Modbury, Devon Genealogy
Guide to Modbury, Devon ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Modbury, Devon | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Ermington |
| County | Devon |
| Poor Law Union | Kingsbridge |
| Registration District | Kingsbridge |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1553 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1613 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Plympton |
| Diocese | Exeter |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Totnes |
| Location of Archive | |
| Devon Record Office | |
Parish History
MODBURY (St. George), a market-town and parish, in the union of Kingsbridge, hundred of Ermington, Ermington and Plympton, and S. divisions of Devon, 36 miles (S. W. by S.) from Exeter. The town is situated at the junction of roads from Plymouth, Kingsbridge, and Dartmouth. Here are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, and Wesleyans.[1]
Resources
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records
Modbury parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Modbury Online Parish Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FS PRs | 1538-1912 | 1538-1912 | 1538-1912 | |||
| FS BTs | 1558-1887 | 1558-1887 | 1558-1887 | |||
| FS Mar | 1660-1912 | |||||
| FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
| FMP | 1813-1840 | 1754-1837 | 1813-1837 | |||
| FMP Banns | 1754-1837 | |||||
| BOYD | 1538-1850 | |||||
| IGI | ||||||
| FS Catalog PRs | ||||||
| FS Catalog BTs | ||||||
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Records are also available at the Devon Archives and Local Studies.
Non-Conformist Churches
- Baptist
- Presbyterian
- Society of Friends/Quaker
- Wesleyan Methodist
Census records
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Devon Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
Modbury on GENUKI
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A.,A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848). Date accessed and adapted: 30 October 2013.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk