The parish of Boconnoc lies about five miles east of Lostwithiel, south of the road from there to Liskeard. Boconnoc is a compound Cornish name and might mean "Dwelling place of Conoc". It was listed in the Domesday Book. The church is at Boconnoc House; nowadays, the parish is served by the church of the adjoining parish, Broadoak.
The House has a long history and was occupied by various families, including that of James Pitt, who bought the estate by selling a very large diamond to the French. It ended up on Napoleon's sword hilt, where it didn't do him much good! During the Second World War the estate was a vast American ammo dump.
The volunteer as Online Parish Clerk for Boconnoc will be available to do look-ups soon.
Information can be found at COCP - the Cornwall Online Census Project - which is regularly updated and has been verified, FreeCen at Rootsweb, which has a very good search engine and information from COCP, as well as GenUKI, which has more reference information and alternate resources.
For Parish Register information, please see GenUKI (link below) and the LDS website - Library section.
For information, see GenUKI. Link below.
For information regarding History, Population, and much more, visit GenUKI.
For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Boconnoc can be located at coordinates I - 5.
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