Sources

Sources for Records

CategoryRecord Set or TranscriptYear RangeReference(s)Web LinkRecord Location
CemeteriesAllPhotos courtesy of Mark Baldacchino
St Mary's1555-1992Parish Registers, Bratton Clovelly, available on microfiche and original registers (A2A ref 2003A/PR series), also available online at FindMyPastlinkDevon Heritage Centre, Exeter and online database (£)
CensusesEngland & Wales Censuses1841-1921Findmypast.co.uk England & Wales Census Collection, original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)linkonline database (£)
Ancestry.com UK Census Collection. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)linkonline database (£)
1939 Register1939Findmypast.co.uk 1939 Register, original data: General Register Office: National Registration: 1939 Register, Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)linkonline database (£)
DirectoriesWhite's1850White, William, White's Devon: History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire, 1850, reprinted by Augustus M Kelley Publishers, New York, 1968Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Post Office1866The Post Office Directory of Somerset and Devon, with Bristol, ed Kelly, E R, Kelly and Co, London, 1866Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Morris'1870Morris & Co, Morris & Co's Commercial Directory and Gazetteer of Devonshire, Houndsgate, Nottingham, 1870Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
White's1878White, William, History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Devon including the City of Exeter…, 2nd ed, William White, Sheffield, 1878Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Kelly's1883Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, ed E R Kelly, Kelly & Co, London, 1883Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Kelly's1889Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, Kelly and Co, London, 1889Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Kelly's1893Kelly's Directory Devonshire & Cornwall, Kelly & Co., Limited, London, 1893Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Kelly's1897Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, Kelly's Directories Limited, London, 1897Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Kelly's1902Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, Kelly's Directories Limited, London, 1902Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Kelly's1906Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, Kelly's Directories Ltd, London, 1906Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Kelly's1910Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, Kelly's Directories Ltd, London, 1910Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Kelly's1919Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, Kelly's Directories Ltd, London, 1919Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Kelly's1930Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, Kelly's Directories Ltd, London, 1930Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Kelly's1935Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, Kelly's Directories Ltd, London, 1935Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Kelly's1939Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, Kelly's Directories Ltd, London, 1939Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Inhabitant ListsProtestation Returns1641-1642The Devon Protestation Returns 1641, ed Howard, A J, privately printed 1973Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Freeholder Lists1711-1799'Devon Freeholders, 1711-1799', Friends of Devon's Archives, original data: Devon Quarter Sessions Records, Devon Heritage Centre, Exeterlinkonline database
Oath Rolls1715-1724Devon and Exeter Oath Rolls, 1723, Friends of Devon's Archiveslinkonline database
Voter Lists1832-1910Electoral Registers, Bratton Clovelly, available on microficheDevon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Voter Lists1933-1935Register of Electors, Bratton Clovelly, ref 5925A/PX25 Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Manor DocumentsAll1377-1685Manor Rolls, Bratton Clovelly, original registers, ref 314M/M/1-10. Translated by Brooke Westcott.Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Military RecordsMuster Roll1569The Devon Muster Roll for 1569, ed A J Howard and T L Stoate, published by T L Stoate, Almondsbury, Bristol, 1977 Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Militia List16991699 List of Trained Souldiers, Z1/43/4/1 Lifton Hundred, Friends of Devon's Archiveslinkonline database
Militia Assessment17151715 Militia Assessments and related documents, Z1/43/4/3 Bratton Clovelly, Lifton Hundred, Friends of Devon's Archiveslinkonline database
