The Eighteenth Century in Peter Tavy

By Roger Meyrick

Sources for Peter Tavy Parish in the 18th Century

Abbreviations:

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