Where's this place in Devon?

[Uncle John]

I'm following Mary Ann Britton. First sighting is in 1841:

Class HO107, Piece 234, Book 15, Civil Parish Landkey, County Devon, Enumeration District 13, Folio 5, Page 5.

At Newlands, Landkey are:
Honour Britton 33 dressmaker
Mary Ann Britton 10
Harriot/Harriet Britton 7
Elizabeth Britton 3

In 1851 they are at the same address:
HO107 / Piece 1892 / Folio 87 / Page 5
Honour (transcribed Homier) Britton, widow, 41, dressmaker born where????
Mary Ann 21, glover born Landkey
Harriet 16, glover born Landkey

So who can read Honour's place of birth in 1851? Having found a Google map I think it must be Swimbridge, which is the next village to Landkey. I hadn't come across either of them before.

And can anyone please find a marriage for Honour and a birth or baptism for Mary Ann (presumably circa 1830)?

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

I agree that it's Swimbridge.

There's this marriage on the IGI:

JOHN BRITTON
Marriages:
Spouse: HONOR THOMAS
Marriage: 22 JAN 1828 Landkey, Devon
Messages: Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record.

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

and these children:

1. JAMES BRITON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 23 AUG 1828

2. JAMES BRITON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 06 OCT 1828 Wesleyan, Landkey, Devon

3. ELIZA BRITTON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 02 APR 1832

4. ELIZA BRITTON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 10 APR 1832 Wesleyan, Landkey, Devon

5. MARY ANN BRITTAIN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 13 JAN 1830

6. MARY ANN BRITTAIN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 31 JAN 1830 Wesleyan, Landkey, Devon

7. HARRIETT BRITTON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 27 APR 1834

8. HARRIETT BRITTON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 11 MAY 1834 Wesleyan, Landkey, Devon



Seems they were Methodist

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Here she is:

HONOR THOMAS
Birth:
Christening: 04 MAR 1810 Swimbridge, Devon
Parents:
Father: WILLIAM THOMAS
Mother: MARY
Messages: Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record.

[Uncle John]

Well blow me down, Merry. Thanks for the cornucopia of info. I tried the IGI and got zilch. I wonder if John died before civil registration - off to have a look.

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Honor's parents were busy!

10. LUCY THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 15 OCT 1815 Swimbridge, Devon

11. HENRY THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 17 APR 1803 Swimbridge, Devon

12. HONOR THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 04 MAR 1810 Swimbridge, Devon

13. MARY ANN THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 25 APR 1813 Swimbridge, Devon

14. MARY THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 19 DEC 1819 Swimbridge, Devon

15. JOSHUA THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 31 AUG 1806 Swimbridge, Devon

16. JOHN THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Death: 26 JUN 1818

17. JOHN THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 07 DEC 1817 Swimbridge, Devon

18. JANE THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 15 OCT 1815 Swimbridge, Devon

19. JEREMIAH THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 20 JAN 1805 Swimbridge, Devon

20. GEORGE THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 17 AUG 1800 Swimbridge, Devon

21. MARTHA THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 19 DEC 1819 Swimbridge, Devon

22. THARZA THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 05 JAN 1812 Swimbridge, Devon

23. PHOEBE THOMAS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 12 JUN 1808 Swimbridge, Devon

[Uncle John]

It all makes sense, locality wise. Mary Ann married in Barnstaple district in 1856.

Edit: crossed with a further deluge of baps.!!

[Uncle John]

The ironic thing is that Mary Ann's daughter, another Mary Ann, was my great-grandfather's second wife so these aren't my rellies at all! He was 83 and she was an old maid of 55, and they had 12 years of marriage.

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Is that a polite way of telling me to stop?!!! lol

[Uncle John]

No, please don't! You're obviously on a roll.

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Actually, I'm not as there's no likely marriage for Honor's parents on the IGI, so I had stopped! lol

[Uncle John]

And not found any parents for John Britton? Only joking.

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

And not found any parents for John Britton? Only joking.

lolol!! Only after you have his burial record plus age!

[Uncle John]

Well I've now been through the full death index from 1837 to 1841 without success, so I think he must have died before July 1837. One page (q4 1840 from memory) is hilarious, with the last ten entries crammed in but still perfectly legible.

Anyone with access to the NBI or Landkey/Swimbridge burial records please?

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

On this Genuki page:

GENUKI/Devon: Landkey - Genealogy

it says:

Genealogy

The Online Parish Clerk scheme's representative for this parish is Ann O'Toole, who invites queries and lookup requests. (Resources: PRs on fiche, indexed.)

and there's a link to email Ann.

Having looked at the Swimbridge page, she is the OPC for that parish too, with the same link!

[Uncle John]

Ooh thanks for that, Merry. I've sent Ann an email and will see what happens. There's something a bit odd date-wise with Mary Ann's sister(s) Eliza and Elizabeth. I suspect one died and the other may have been born after her father's death. We'll probably never know. There are no clues from the MI transcription I found on GENUKI, which was for the parish church.

[Mavis by the Moor]

I'll be about 8 miles from there in August UJ, if they're not on the Wiki by then I'll try & get there & do the churches & any other old buildings.

[Uncle John]

Thanks for the offer Mavis. Hopefully Ann the OPC will know what burial grounds there are/were in Landkey and Swimbridge apart from Landkey parish church. As Merry discovered, they were Wesleyan Methodists.

[Uncle John]

Update: I've been contacted by someone on GR who got a match with Mary Ann Britton. She's most impressed that Merry found the Britton/Thomas marriage. She'd been looking for it for ages.

[Uncle John]

Anyone willing to look for John Britton in the 1841 census, please? And I haven't got any leads on his baptism either.
I've found the best match for his death is q1 1842, Barnstaple (vol. 10 page 22). (BTW FreeBMD has a query for the page number but it's quite clear on the image).
I've scanned through the 1841 images for Barnstaple Union Workhouse and the North Devon Infirmary and can't see him.

I'm off on holiday now (back on 1st. July) so you have lots of time!!