Exmoor, Somerset Genealogy

Guide to Exmoor, Somerset ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

'''Part of this parish is in Devon. See also Exmoor, Devon.'''

Parish History
EXMOOR, an extra-parochial liberty, in the hundred of Williton and Freemanners, W. division of Somerset. Exmoor parish is primarily in the county of Somerset and partly in the county of Devon.

Find Neighboring Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
 * Type the name of the parish in the search bar
 * Click on the location pin on the map
 * Choose Options from the pop up box
 * Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes

Church Records
Exmoor is an extra parochial area and the closest ecclesiastical parish is Exford.
 * Extra-parochial areas were not attached to parish churches.
 * The residents went to a church of their choosing outside of the parish boundaries.

Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Exmoor/index.html