We listed the contiguous parishes of Kingsbridge in that Issue but,
travelling just 3½ miles along the Plymouth road out of Kingsbridge
brings us to the village of Aveton* Gifford - and another batch of
contiguous parishes, some of which are also contiguous to Kingsbridge!
They are, in no particular order:
Modbury (The
IGI has births and marriages up to 1837 only)
Loddiswell
(Not in the IGI at all)
Churchstow
(Not in the IGI at all)
Thurlestone
(Not in the IGI at all)
Bigbury (Not
in the IGI at all)
Kingston
(Not in the IGI at all)
(Strictly speaking this is a
Chapelry not a parish)
Over a period of some three
hundred years, the Ugborough Stentifords moved throughout the South Hams
in their search for work. For anyone using a computer to do research, they
are practically invisible - except for the rare instances when
somebody has taken the trouble to transcribe a census and publish
it.
We can start in Aveton
Gifford with the 1841 census, a transcription of which appears in a very
useful website:
my4bears.orcon.net.nz/Home.html
It opens with a list of
file names headed INDEX. It looks a little complicated but you will soon
learn the author's system and find the files you want. For now,
select G~FFA41 and the Aveton Gifford 1841 transcription will appear.
Scroll down to find
STENTIFORD,
Edwin, M, 09m, , Y, Village, 14023
STENTIFORD, Elizabeth, F, 02y, , Y, Village, 14023
STENTIFORD, Jane, F, 25y, , Y, Village, 14023
STENTIFORD, Jane, F, 04y, , Y, Village, 14023
STENTIFORD, Thomas, M, 30y, Shoemaker, Y, Village, 14023
(14023 being
the number allocated by the transcriber to that particular entry for
reference purposes and Y
being the "yes" answer to the question "Were you born in the
County?")
