Morebath

Also known as Morebath, Devon

Morebath is an upland village in the county of Devon, England. It is mostly given over to sheep-farming, and situated on the southern edge of Exmoor.

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Place details

Locality: Mid Devon
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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UK place.official_name: Morebath
UK place.country: England
UK place.static_image_name: Morebath, St George (geograph 4160002).jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St George's Church, Morebath
UK place.region: South West England
UK place.shire_county: Devon
UK place.shire_district: Mid Devon
UK place.os_grid_reference: SS9551724913
UK place.post_town: TIVERTON
UK place.postcode_area: EX
UK place.postcode_district: EX16
UK place.dial_code: 01884
UK place.constituency_westminster: Tiverton and Minehead

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Population: 314
Image: Morebath Church - geograph.org.uk - 34912.jpg
Dialing code: 01884

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Commons category: Morebath
OS grid reference: SS9551724913
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Morebath is an upland village in the county of Devon, England. It is mostly given over to sheep-farming, and situated on the southern edge of Exmoor.

An account of life in Morebath in the 16th century can be read in The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village by Eamon Duffy. Then, as now, Morebath was populated by no more than 300 people, drawn from some thirty families, living and working on the land. During the often turbulent period of the Reformation, its inhabitants relied on the guidance of their priest, Christopher Trychay, Vicar of Morebath from 1520 to 1574. His detailed hand-written records were transcribed by the Rev. J. Erskine Binney, and published by James G. Commin of Exeter in 1904 as a separate volume in the Devon Notes & Queries series, under the title The Accounts of the Wardens of the Parish of Morebath, Devon. They provide an insight into the life of this small English community. The church is dedicated to St. George.