Marwood, Devon Family History Guide

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Marwood is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Other places in the parish include: Blakewell, Farleigh, Guineaford, Kings Heanton, Middle Marwood, Milltown, Muddiford, Mudford, and Prixford.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1602

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Marwood

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MARWOOD, a village and a parish in Barnstaple district, Devon.

The village stands 3¼ miles NNW of Barnstaple r. station; was known, at Domesday, as Merewood; and has a post-office under Barnstalple.

The parish contains also the hamlets of Middle Marwood, Blakewell, Farleigh, Guineaford, Kings-Heanton, Mill town, Mudford, and Prixford. Acres, 5,396. Real property, £5,383. Pop., 1,009. Houses, 209. The property is subdivided.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £635. Patron, St. John’s College, Cambridge. The church stands in a tolerably central position; has a good chancel of the 13th century, and a fine tower of later date; and contains a beautiful font, some carved open seats, and a handsome screen of the time of Henry VIII.

There are chapels for Independents and Methodists, an endowed school with £14 a year, and charities £18.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Marwood, 3 m . N. Barnstaple. P. 1012

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

Mudford

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

MUDFORD, a hamlet in Marwood parish, Devon; 3 miles NNW of Barnstaple.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Marwood – Church records ( 6 )
England, Devon, Marwood, bishop’s transcripts, 1607-1850
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Marwood (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Marwood, parish registers, 1602-1986
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Marwood (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Marwood : burials 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Marwood baptisms, 1813-1839
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Marwood (Devonshire)

Marwood marriage registers, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Parish register transcripts, 1602-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Marwood (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Marwood – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Marwood, Devon, England ; christenings, 1602-1784
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Marwood, Devon, England ; marriages, 1602-1812
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Devon, Marwood – Court records ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Marwood, 1782-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Marwood – Occupations ( 1 )
Marwood apprentices register, 1802-1844
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); North Devon (England). Record Office

England, Devon, Marwood – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessment for Marwood, 1782-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Land tax assessment of Marwood, 1798

Administration

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