Simonsbath Parish records look-up

[ashton]

Hi,  Have been trying to find the baptisms of 4 family members.  The parish is Simonsbath on Exmoor.   For the name MAYNE.   details I have obtained form a number of censuses   Jane 1858, John 1860, William Hy 1862 and Emily 1864. 
Many thanks in advance.    Nick.

[BumbleB]

Unfortunately there doesn't appear to be any parish register entries on-line for St Luke, Simonsbath.  I've tried FindMyPast, Ancestry, FS, FreeREG. 

[CaroleW]

1871 also shows a daughter Ellen b 1854 Meshaw Devon & 1861 a son Samuel b 1850 also b Meshaw

1851 2 more daughters Eliza & Elizabeth aged 6 & 4 born Meshaw

Childrens's births show mmn Venner or Veller

[BumbleB]

15 January 1854 - Meshaw

Ellen, daughter of William (Labourer) and Hannah Mayne of Little Meshaw Moor.

Image on FindMyPast

[BumbleB]

9 June 1850 - Samuel - William and Hannah - Labourer
29 September 1844 - Eliza - William and Hannah - Labourer in Husbandry
18 March 1847 - Elizabeth - William and Hannah - Labourer in Husbandry

30 March 1845 - Mary Jane - Philip and Elizabeth - Labourer

All at Meshaw

[DRH123]

It appears the church was built in about 1856, so the children you mention certainly could have been baptised there. The SHC catalogues the parish as Exmoor, but only has the marriage registers. https://somerset-cat.swheritage.org.uk/records/D/P/exm/2/1

If there are baptism records then most likely they are still kept in the parish. This is often the case with very small parishes, they are still using the book they started with (or in older parishes, that they started in 1813 when the regulations changed). You could try contacting the church. https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/11296/

David

[BumbleB]

Perhaps the purchase of one of the birth certificates might help to solve the mystery.  £7.50 isn't too much to spend for a .pdf version, and would verify the birth parents. 

[CaroleW]

Are you looking for their baptisms for a particular reason?

Marriage Dec qtr 1840

Hannah Venner/William Mains South Molton 10 297

[BumbleB]

Meshaw - 34 November 1840

William Maine - f.a. - bachelor - labourer in husbandry - father - William, Labourer and Publican
Hannah Venner - 18 - spinster - servant.  Father - John, Thatcher

Neither signed the register.  Image on FindMyPast

OOPS!  Date should be 24 November 1840