Help with birth Registration district

[Nerja]

Hi,
I would like to purchase a copy birth cert for my Gt Gt Grandmother so that I can trace her parents.  She was Mary Ann Baker, born circa 1849 in COLYTON DEVON.  Can any one tell me the probable registration district that would have issued the certificate?
Mary Ann Baker appears to have been an extremely popular name in Devon during that period, some of the possibles are,,  Axminster, Taughton, South Molton, Wellington Som, Chard, St Thomas, Tiverton, Honiton etc.
 
Thanks,
Ian Headford,
Cumbria.

[Barbara F]

Hello Ian
This site is really useful for identifying Registartion Districts
http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/places/regindex1-2.pdf
Looks like Colyton came under Axminster at that time..
Barbara

[Nerja]

Hi Barbara,
Many thanks for your advice and quick reply, I've narrowed it down to 2 possibles, gives me a 50/50 chance of getting the correct one first time.

Regards,

Ian.

[Barbara F]

Ian
Have you found her on the 1851 census?  That might help to determine the parents' names - or are there several girls with the same name born in Colyton?
Barbara

[Barbara F]

In 1851 There appears to be only one Mary Baker born Colyton born at the right time.  She is the daughter of John and Mary Ann.
Barbara

[Nerja]

Hi Barbara,
Yes, brilliant, I think she is my Mary Ann, I have the marriage certificate, she married Benjamin Benoni Headford in Puriton Church in 1868. Her father is named as John Baker, Labourer.
Do you have an address for 1851 and are there any other family members?
Can you see any connections with your branch of Bakers?

Kind Regards,
Ian Headford,
Cumbria.

[Barbara F]

Hello Ian

1851
Sidmouth Street, Colyton
John Baker Head Mar 40 General Labourer b Devon Farway?
Mary Ann Wife Mar 40 b Devon Broadclist
Edwd Son 5 Scholar b Devon Colyton
Henry Son 4 b Devon Colyton
Mary Ann Dau 3 b Devon Colyton
Harriett Dau 4 months b Devon Colyton
Elizabeth Coleman? Visitor 28 Widow b Devon Broadclist
Henry VisitorSon 9 b Devon Exeter

Not at all sure about John's birthplace 

Ref is HO107 1862 f 561

Will see what else I can find - have to eat now!

Barbara

My Bakers are all from Kent.

[Barbara F]

1861
Cuckoo Street, Colyton
Mary Ann Baker Head Mar 50 Charwoman
Mary Ann Dau 13 Lacemaker
Harriett Dau 9 Lacemaker
John Son 5 Scholar
All born Colyton

1871
King Street, Colyton
John Baker Head Mar 59 Ag Lab b Colyton
Ann Wife Mar 59 b Devon Broad Clyst
John Son 15  Servant b Colyton
James Snell Boarder 9 Scholar b Colyton

1861
Here are John and his sons
Monmouth Street, Topsham
John Baker Boarder 48 Labourer - Railway b Farway Devon
Edward Boarder 16  Labourer - Railway b Pinhoe Devon
Henry Boarder 14 Labourer - Railway b Colyton Devon

They are boarding with the Simeons family.

Barbara

[Nerja]

Hi Barbara,
How very kind of you to take the time and trouble to look up all that information on my behalf, it is much appreciated.
You were correct, John Bakers birth place was Farway. I found it on the map, it's about 8km west of Colyton.
One of Mary Ann's children, Elizabeth Headford, married Francis Bacon in Somerset in 1903. They emigrated to Australia where one of their daughters was married, in 1926, to PATRIC B LARKIN. Any connection with your Larkin?
Once again, thank you for your kind help.

Regards,
Ian Headford.