Meavy Genealogical Records
Meavy Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index, essentially recording births, but may include residence, father's occupation and more.
A name index attached to original images of baptism registers. Records document parents' names, date of baptism and/or birth, residence, occupations and more.
A searchable database of 2,225,292 records, linked to original images of baptism registers. The records provide proof of parentage, occupations, residence and other details.
Transcriptions of over 360,000 baptisms from most parishes in the county. Records include parents name and abode.
Meavy Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. They are the primary source for pre-1837 marriages. They may record the bride and groom's residence, the groom's occupation, parents' names, marital status and witnesses.
A name index to around 200,000 marriages recorded by the Church of England and other denominations in Plymouth and its environs.
A searchable database of 1,871,561 records, linked to original images of marriage registers. The records may include fathers' names, age, residence, occupations and more.
Transcriptions of over 270,000 marriages from most parishes in the county.
Meavy Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. They may detail the deceased's name, residence and age.
A name index linked to digital images of the burial registers of the church. Records document an individual's date of death and/or burial, age and residence. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
A searchable database of 1,666,144 records, linked to original images of burial registers. The records may include date of burial and/or death, residence, age and other details.
Transcriptions of over 225,000 burials from most parishes in the county. Induces the deceased's age.
Meavy Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
A transcription of the Lady Day hearth tax for 1674 for the county of Devon.
Newspapers Covering Meavy
A politically independent newspaper, covering the affairs of Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. It includes family notices.
A short regional paper covering local occurrences, business news, family notices and more.
A liberal newspaper covering the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. It includes family notices.
Original images of a regional newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the Devon area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering regional news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Devon area.
Meavy Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to 295,609 wills of people who lived in or were connected to Devon. The wills they reference can contain a great deal of genealogical information.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
An index to thousands of probates and administrations granted by the Diocese and Archdeaconry of Exeter, covering parts of Devon & Cornwall.
An index to over 300,000 Devon wills, admons and inventories from 550 sources. Index contains name, abode, occupation, type of document, year of probate, court, notes and document reference.
Meavy Immigration & Travel Records
A detailed investigation into motivations for Devonians choosing to stay or migrate from the county, with particular attention to labour, religion and family ties.
A lengthy article detailing the practice of moving the needy poor between parishes. Contains examples of settlements, removals and examinations.
The story of a ship heading to Quebec from Plymouth that sank off the coast of Cornwall, killing 194 passengers. Includes information on the crew, passengers and others connected with the event.
An overview of emigration from north Devon to the Americas, with particulars of some who made the journey.
A calendar of prisoners brought before the quarter sessions, with details of their crime and punishment. Contains entries for individuals who were transported.
Meavy Military Records
Various military lists published in the Exeter Flying Post, particularly lists of deserters, which may list age and physical description.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Devon, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Devon, with some service details.
Names from a presumably predominately Devonian war memorial in the former Bible Christian church at Swansea.
Meavy Court & Legal Records
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
An index of around 300,000 names in local tax records. The index is connected to digital images of the rate books, which record, land owner and occupier, description of property, address and details of the tax.
Transcriptions of documents listing those who swore loyalty to King George I after the Jacobite Atterbury Plot.
A calendar of cases to be heard before the quarter session that are indictable by nature,.
Two calendars, one of those licensed to carry out trade and the other those brought before the session for cursing.
Meavy Taxation Records
An index of around 300,000 names in local tax records. The index is connected to digital images of the rate books, which record, land owner and occupier, description of property, address and details of the tax.
Transcriptions of documents listing land, their owner or occupier acreage and name or description.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
A transcription of the Lady Day hearth tax for 1674 for the county of Devon.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Meavy Land & Property Records
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
Maps delineating fields in Devon, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
An index of around 300,000 names in local tax records. The index is connected to digital images of the rate books, which record, land owner and occupier, description of property, address and details of the tax.
Transcriptions of documents listing land, their owner or occupier acreage and name or description.
A list of Devon property-owners who were required to contribute towards sustaining the militia.
Meavy Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
Meavy Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Devon's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Memorials of a select number of headstones in Devon.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Meavy Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Meavy Histories & Books
A detailed investigation into motivations for Devonians choosing to stay or migrate from the county, with particular attention to labour, religion and family ties.
