North Bovey

A., M. The Rev. William Henry Thornton [Obituary]. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 9:3, (1916) pp.65-68, plates: port. [First vicar of Simonsbath. Scholar. Dartmoor specialist. 1830-1916] [Transcript]

Adams, Maxwell. The Rev. William Henry Thornton. [Obituary] Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.  48, (1916), pp. 49-52. [Transcript]

Durham, W.E. In memoriam W.H. Thornton, North Bovey Church, April 9th, 1916. [s.l.]: [s.n.] [1916] 5p. [Westcountry Studies Library - s920/THO]

Thornton, W.H. Reminiscences and reflections of an old West Country clergyman. Typescript [1917?] 3 vols. [Westcountry Studies Library - s920/THO]

Brown, Mike. North Bovey (Pre-1900 Survey). In Dartmoor Region Monumental Inscriptions Indexes, Vol. 20. Dartmoor Press, PO Box 132, Plymouth PL4 7YL.

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

Durham, W.E. List of rectors of North Bovey, Devon from 1279. Exeter: James Townsend (1905) 27p. [Westcountry Studies Library - s283.0922/NOR/THO]

Thornton, W.H. The Bells of North Bovey Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries VII, (1912-1913), Exeter: James G. Commin. 1913. pp. 118-120. [Transcript]

Parish Registers going back to 1572 are held in the Devon Record Office.

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1572 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 1754-1837 - for details see their Devon Parish List.

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1572-1791, and Marriages 1572-1775.

Moretonhampstead History Society's databases include Baptisms, Marriages and Burials for Moretonhampstead 1603-1920 and North Bovey 1710-1920.

Granville, Roger & Mugford, W.E. (eds.) North Bovey, 1612-1630. Abstracts of the Existing Transcripts of the Lost Parish-Registers of Devon, 1596-1644, and short notes on the extant pre-reformation registers of all the parishes in the county, from particulars furnished by the several incumbents thereof. Vol. 1 A-Bra. Exeter: W. Pollard (1908). [Full text]

Brown, Mike. Pre-1754 Marriage Index for North Bovey and Manaton. The Dartmoor Press (1999).

An index of baptisms (1813-1839), marriages (1754-1837) and burials (1813-1837) in the parishes of Ashburton, Bickington, Bovey Tracey, Buckland in the Moor, Hennock, Highweek, Ideford, Ilsington, Kingsteignton, Lustleigh, Manaton, Moretonhampstead, North Bovey, Teigngrace and Widecombe in the Moor. Photographs of the churches and extracts from White's Devonshire Directory 1850., CD-ROM, Exeter, Devon FHS (2011). [Ashburton Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Ashburton Independent Chapel Bapt: 1817-1839; Bickington Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1771-1837; Bovey Tracey Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Bovey Tracey Baptist Chapel, Bur: 1784-1837; Buckland in the Moor Bapt: 1813-1851, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1737-1840; Hennock Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Highweek Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1838, Bur: 1813-1837; Ideford Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1755-1837, Bur: 1800-1837; llsington Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1838; Kingsteignton Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Lustleigh Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1785-1837; Manaton Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1755-1837, Bur: 1813-1843; Moretonhampstead Bapt: 1813 1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; North Bovey Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Teigngrace Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1755-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Widecombe in the Moor Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837]

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

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

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

Brown, Mike. Trade Directory for Buckland in the Moor, Ilsington, Lustleigh, Manaton, North Bovey, Widecombe 1850, 1870, 1878, Dartmoor Press (2001).

Wheeler, Edith. The perfect village. Devon Life vol. 8 no. 61 (1971) pp.18-19; ill.

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

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Dartmoor Press Online Magazine's page for this parish (archived copy), with articles, transcriptions, publication details, etc. - highly recommended.

Worthy, C. Devonshire Parishes: or the antiquities, heraldry and family history of twenty-eight parishes in the archdeaconry of Totnes (2 vols), Exeter, W. Pollard (1887). [Chap. XIX: North Bovey - William PIPARD; the Lords L'ISLE; Earl of Shrewsbury; BASSETT; Sir Arthur PLANTAGENET; Sir George SMITH of Maydesworthy; George MONK, Duke of Albemarle; BEAUCHAMP of Elmley; Catherine PARR and Lord LATIMER; Edward COURTENAY, Earl of Devon] [Index]

Brown, Mike. Guide to the Heraldry in the Church of St John the Baptist, North Bovey, North Bovey, Church of St John the Baptist (2000).

Sherley-Price, Leo. North Bovey: A short history and guide, (nd). [SoG Library DE tracts box]

Thornton, W.H. The Plague at North Bovey. Devon & Cornwall Notes and Queries vol. VI, (January 1910 to October 1911), pp.197-200. [Transcript]

Williams, H. Fulford. Notes on the Parish of North Bovey, Devon. Typescript (1962) 9 leaves. [Westcountry Studies Library]

Worthy, Charles. Devonshire Parishes. Exeter: William Pollard (1887) - Vol. 2, pp. 162- 182.

Brown, Mike. North Bovey. In "Dartmoor Tithe Apportionments, Vol. 6". The Dartmoor Press (c1997) 16p.

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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX739838 (Lat/Lon: 50.640208, -3.784684), North Bovey which are provided by:

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Torr, Cecil. Index to the Names of the Male Inhabitants over 18 Years of Age in the Parishes of Moretonhampstead, Hennock, Lustleigh, South Bovey otherwise Bovey Tracey, North Bovey, Manaton, Ilsington, and Widecombe in the Moor, in the Years 1641, 1642. Cambridge University Press, [1913]. pp. 11.

Transcription of the will of John Windeat (1824) by Pam Jackson, provided by Sandra Windeatt.