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The Eighteenth Century in Peter Tavy

By Roger Meyrick

Sources for Peter Tavy Parish in the 18th Century

Abbreviations:

DHC - Devon Heritage Centre
PWDRO - Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

Archival Sources

  Subject Date Document Reference Location
1 Roads Okehampton to Tavistock to Plymouth 1756 L1258/maps/roads/2/3 DHC
2 Roads for Wilsworthy (Proposal) 1834 DP64 DHC
3 18th cent valuations of Peter Tavy 1700 96m/Box106/51 DHC
4 Court Baron Duke of Bedford 1745 T1258m/M11 DHC
5 Tin & Copper in Tavistock area   T1258SS/MC DHC
6 Tin & Copper in Tavistock area   L1258M/Add8m/E11-13 DHC
7 Tin & Copper in Tavistock area   L1258M/add8m/E12/13/14 DHC
8 Abbey Property 1260-1416 W1258m/D44/1-4 DHC
9 Wilsworthy 1718-1784 53/6/Box44 DHC
10 Wilsworthy, Cudlipptown,Wapsworthy   1262m/T/718 DHC
11 Wilsworthy, Cudlipptown,Wapsworthy   1262m/T/1196 DHC
12 Wapsworthy, Cudlipptown, Broadmoor   2587/88 PWDRO
13 Mining on West Dartmoor   1292m/mining DHC
14 Victuallers returns 1753-64 QS/64/-6 DHC
15 Victuallers returns 1828 QS/63/6/05/010-011 DHC
16 Lunacy Returns 1828 QS/115/1/305 DHC
17 Demolition of Fire Hearths   QS/79/3/169/1 DHC
18 Sacramental Certificates 1725-65 QS/21/1725 -65 DHC
19 License of Badgers & Kidders & Traders 1729-45 QS/14/1 DHC
20 Freeholders, Coppyholders & Tenants 1711-1810 QS/7/1-64 DHC
21 Peter Tavy Church Documents undated   1427a/PZ9 DHC
22 St Peter's Church Peter Tavy   1427a/1-3 DHC
23 St Peter's Church, Glebe Terriers 1663/1727 1427a/add2/PB6+7 DHC
24 Roskilly marriage settlement   1931B/T/102-103 DHC
25 Roskilly   1931B/T/108-110 DHC
26 Lease by William Dowling 1735 51/1/9/2 DHC
27 Dowling to Lambert 1813 10/41/1-36 DHC
28 Dowling House   2533M/T24+25 DHC
29 Gatehouse Estate   2533M/E7 DHC
30 Wilsworthy 1718-1784 53/6/Box 44 DHC
31 Peter Tavy 18th Cent.   48/25/9/1 DHC
32 Peter Tavy Overseers of Poor   Z1/43/5/7a-b DHC
33 Peter Tavy 1674-1739 1427a/P1/1-2 DHC
34 Land transfer Glanville to Rolle   96 m/ box72/11 DHC
35 Sowton Town Deeds   123 m/ TP 203-217 DHC
36 Godsworthy   ??/ Box9/1G DHC
37 Wapsworthy, 1758 L1258/Maps&Plans/18a-b DHC
38 Wapsworthy 1750 E/SV/B33/ DHC
39 Peter Tavy Militia Assessment 1715 Z1/43/5/7a=b DHC
40 Settlement: Isaac Chipman 1775 1235A-2/PO38 DHC
41 Cudlipptown Deeds 1699 1262M/T/1178 DHC
42 Est yearly Value Peter Tavy & Huntington 1791 E/SV/B15/25 DHC
43 Estate purchased by Duke of Bedford 1770-71 E/RL/E8+9 DHC
44 Bishop's Visitations 1724 Chanter 221.vol iii DHC
45 Bishop's Visitations 1744 Chanter 225 Vol B DHC
46 Bishop's Visitations 1753 Chanter 227 vol viii DHC
47 Bishop's Visitations 1764 Chanter 228b DHC
48 Bishop's Visitations 1768 Chanter C3 (71) DHC
49 Bishop's Visitations 1798 Chanter 235b.p265 DHC
50 Diocesan Marriage Licences 1734-1754 Chanter 131 +132c DHC
51 John Gilbert letter 1723 Diocesan Basket A/2912 DHC
52 Land Tax Assessment Peter Tavy 1780 Microfiche DHC
53 Land Tax Assessment Peter Tavy 1795 Microfiche DHC
54 Land Tax Assessment Peter Tavy 1806 Microfiche DHC
55 Land Tax Assessment Wilsworthy 1799 Microfiche DHC
56 Land Tax Assessment Wilsworthy 1805 Microfiche DHC
57 Land Tax Assessment Wilsworthy 1823 Microfiche DHC
58 List of Devon Bridges Harford No.76 Mary Tavy c1800 QS 91/1 DHC
59 Peter Tavy Documents in Transcript 1674.174 1427a/P1/1-2 DHC
60 Peter Tavy Village Maps 1884/1906 L1258/OSMaps/54-55 DHC
61 Rolle Estate 1558 /B38/ DHC
62 Rent Books of W. Radcliffe 1691-1730 407/711 PWDRO
63 Radcliffe Mortgage 1774 407/556 PWDRO
64 Will of John Moore of Cheriton Fitzpaine 1672 407/544 PWDRO
65 Lands of Francis Glanville 1674 96M/Box72/11 DHC
66 Sowtontown 1700 407/711 PWDRO
67 Mannor of Longford 1691   PWDRO
68 Wilsworthy, Kent, Maddock & ffootte   36/68 PWDRO
69 Wilsworthy, May Tapson 1626 36/62 PWDRO
70 Wilsworhy Indenture 1710 36/66 PWDRO
71 Taxation Wilsworthy & Hilltown   407/711 PWDRO
72 Will of Walter Cole 1720 36/67 PWDRO
73 William. Barrett Lease at Wilsworthy 1715 1062/1706 PWDRO
74 Grace Drake at Wilsworthy 1725 1063/1706 PWDRO
75 Henry Vosper at Wilsworthy 1706 1061/1706 PWDRO
76 Manor of Wilsworthy 1718 53/6/Box44/15 DHC
77 Manor of Wilsworthy 1784 53/6/Box44/16 DHC
78 Francis Glanville Lands of 1674 96M/Box 72/11 DHC
79 Sam Rolle Value of land in Cudlipptown etc 18cent 96M/Box106/51 DHC
80 A Lease to Mary Bray   512/5/2 PWDRO

Published Sources

Charles Vancouver, General View of the Agriculture of the County of Devon (London, 1808)
D.P. Alford, The Abbots of Tavistock (Plymouth, 1891)
W.G. Hoskins, Local History of England (London, 1984)
John Swete, Travels in Georgian Devon: The Illustrated Journals of the Reverend John Swete, 1789-1800, ed. Todd Gray (Exeter, 1997)
Roger Kain and William Ravenhill (eds), Historical Atlas of South West England (Exeter, 1999)
Francis Bennett, Road Books, Road Maps & Itineraries, (Exeter, 2007)
Francis Bennet, The Roads of Devon and Cornwall, (Exeter, 2007)

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