Molland, Devon Family History Guide

Molland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Other places in the parish include: Bottreaux Mill.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include: Presbyterian and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MOLLAND, a parish, with a scattered village, in South Molton district, Devon; near the boundary with Somerset, 6½ miles ENE of South Molton, and 13½ NE of Eggesford r. station. Post town, South Molton, North Devon. Acres, 6,168. Real property, £3,427. Pop., 598. Houses, 96.

The manor belonged to the Bottreaux family; is sometimes called Molland-Bottreaux; passed to the Hungerford, the Courtenays, and the Throckmortons; and belongs now to Sir W. Throckmorton, Bart. West Molland, about a mile from the village, is a fine old mansion. An ancient camp is under Molland Down.

The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Knowstone, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is later English; comprises nave, N aisle, and chancel; contains monuments of the Courtenays, and one of the Rev. D. Berry; and was recently in a very dilapidated condition.

There are chapels for Wesleyans and Bible Christians, an endowed school with £20 a year, and charities £41.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

MOLLAND (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of South Molton, South Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 7 miles (E. N. E.) from South Molton; containing 550 inhabitants. It comprises 5972 acres, of which 2253 are common or waste. The living is a vicarage, united to that of Knowstone. There are vestiges of an ancient earthwork.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Devon, Molland – Church records ( 5 )
England, Devon, Molland, bishop’s transcripts, 1607-1850
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Molland (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Molland, parish registers, 1538-1918
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Molland (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Molland burials 1813-1838
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

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

Parish register transcripts, 1538-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Molland (Devonshire)

England, Devon, Molland – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Molland, Devon, England ; christenings, 1541-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Molland, Devon, England ; marriages, 1538-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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

Land tax assessment of Molland, 1798

Administration

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