MHS Databases
For those who wish to trace their family history back beyond 1837, Parish Records are a vital source of information. While not every inhabitant of Moreton in the seventeenth century left a tombstone, many of those buried, married or baptised in Moreton appear in the registers. In many ways the registers preserve more history of the community than any number of pictures of the Square or important houses.
The name, parentage and date of baptism of everyone so far discovered to have been baptised in Moreton from 1603 to 1920, including some non-conformist records, and North Bovey from 1710 to 1920.
This records the names and dates of everyone so far discovered to have been married in Moreton from 1603 to 1920 and North Bovey from 1710 to 1920. Some non-conformist records are included.
The name and date of everyone buried in Moretonhampstead graveyard from 1603 and North Bovey from 1710.
A database of some of Moreton's schools' admissions registers for the period 1876-1940 can be searched here:
For Moretonhampstead through the decades of 1841-1911.
This database contains entries for Moretonhampstead from Trade Directories from the Universal British Directory of 1793 through various editions of Kelly's, Whites, etc up to 1898. The data lists prominent residents and tradesmen and may be useful for studying occupations.
Contains information from Stuart times for Moretonhampstead.
This contains information from the National Register of 1939 for Moretonhampstead. The 1939 Register provides a snapshot of the civilian population of England and Wales just after the outbreak of the Second World War. It is the best survey of England and Wales between 1921 and 1951.
MHS databases : pdo
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