Dunsford, Devon One Place Study

Location: Dunsford, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Surnames/tags: One_Place_Studies England Devon

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Contents 1 Dunsford, Devon One Place Study 2 Resources 3 History 4 Family Groups 5 Farms and Houses at Dunsford, Devon 5.1 Collabridge 5.2 Corridge 5.3 Dimonds Cottage 5.4 Farrants 5.5 Jervis Cottage 5.6 Hardware Mills 5.7 Haydons Cottage 5.8 Lewishill 5.9 Middle Butts 5.10 Westland 5.11 Wills Cottage, part of Court 6 Sources

Dunsford, Devon One Place Study

This page has been set up to identify family groups in Dunsford, Devon.

• Wikidata: Item Q2528179, en:Wikipedia
• WikiTree Profiles that link here

Resources

• Family Search page on Dunsford has links to many useful sources.

For information about Dunsford, Devon see:

• Wikipedia, Dunsford
• A vision of Britain through time: Dunsford, Devon

History

St. Mary’s Church, Dunsford was built about 1430. Evidence shows an earlier church on the site in the centre of the village built in 1260.

Family Groups

• Pook Families of Dunsford, Devon
• Wills families of Dunsford, Devon

Farms and Houses at Dunsford, Devon

Collabridge

• 1821: Peter Wills (28, Farmer), his wife Mary (25), their son {[Wills-4774|John]] (1). Servant by the Year: James Sercombe (19). Apprentices: William Hutchings (not of Dunsford, 11), Sarah Pook (9) Note: she would later become Peter Wills' wife on the death of his wife Mary. Inmates: Stephen Baston (70) and Ann Baston (65). Note: Ann and Stephen Baston may be Mary' grandparents. Her parents are Henry and Anne but they are too young, but Ann and Stephen's ages fits with being her grandparents.) ^[1]
• 1870: Wills, Joseph Thomas, farmer, Collabridge^[2] He is the nephew of Peter Wills who owned the cottage in 1821.
• 1902: Wills, Joseph Thomas, farmer, Collabridge^[3]

Corridge

• 1829: George Wills, farmer, Corridge. His son George Preston Wills was baptised on 13 September 1829 at St Mary's church, Dunsford, Devon whose parents were Mary and George Wills, a farmer of Coridge.^[4]
• 1870: Wills, William, farmer, Corridge^[2]
• 1902: Wills, George Preston, farmer, Corridge^[3]

Dimonds Cottage

• 1821: Collins, Susanna (56) and Susan Collins Wills (10)^[1]

Farrants

• 1902: Wills, George, jun, farmer, Farrants^[3]

Jervis Cottage

• 1821: Wills, George (68, labourer), his wife Mary (76); their grandson John Wills (5)^[1]

Hardware Mills

• 1821: Thomas Helson (40, Edgetool-Smith) and his wife Mary (32), and their children: Ann (10), Thomas (6), and Mary (infant). Inmate: John Helson (37). Servants by the week: Charles Brooks (not of Dunsford, 22) and Jane Ardles (not of dunsford, 34). Also James Wills (15, Apprentice).^[1]

Haydons Cottage

• 1821: Charles Cheeseworth (Schoolmaster, 29), his wife Anne (29), their children Elizabeth (5), Ann (3) and Charles (1). Also John Wills (40, labourer).^[1]

Lewishill

• 1821: Wills, Joseph (24, farmer); his wife Elizabeth (25); children Elizabeth (1)^[1]
• 1870: Wills, George, farmer, Lewishill^[2]

Middle Butts

• 1821: James Day (Labourer, 50) and his wife Ann (54) and their children Mary (24), Sarah (23). Also Mary Sercombe (64) and her daughters Mary (38), Ann (32) and Mary Wills, her grandchild (inmate, 11)^[1]
• 1902: Wills, George farmer & landowner, Lewis Hill^[3]

Westland

• 1902: Wills, Walter & Henry, farmers, Westland^[3]

Wills Cottage, part of Court

• 1821: William Wills Senior (64, labourer); William Wills Junior (40, labourer) and his wife Mary (40), and their daughter Eliza (7).^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} 1821 census of Dunsford, Devon
   Transcribed by Brian Randell, 12 June 2002
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Morris & Co. Commercial Directory and Gazetteer, 1870 for Dunsford
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Kelly's Directory of 1902
4. ↑ Freereg