Devon Parish

[scotdownsouth]

I would like to request assistance in deciphering the name of the Parish on the attachment.

It is 1830's Devon and I am certain the first letter is S having compared it with the S in the name of Ann Studden.

I have looked at various lists of Devon Parishes and drawn a blank on each occasion.

Thank you.

[Bookbox]

It is written Allalice. Perhaps it was meant to be Allaleigh? Where did the baptism take place?

[scotdownsouth]

I do not think it is Allalice - if you compare the first letter of the parish with the way the letter A is written on both Ann and August in the document they are different. It is more like S as in the S of Studden also in the document.

The baptism took place in Falmouth but Charles Ward was originally from Exeter, Devon so I have concentrated my search around that area but no luck.

Thanks for your interest.

[Bookbox]

I do not think it is Allalice - if you compare the first letter of the parish with the way the letter A is written on both Ann and August in the document they are different. It is more like S as in the S of Studden also in the document.

I take your point, but letters are not always written the same way in the same document.

If you think it starts with S, how would you account for the following two letters?

To my mind, the point of doubt is that Allaleigh is not a parish but a hamlet in the parish of Cornworthy, near Totnes. However, in Falmouth they might not have been aware of that detail.

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Cornworthy/Gaz1868.

I'd be interested in other views.

[Old Bristolian]

Perhaps you could upload the image - when I click on the link all I get is gobbledegook,

Steve from Devon

[mckha489]

This record comes from

England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936

Are these registers like bishops transcripts, written up by someone else later?  The one immediately before Fanny was at the Zion Chapel in Kerwyn and the one after at Gwennap.  In which case is it possible the first transcription has an error?

It is weird that the A of Anne is quite different. 

I wondered if it was St somewhere, but I don’t see anything that fits that either.

[scotdownsouth]

I've just gone back to original source and checked a few other entries on other pages and the cleric does indeed change from an A written style to a more curly @ type of letter A so point taken.

Thanks for your assistance.

[djm297]

If Charles Ward was from Exeter maybe "Allalice" could be a corruption of "All Hallows"?

Formerly there were 2  parish churches of All Hallows in Exeter...All Hallows- on- the- Hill and All Hallows, Goldsmith Street.

djm297

[scotdownsouth]

Perhaps you could upload the image - when I click on the link all I get is gobbledegook,

Steve from Devon