Those Who Served 1800-1945Sources are identified at the end of each soldier's individual record, Those Who Served lists include those soldiers shown on the WWI & WWII Rolls of HonourDevon Heritage Centre, Exeter and online databases (£)
Nonconformist RegistersBaptisms BC Northlew1841-1961Northlew Methodist Circuit Registers of Baptisms, ref 1813D/1/1-3Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Baptisms BC Launceston1841-1944Register of Baptisms, Launceston Bible Christian Circuit, ref MRL/118-121, also available online in the Cornwall Online Parish Clerks DatabaselinkKresen Kernow, Cornwall Archives, Redruth
Parish RegistersBaptisms1754-2000Parish Registers, Bratton Clovelly, available on microfiche and original registers (A2A ref 2003A/PR series), also available online at FindMyPastlinkDevon Heritage Centre, Exeter and online database (£)
Marriages1754-1972Parish Registers, Bratton Clovelly, available on microfiche and original registers (A2A ref 2003A/PR series), also available online at FindMyPastlinkDevon Heritage Centre, Exeter and online database (£)
Burials1754-1992Parish Registers, Bratton Clovelly, available on microfiche and original registers (A2A ref 2003A/PR series), also available online at FindMyPastlinkDevon Heritage Centre, Exeter and online database (£)
Poor Law RecordsApprenticeships1744-1832Poor Law Records, Bratton Clovelly, ref 2002A/PO95-123Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Settlement, Removal & Bastardy1772-1840Poor Law Records, Bratton Clovelly, ref 2002A/PO87-94, 2917A/PO7/28, 2932A/PO/2/a/92Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
School RecordsBoard School Admissions1897-1961Board School Admissions Registers, Bratton Clovelly, (A2A ref 848C-1/EAA 1-2)Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Taxes & TithesLay Subsidies1332The Devonshire Lay Subsidy of 1332, ed Audrey M Erskine, The Devonshire Press Ltd, Torquay, 1969Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Lay Subsidies1524-1527Devon Lay Subsidy Rolls 1524-7, ed T L Stoate, published by T L Stoate, Almondsbury, Bristol, 1979Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Lay Subsidies1543-1545Devon Lay Subsidy Rolls 1543-5, ed T L Stoate, published by T L Stoate, Almondsbury, Bristol, 1986Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Lay Subsidies1581Devon Taxes 1581-1660, ed T L Stoate, published by T L Stoate, Almondsbury, Bristol, 1988Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Lay Subsidies1624Taxacio Tertii Subsidii Trium ... 1624, Subsidy Roll 102/463, transcribed by Charles Edward Banks, from the original deposited in the Public Record OfficeDevon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Church Rates1601 & 1613Devon Parish Taxpayers 1500-1650, Vol 2, Beer Ferrers to Chudley, ed. Todd Gray, Exeter, 2016, Copyright Cornwall & Devon Record Society and Todd Gray, 2017available from a variety of online booksellers
Tithe Customsearly 1600s'Parsons Customes of Bratton Clovelly', ref 372/9/28Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Hearth Tax1674Devon Hearth Tax Return Lady Day 1674, ed T L Stoate, Lower Court, Almondsbury, Bristol, 1982Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Land Tax Assessments1780-1832Land Tax Assessment for Lifton, 1780-1832, available online for browsing (not search) from Family Search, microfilm 1471090 Item 7, image group number 4626990. Originals are held by Devon Heritage Centre, ref QS/83/18/2 but are only accessible on microfilm in the Search Room.linkonline database
Land Tax Redemption1798Reference: Ancestry.com. UK, Land Tax Redemption, 1798, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, original data: Land Tax Redemption Office: Quotas and Assessments. IR23, Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, Englandlinkonline database (£)
Tithe Apportionment1845'Apportionment of the Rent-Charge in lieu of Tithes, in the parish of Bratton Clovelly, in the County of Devon', available as an electronic document from the Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter, original data: IR 29/6, 9, 10, 30, Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)linkonline database
Returns of Owners of Land1873Ancestry.com England, Return of Owners of Land, 1873, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, original data: Returns of Owners of Land, Gloucestershire, England: Archive CD Books Ltd.linkonline database (£)
Voter ListsAll1832-1939Devon Electoral Registers, ref VL, available on microficheDevon Heritage Centre, Exeter
WillsHeld by The National Archives1619-1854Wills 1384-1858, Discovery Catalogue Online Documents, The National Archives, PROB 11 serieslinkonline documents
Held by Devon Heritage Centre1817-1857Inland Revenue Wills Series, ref 1078/IRW (search for Bratton Clovelly Wills in catalogue but the wills themselves are only available on microfiche in the searchroom)linkDevon Heritage Centre, Exeter

