Brixham Family History

This sections contains searchable extracts from our growing database, on the pages numbered below.

Enquiries by post. We offer a search of our database for any person or family. Please write enclosing a donation of at least £5 to help meet the costs of this service. The Museum is a registered charity. If you pay income tax in the UK, we can claim 28p from the taxman for every £1 you give. Just tell us you are a taxpayer and we will send you a simple form or donation envelope.

For visitors, our public research area has computerised access to most of our growing database and photograph collection, and also has fiche copies of Brixham parish registers.

Members have access to our library, archive material and database at any time of year. Contact us for full details.

1. Trade directory names from c.1824
2. Some placenames from the tithe apportionment of 1842
3. Example surnames from the non-conformist burial register
4. Surnames from selected churchyard inscriptions
5. Listed buildings from a 1970s list
6. Examples of land documents in our archive
7. Surnames from selected 15th century documents
8. Surnames of landowners published in 1771
9. Surnames from the muster roll of 1569
10. Names from the Lay Subsidy of 1332
11. Notes from 15th century documents
12. Notes from 16th century documents
13. Notes from 17th century documents
14. Entires from a street directory of 1913
15. Entries from a street directory of 1938
16. Parish register transcription project 1556-1765
17. Links to useful family history sites

More pages of names and information are available in our Maritime section.