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
A general and parochial history of the county, with sections for each parish.
Numerous articles covering the history of the country, its principle settlements, notable persons, castles and more.
A detailed overview of Devon in 1850, extracted from a directory of that year.
Meavy School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Meavy Occupation & Business Records
Background information on women employed by the mining industry in Devon & Cornwall. Includes a database of over 25,000 women and oral histories.
Lists of gamekeepers from the North Devon Journal.
Lists of gamekeepers from the The Western Times.
A series of newspaper articles listing gamekeepers in Devon.
Transcripts of newspaper articles listing the particulars of apprentices who absconded from their master.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Meavy
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Meavy Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Three works compiled from 16th and 17th century sources that record Devon families who had the right to bear a coat of arms.
A list of men found by William Camden to have unsubstantiated claims to coats of arms.
Photographs and descriptions of Devon's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Meavy Church Records
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
Prior to civil registration in 1837, the parish registers of Devon are the most common place to turn for details on births, marriages and deaths.
A series of questionnaires detailing the ecclesiastical predicament of around 250 parishes in Devon.
A transcript of documents recording those who contributed to the rebuilding of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
A history of the Bible Christians, a denomination of Methodists, in Devon and Cornwall.
Biographical Directories Covering Meavy
A series of folk tales and detailed biographies of Devonshire men and women.
Biographies of notable Devonians from the Norman period up to the end of the 17th century.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Meavy Maps
Maps delineating fields in Devon, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
Maps delineating fields, forests and other land plots in east Devon. Apportionments not included.
Transcriptions of documents listing land, their owner or occupier acreage and name or description.
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Meavy Reference Works
A series of articles on Devon surnames, including a dictionary of Devon surname definitions.
A guide to locating Devon wills in light of losses incurred during World War II.
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
Historical Description
MEAVY is a parish and village on the river Meavy, a tributary of the Plym, from which it derives its name, and is situated in a picturesque valley, 3 miles south-east from Horrabridge station and 1 ½ south-east from Yelverton Junction, both on the Tavistock and Launceston branch of the South Devon (Great Western) railway, 10 north from Plymouth and 7 south-east from Tavistock, in the Western division of the county, Roborough hundred, Midland Roborough petty sessional division, union and county court district of Tavistock, rural deanery of Tavistock, archdeaconry of Totnes and diocese of Exeter.
