has been given a variety of names, including Antony-in-East, Antony St Jacob, and East Antony. It has also been called Antony-by-Rame, and was called Antone in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Situated in the Hundred and deanery of East, and separated from the town of Devonport by the Hamoaze, Antony is nestled in the South-eastern corner of Cornwall. The parish is named after Saint Antony and possibly Anta's Farm. The parish of Antony is now in the Caradon District Council.
Antony should not be confused with Anthony in Meneage in the Lizard peninsula, nor Anthony in Roseland, which is just across the bay near Truro. (Click here for close-up map) Many older records did not distinguish between them clearly; all have been referred to merely as "Anthony" at some time. The 1884 parish locator map on our site has indicated "Anthony" for this parish.
The "new" parish of Torpoint, created from Antony in
1819, lies in the south-east corner of the older Antony parish. The parish is
mainly farmland to the West, while the town of Torpoint lies in the east of the
parish. There are two forts in the parish, Scraesdon and Tregantle; the latter
is currently used as a base camp for the adjacent military firing range.
Tregantle was built in 1865 to protect the port of Plymouth from French
iron-clad ships, and was designed to hold 35 guns.
The elegant church, with its spire, was dedicated to St James (the Great) on
14th October 1259. The present church is thought to have been built around 1420.
It is situated on an eminence above the village, and the ascent to it is by
flights of granite steps. The church was completely renovated in the middle of
the 19th century. The old bench ends in the church have been incorporated into
the pulpit and the stalls in the chancel.
There is another Anglican Church (formerly a chapelry) at Merrifield. The
building is small and plain in the Decorated style, containing several
stained-glass windows.
The Online Parish Clerk for Antony is Jim Sheppard, who may be reached via Email.
Visit our website for more information.
Jim
Please visit COCP (Cornwall Online Census Project), which is updated frequently and validated, FreeCen at Rootsweb - both are free, searchable databases - or check GenUKI for other alternatives.
LDS Church batch numbers for Antony are: C053071, E053071, M0530071, P006221. These are searchable by surname.
The IGI for this parish covers the period 1569 - 1807.
For information, see GenUKI - link below.
To view a Bastardy Order, dated 19 Jun 1749, naming Mary and Grace SHELTON/SKELTON of Landulph and Thomas POMEROY of this Parish, click here.
For much more information regarding this parish, please see GenUKI.
For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Both Ant(h)ony and Torpoint can be located at coordinates K - 5.
For further map information, please visit GenUKI (Genealogy - United Kingdom & Ireland).
To see a current, zoomable Ordnance Survey map, please visit
MultiMap, or for maps and satellite
images use
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