Morebath, Devon Family History Guide

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Morebath is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. George

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1615

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

MOREBATH (St. George), a parish, in the union of Tiverton, hundred of Bampton, Cullompton and N. divisions of Devon, 2¼ miles (N. by W.) from Bampton; containing 466 inhabitants.

The parish comprises 3449a. 1r. 8p. Freestone of good quality for building, and also for the roads, is obtained. A fair is held on the last Monday in August.

The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £7. 8. 9.; patron, T. L. Clarke, Esq.: the impropriate tithes have been commuted for £115, and the vicarial for £234; the glebe comprises 3½ acres. The church, erected in 1688, contains some neat monuments to the families of Bere and Sayer.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Devon, Morebath – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Morebath, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Devon, Morebath – Church records ( 7 )
The Accounts of the wardens of the Parish of Morebath, Devon, 1520-1573
Author:    Binney, J. Erskine; Church of England. Parish Church of Morebath (Devonshire)

Church-wardens’ accounts of Croscombe, Pilton, Patton, Tintinhull, Morebath, and St. Michael’s, Bath : ranging from A.D. 1349 to 1560
Author:    Hobhouse, Edmund, 1817-1904

England, Devon, Morebath, bishop’s transcripts, 1615-1838
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Morebath (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Morebath, parish registers, 158-1943
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Morebath (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Morebath : baptisms 1813-1840
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Morebath burial registers, 1800-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Morebath marriage registers
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Morebath – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessment for Morebath, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Land tax assessment of Morebath, 1798

Administration

  • County: Devon
  • Civil Registration District: Tiverton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Exeter
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Tiverton
  • Poor Law Union: Tiverton
  • Hundred: Bampton (Devon)
  • Province: Canterbury