The church of St. Peter is an ancient edifice of local stone, with piers, arches and windows of Roborough Down stone, in the Norman, Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, with organ chamber and south chapel or Drake aisle, nave of three bays, south aisle, south transept, south porch and an embattled western tower of the 15th century, with stair-turret and 4 small pinnacles, and containing a clock, placed in 1887, and 6 bells, all recast in 1778 by John Pennington and Co. from a previous peal of 4; one again recast in 1814, and the whole, with the exception of the 5th bell, in 1876: the north pier of the chancel arch, carved with rams’ heads, is a portion of the Norman church: the chancel retains an aumbrey and hagioscope: the south chantry, rebuilt exactly as before, the stones being carefully numbered, has been the mortuary chapel of the Drake family, and here was interred Sir Francis Drake, 3rd bart. and M.P. for Tavistock, ob. 1714; in this chapel is a grey marble tablet with an inscribed brass to Sir Francis Drake, erected by the present baronet in 1896: on the north side of the church are the stairs to the rood loft; the timber roof has bosses at the intersections of the ribs carved with quaint devices: in 1884 a new reredos of marble, alabaster and Caen stone, designed by Mr. J. D. Sedding, architect, was erected as a memorial to the Rev. John Abbott, 41 years rector of this parish: the altar table of carved oak, with its massive slab of polished alabaster, erected in 1896, was the work of Hems and Sons, of Exeter: the screen was existing subsequent to 1840, but there are now no remains: in the porch is a stoup, formed by a grotesque head, and stone seats, and over the entrance, on the inside, is an image bracket: the font, of the Decorated period, has an octagonal basin, the sides of which are relieved with shields bearing swords in bend and keys in saltire; built into the exterior wall is a gravestone, incised with a cross-crosslet: the church was restored in 1873—4 at a cost of £704, when the organ chamber and vestry were added: in 1891 the chancel floor was relaid with marble, and in 1892 carved oak stalls were placed in the chancel, at a further cost of £110: there are now 180 sittings: the churchyard is entered by a lych gate, in front of which stands a venerable and famous oak, traditionally believed to date from the Saxon period; it is 25 feet in circumference, and though now so hollowed out that it is possible to walk through its trunk, the spreading lower branches are still bright with foliage, year by year; under this tree stands the village cross. The earliest, registers have been much injured, and part of them re-copied; the earliest date now to be traced is 1654. The preamble of the Act of 1652, ordering the provision of new register books, is preserved in the register, and signed by John Elford of Sheepstor, J.P. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £164, with 25 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1895 by the Rev. Richard Trezise Tyacke M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. There is a Baptist chapel at Homeavy. Adjoining the church are the remains of an old mansion, once the residence of Sir Francis Drake, who was born near Tavistock about 1545, and died off Nombre de Dios, 28th January, 1596: the house, originally built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in the shape of the letter E, is now a farm house. The poor have the interest of £300, left by the late Sir Ralph Lopes bart. The manor anciently belonged to a family of Mewi or Meavy, and afterwards, in the 16th century, to the Millatons, from whom it passed by marriage to the Strode family, and later to that of Drake. The Right Hon. Sir Massey Lopes bart. P.C. of Maristow, Tamerton Foliot, who is lord of the manor, and Sir F. George Augustus Fuller-Eliott-Drake bart. of Nutwell Court, axe the chief landowners. The soil is light, and the subsoil ferruginous. The chief crops are barley, oats and roots, with some wheat. The parish contains 3,410 acres of land and 12 of water; rateable value, £3,502; the population in 1891 was 266.
