The parish of

St BREOCK

St Breock Parish Church
© David Coppin

is located in the Hundred of Pydar, and was named for St. Breock, a native of Ireland who was a bishop in Armorica, which is now Brittany. He emigrated to Cornwall, and settled in this parish. In the Domesday Book, the manor was shown as Polton, Penpow, or Pawton, which belonged to the Bishop of Exeter. Dwelling places in the parish include Trevorder, Trenowith, and Tredinick. Other manors include Padstow-Penkevill, Hurston, Penlees, and Dunveth.
 
Villages are Burlorne-Eglos, Hay, Penhale, Tredrusson, Trelill, and Trevanson. Of course, there is also Wadebridge, called in an 1839 publication "a town of some little consideration"; it has constantly grown since that date, and its borders have spread.
 
At Penquoan, slate has been quarried for centuries.

The Online Parish Clerk (Genealogy) for St Breock is Michael Lightfoot, who can be contacted by Email.

For information about (and contact details for) the current parish council, please see this website.

PARISH INFORMATION

CENSUS:

Please visit COCP (Cornwall Online Census Project), which is complete for 1841 to 1891 and validated, FreeCens at Rootsweb - both are free, searchable databases - or check GenUKI for other alternatives.

REGISTERS:

For Parish Register information, please see our searchable database (C-PROP) which is updated frequently, GenUKI (link above) and the LDS website (Library section).

DIRECTORIES:

For information, see GenUKI (link below)  or visit the University of Leicester's Directories website, which has many directories online to view for free.

OTHER:

Bastardy/Filiation Documents:

Many of the Bonds listed below also name those standing surety, local J.P.s, Churchwardens and / or Overseers of the Poor.

Settlement Papers:

Voters Lists:

1. 1851/52
2. 1853/54
3. 1864/65

Wills:

1. 28 May 1772, John BUSCOMB
2. 1 Nov 1819, James HAWKEN
3. 4 May 1824, Rebecca HAWKEN
4. 28 Sep 1847, William GOSS
5. 13 Oct 1896, Hart KEY

Other Documents:

1. A poem, dated 13 April 1840, by Joshua WHITE of St Wenn. Title "A true Account in Verse of the Latter Life and Ignominious Death of Wm. & Jas. LIGHTFOOT, of the Parish of St. Breock."
2. To view a document, dated 31 Dec 1873, concerning improvements to the Port of Padstow and naming some St Breock residents, click here.
3. There are also indentures involving people from St Breock amongst those for multiple parishes linking from here.

For more information regarding history, population, etc., visit GenUKI.

MAPS:

For a zoomable and printable map of Cornwall please visit Cornwall Council’s mapping website. To see the Parish boundaries, click on the Layers Tab for Government Boundaries.

For maps and satellite images use Google Maps.

To enjoy a "walk" around this parish, search for St Breock at http://maps.google.co.uk/, then drag the person icon from above the zoom commands and place it at a specific location on the map.

ADJACENT PARISHES:

St Issey, Egloshayle, Bodmin, Withiel and St Wenn.

ONLINE BOOKS:

St Breock is included in The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume I by Davies Gilbert, William Hals, Thomas Tonkin, Henry Samuel Boase, originally published in 1838 (page n154). Also downloadable as a pdf.