Sources for Themes

DescriptionYearReference(s)Web LinkLocation
Place ProfileSee Resources on webpagelinkweb page
Archaeology & Prehistory1989Time Signs, 4 episodes, 1989, Channel 4 on Demandlinkonline television series
Domesday'Discover Domesday', The National Archiveslinkweb pages
'Domesday Survey', A History of Devonshire in Five Volumes, Vol 1, The Victoria History of the Counties of England, pp 375-402, ed William Page, FSA, Dawson for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, Archibald Constable & Company Limited, 1906, reprinted by William Dawson & Sons, Folkestone, Kent, 1975Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
1086Domesday Book: A Complete Translation, Alecto Historical Editions, eds. Dr Ann Williams & Professor G H Martin, Penguin Classics, London, 2003available from a variety of online booksellers
Medieval Manor1377-1685Manor Rolls, Bratton Clovelly, original registers, ref 314M/M/1-10. Translated by Brooke Westcott.Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
1895Whale, Rev T W, 'Manors in Bratton Clovelly', Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art, Vol 27, presented at Okehampton, July, 1895, William Brendon & Son, Plymouth, 1895, accessible online at The Internet Archivelinkonline document
2018Mulholland, Maureen, 'Trials in manorial courts in late medieval England', Manchester University Press Open Access contentlinkonline document
2014Briggs, Chris & Schofield, Phillipp R, 'Understanding Edwardian Villagers Use of Law: Some Manor Court Litigation Evidence', Reading Medieval Studies XL (2014)linkonline document
Places of Worship2017derived from Baldacchino, Kim, 'Communities of Dissent Phase 1 Profile', 2019, in cooperation with the Communities of Dissent Project of the Family and Community Historical Research Society. Full references are in the unabridged version of this paper.linkonline document
Listed Buildings14th-20th centuryListed Buildings in Bratton Clovelly, Devon, England, British Listed Buildingslinkonline database
1911Stabb, John, Some Old Devon Churches: Their Rood Screens Pulpits, Fonts, etc., Vol. II, London, 1911.linkDevon Heritage Centre, Exeter
1997Adams, Ann, 'A Visit to Rural West Devon', Devon Buildings Group Newsletter Number 15, Easter 1997linkonline document

Sources for Maps

DescriptionYearReference(s)Web LinkLocation
Modern MapPresentBratton Clovelly, Google Mapslinkonline database
Jurisdiction Map1851Bratton Clovelly, FamilySearchlinkonline database
Domesday Map1086'Domesday Survey', A History of Devonshire in Five Volumes, Vol 1, The Victoria History of the Counties of England, between pp 402-403, ed William Page, FSA, Dawson for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, Archibald Constable & Company Limited, 1906, reprinted by William Dawson & Sons, Folkestone, Kent, 1975Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
Tithe Maps1845-1846derived from Tithe Map, Part I and II, 1845 (surveyed by John Palmer, Devonport, scale 2 chains to inch), and outline map of parish, 1846 (copied by H & R.L. Badcock, scale 16 chains to inch), Bratton Clovelly (A2A ref 2003 A - 5/PB 1-3)Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
'Vision of Britain' Maps1806-1945Historical Maps, Bratton Clovelly, A Vision of Britain through Timelinkonline database
Roll of Honour Gravesitescreated using Your Places, Google Mapslinkonline database

Sources for Studies

DescriptionYearReference(s)Web LinkLocation
Population1801-1931Enumeration Abstracts & Population Tables, Bratton Clovelly, Lifton Hundred & Okehampton Rural District, County of Devon, Histpop: Online Historical Population Reports Websitelinkonline documents
1951-1961Places, Bratton Clovelly, A Vision of Britain through Timelinkonline database
PresentBratton Clovelly, Wikipedialinkweb page
Nonconformity1841-1911derived from Baldacchino, Kim, 'Methodism in a West Devon Parish, 1841-1911', 2019, in cooperation with the Communities of Dissent Project of the Family and Community Historical Research Society. Full references are in the unabridged version of this paper.linkonline document
Migration1841-1861derived from Baldacchino, Kim, 'What Factors Affected Population Change in a West Devon Parish, 1841-1861?', July 2015, assignment for the Advanced Diploma in Local History, Oxford University Continuing Education. Full references are in the unabridged version of this paper.linkonline document
Land Use1845derived from Apportionment of the Rent-Charge in lieu of Tithes, in the parish of Bratton Clovelly, in the County of Devon, available as an online document from the Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter, original data: IR 29/6, 9, 10, 30, Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)linkonline database
Surnames1641-1642The Devon Protestation Returns 1641, ed Howard, A J, privately printed 1973Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
1674Devon Hearth Tax Return Lady Day 1674, ed T L Stoate, Lower Court, Almondsbury, Bristol, 1982Devon Heritage Centre, Exeter
1754-1972Marriage Registers, Bratton Clovelly, available on microfiche and original registers (A2A ref 2003A/PR series), also available online at FindMyPastlinkDevon Heritage Centre, Exeter and online database (£)
1813-2000Baptism Registers, Bratton Clovelly, available on microfiche and original registers (A2A ref 2003A/PR series), also available online at FindMyPastlinkDevon Heritage Centre, Exeter and online database (£)
Occupations1851 & 1911derived from Findmypast.co.uk England & Wales Census Collection, original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)linkonline database (£)
1941-1911Servant analysis from Baldacchino, Kim, 'The Young Servants of a West Devon Parish', Destinations, newsletter of the Society for One-Place Studies, June 2020, https://www.one-place-studies.org/destinations/ [accessed 3 Dec 2022]. Full references on webpage.linkonline document