The hamlet of LOVETON is about three-quarters of a mile south-south-east. HOMEAVY is about 1 ½ miles west-south-west. GOODAMEAVY is 3 miles south-south-west: its manor formerly belonged to the Pomeroys, and is now the property of Mrs. Scobell. CALISHAM is a quarter of a mile south-west: this manor, with that of Durance, belongs to the Drake family. GRATTON, 1 mile west: a stone bridge has been erected over the river Mew at Gratton.
National School (mixed), built in 1837, for 78 children; average attendance about 35.
Most Common Surnames in Meavy
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Roborough Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown | 21 | 1:14 | 0.95% | 12 |
| 2 | Bowden | 14 | 1:20 | 0.75% | 19 |
| 3 | Northmore | 13 | 1:22 | 7.69% | 717 |
| 4 | Dance | 12 | 1:24 | 66.67% | 3,695 |
| 5 | Moses | 11 | 1:26 | 7.28% | 788 |
| 5 | Blatchford | 11 | 1:26 | 2.87% | 292 |
| 7 | Williams | 9 | 1:32 | 0.24% | 2 |
| 7 | Warren | 9 | 1:32 | 0.64% | 38 |
| 7 | Elford | 9 | 1:32 | 4.76% | 636 |
| 7 | Vanstone | 9 | 1:32 | 1.50% | 172 |
| 7 | Atwill | 9 | 1:32 | 8.49% | 1,076 |
| 12 | Bickle | 8 | 1:36 | 2.17% | 300 |
| 12 | Gidley | 8 | 1:36 | 2.74% | 397 |
| 14 | Squire | 7 | 1:41 | 0.79% | 99 |
| 14 | Lowden | 7 | 1:41 | 16.67% | 2,174 |
| 16 | Andrews | 6 | 1:47 | 0.46% | 42 |
| 16 | Tavernour | 6 | 1:47 | 100.00% | 7,664 |
| 18 | Palmer | 5 | 1:57 | 0.32% | 31 |
| 18 | Worth | 5 | 1:57 | 1.21% | 266 |
| 18 | Box | 5 | 1:57 | 3.27% | 783 |
| 18 | Badcock | 5 | 1:57 | 1.39% | 312 |
| 22 | Daw | 4 | 1:71 | 1.06% | 295 |
| 22 | Tuckett | 4 | 1:71 | 2.26% | 683 |
| 22 | Lillicrap | 4 | 1:71 | 1.79% | 530 |
| 22 | Pollyblank | 4 | 1:71 | 9.09% | 2,107 |
| 22 | Shillibeer | 4 | 1:71 | 15.38% | 2,930 |
| 27 | Gray | 3 | 1:95 | 1.18% | 460 |
| 27 | Deacon | 3 | 1:95 | 1.67% | 674 |
| 27 | Stanbury | 3 | 1:95 | 0.65% | 244 |
| 27 | Constant | 3 | 1:95 | 13.04% | 3,174 |
| 31 | Richards | 2 | 1:142 | 0.09% | 11 |
| 31 | Dodd | 2 | 1:142 | 0.64% | 359 |
| 31 | Perkins | 2 | 1:142 | 0.34% | 175 |
| 31 | Wills | 2 | 1:142 | 0.13% | 30 |
| 31 | Johns | 2 | 1:142 | 0.17% | 55 |
| 31 | Jackman | 2 | 1:142 | 0.53% | 293 |
| 31 | Dawe | 2 | 1:142 | 0.29% | 141 |
| 31 | Wotton | 2 | 1:142 | 0.57% | 321 |
| 31 | Jope | 2 | 1:142 | 2.50% | 1,375 |
| 31 | Scobell | 2 | 1:142 | 4.55% | 2,107 |
| 31 | Chasty | 2 | 1:142 | 5.00% | 2,249 |
| 42 | Martin | 1 | 1:284 | 0.04% | 8 |
| 42 | Parker | 1 | 1:284 | 0.11% | 92 |
| 42 | Hawkins | 1 | 1:284 | 0.10% | 82 |
| 42 | Holland | 1 | 1:284 | 0.31% | 346 |
| 42 | Fowler | 1 | 1:284 | 0.21% | 227 |
| 42 | Adamson | 1 | 1:284 | 2.94% | 2,503 |
| 42 | Hodge | 1 | 1:284 | 0.09% | 66 |
| 42 | Hutchings | 1 | 1:284 | 0.08% | 51 |
| 42 | Westlake | 1 | 1:284 | 0.13% | 116 |
| 42 | Rook | 1 | 1:284 | 0.40% | 462 |
| 42 | Chapple | 1 | 1:284 | 0.16% | 162 |
| 42 | Smale | 1 | 1:284 | 0.10% | 87 |
| 42 | Husband | 1 | 1:284 | 0.84% | 975 |
| 42 | Luscombe | 1 | 1:284 | 0.09% | 62 |
| 42 | Hannaford | 1 | 1:284 | 0.10% | 72 |
| 42 | Cory | 1 | 1:284 | 0.57% | 685 |
| 42 | Hammett | 1 | 1:284 | 0.22% | 242 |
| 42 | Hardiman | 1 | 1:284 | 100.00% | 15,767 |
| 42 | Cleave | 1 | 1:284 | 0.34% | 381 |
| 42 | Paynter | 1 | 1:284 | 2.63% | 2,338 |
| 42 | Lavers | 1 | 1:284 | 0.25% | 273 |
| 42 | Bosley | 1 | 1:284 | 9.09% | 5,026 |
| 42 | Doney | 1 | 1:284 | 1.05% | 1,184 |
| 42 | Landers | 1 | 1:284 | 6.25% | 3,944 |
| 42 | Northcote | 1 | 1:284 | 0.74% | 874 |
| 42 | Butland | 1 | 1:284 | 0.76% | 899 |
| 42 | Stillman | 1 | 1:284 | 12.50% | 6,268 |
| 42 | Shillabeer | 1 | 1:284 | 0.68% | 802 |
| 42 | Screech | 1 | 1:284 | 1.16% | 1,288 |
| 42 | Walke | 1 | 1:284 | 0.88% | 1,015 |
| 42 | Hockridge | 1 | 1:284 | 0.96% | 1,092 |
| 42 | Cudlip | 1 | 1:284 | 2.50% | 2,249 |
| 42 | Niles | 1 | 1:284 | 4.55% | 3,259 |
| 42 | Barons | 1 | 1:284 | 1.96% | 1,878 |
| 42 | Renfrey | 1 | 1:284 | 50.00% | 13,160 |
| 42 | Rolstone | 1 | 1:284 | 2.63% | 2,338 |
| 42 | Steal | 1 | 1:284 | 100.00% | 15,767 |
| 42 | Souton | 1 | 1:284 | 25.00% | 9,849 |