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Find My past has this baptism of a John Stray at Stokenham; 1776 December 11 John son of John & Agnes Stray.

There are a further 5 baptisms to John & Agnes at Plymstock 1778-1785.

It also has in the record set  "British Royal Navy Allotment Declarations 1795-1852"
John Stray making an allotment of 10/6d per month from his wages to his mother Agnes from HMS Pompee, starting from 1797 May 20th (an allotment was a portion of the sailors wages paid to a named relative).

Both are downlable images

Thanks Enumerated. I will follow up this suggestion.    

Littleham Exmouth Bishops Transcripts

The parish registers of St Margaret & St Andrew, Littleham, Exmouth have a large gap in continuity for the following years;

Baptisms 1706-1743           Marriages 1706-1743             Burials 1678-1743

In an attempt to restore what can be from this loss, I have recently compiled an index of all the surviving Bishops Transcripts from 1699-1743. The index is available now on Genuki on the Littleham, Exmouth page under “Church Records”. It is also available on FreeReg & in the members area of the Devon Family History Society in the articles section.

Thanks Little Nell. I have since contacted the Dorset Heritage Centre in the vain hope that they might have the Bishops Transcripts for 1881 but they have them only to 1846, so no help there.
The archivist I spoke to made the same suggestion as you, but as I understand it Wynford Eagle was a Chapelry of Toller Fratrum & both are now closed churches,
I have not yet found any Church ministry or redundant church organisation that has responsibility for the two churches so am at a loss where to look next. So any suggestions would be heartily welcome.
However on the Dorset OPC for these parishes both have lists of monumental inscriptions with dates of death up to the 1950s. Therefore the conclusion must be that there was a burial register post 1880 but where that register is now remains unsolved at present.
As I live in South Devon a visit to Dorset is impractical until I have a lead.

http://www.opcdorset.org/WynfordEagleFiles/WynfordEagleMIs.htm

http://www.opcdorset.org/TollerFratrum/TollerFratrumMIs.htm

I am searching for the burial place of Angelina Francis who died at Wynford Eagle 21st August 1881.
I can find no trace of burial registers for either parish after 1880 in the Dorset Heritage Centre catalogue or online. Does anyone know if the burials registers or bishops transcripts of burials
for either parish survive.