charles. Whitstone memoranda, transcribed from the original manuscripts of the Revd. Charles Brown, rector 1813, 1856. Typescript [1920?] 138p. [Westcountry Studies Library sB/WHI 7/0001/BRO]

Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the parish of Whitstone, Devon. Typescript (1961) 16p. [Westcountry Studies Library - sB/WHI 7/0001/WIL]

Pearson, Rev. John B. On an Estate Formerly Belonging to the Duchy of Lancaster. Trans. Devon Assoc., vol. XXXII, (1900), pp. 407-411. [Index]

Steele, Veronica. Homes and gardens - Trillow, Nadderwater, Exeter. Devon Life vol. 2 no. 23, (1966) p.24; ill.

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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX868943 (Lat/Lon: 50.737246, -3.60555), Whitestone which are provided by:

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

Whitestone Apprentices Register - 1803-1839, Exeter, Devon Family History Society, (Booklet & PDF A475). [Foreword]

Steer, Samuel. A review of the history of the Whitstone Wesleyan Sunday School from its commencement in 1858 to 1883. Exeter: Daily Western Times (1883) 7p. [Westcountry Studies Library s268.871/WHI/REV]