Bev, The Old Series (1809) OS map (202 in the Cassini reprint series, i.e. on modern OS landranger map 202) shows Moorland was very close to Rattery parish. Moore is also shown on the map and although not far away was clearly a different place. Go to google maps, google on Lisburne Copse and it's the farm etc. just to the right of the road that runs roughly N-S a little right of the copse (or see link below). LDS 1851 map, where the parish boundaries are a little approximate, shows the point where South Brent, Harberton and a detached bit of Dartington Parishes meet on top of the settlement. The boundaries on that map are close enough for most places but when a property is right on the boundary you need to be wary about assuming which parish it was in. The house there now, I don't know if it's an old house, appears to be in South Brent, I thought it might have been the detached part of Dartington, but the tithe and other info suggest the land holding at least was in Harberton. Elizabeth mentions the field names on the tithe map, I haven't seen the map so while she may be right that Moorland was a field name the index on FODA also shows Moorland it as the holding name so would be less likely to change (that index as you probably know doesn't include field names). As you say they could have been in a farm cottage and being this close to the parish boundary it's possible the main farm houses and any cottages were in different parishes! It was nearer to Rattery Church than to the churches of the 3 parishes it may have been in, hence why they might have used it instead. See https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=203580651015267103576.0004ec79203db13e46f27&msa=0&ll=50.426019,-3.775005&spn=0.081802,0.222988 (http://tinyurl.com/or9mzvh) Else I had thought at first - before I saw Moorland on the map - it could be similar sounding to Moreleigh, there is a Marley on the borders of Rattery and South Brent. Looking on the LDS 1851 map most of the houses seem to be in South Brent, though Marley Tunnel (railway) is in Rattery parish but Devon place names book shows Marley House in Rattery parish. The place name book also shows that Mar can derive from boundary rather than than moor; given the 3 parishes meeting near Moorland it might have meant that there rather than the more obvious that the land was of a moor nature. None of my modern maps show any name for this location, and 'driving' past the entrances on Google Street view I couldn't see a name board, so I don't know if the name is still used. Too expensive to have for everywhere, but I do find the Cassini maps useful, especially the Old Series, I've found a number of places by looking at them, although as the map makers were not local they sometimes have odd phonetic spellings you don't find elsewhere. Teresa On 01/12/2013 08:42, Michael Mitchelmore wrote: > Are you sure it is not Moreleigh (parish)? > > Mike > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Michael Mitchelmore > Wahroonga NSW, Australia > > >> ________________________________ >> From: B. Edmonds <beverley@yourisp.com.au> >> To: DEVON@rootsweb.com; eng-dev-southhams@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Sunday, 1 December 2013 9:14 AM >> Subject: [SOUTHHAMS] Moreland [where is it] in Devon? [SMITH] >> >> >> Morning all, >> >> Harberton PR's >> >> Elizabeth w/o William SMITH of Moreland was buried at Rattery 9 Oct 1696. >> >> Trying to establish where Moreland is? It does not seem to appear in the >> Gazetteer on Genuki. >> >> There is a little hamlet called Moore in Harberton, could it mean that? >> >> Bev