Petersmarland, Devon Family History Guide

Petersmarland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.

Alternative names: Marland Peters, Peters Marland

Parish church: St. Peter

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1696
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

• Buckland Filleigh
• Merton
• Little Torrington
• Shebbear
• Petrockstowe
• Langtree

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

MARLAND, PETER’S (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Torrington, hundred of Shebbear, Black Torrington and Shebbear, and N. divisions of Devon, 4½ miles (S. by W.) from Torrington; containing 351 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Ven. Archdeacon Moore: the impropriate tithes have been commuted for £195.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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England, Devon, Peters Marland

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

England, Devon, Marland-Peters – Church records ( 5 )
England, Devon, Marland-Peters, parish registers, 1696-1997
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Marland-Peters (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Devon, Peters Marland, bishop’s transcripts, 1602-1842
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Marland-Peters (Devonshire); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Peters Marland : baptisms 1813-1839
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

Peters Marland burials, 1813-1837
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Marland-Peters (Devonshire)

Peters Marland marriage registers
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Marland-Peters – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Deanery of Torrington : an index of baptisms. mariages and burials
Author:    Devon Family History Society (England)

England, Devon, Marland-Peters – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessment for Marland-Peters, 1780-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Devonshire)

Administration

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