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The parish of

St BREOCK

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.


Cornwall Online Parish Clerks

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.

  10 Jan 1718, naming Grace COLYCOTT & Jno. MEGAR 12 Jan 1774, naming Jane HARVEY
  13 Mar 1732, naming Elizabeth SMITH, Thomas & John BRABYN 27 Mar 1774, naming Grace HAWKEN & John LOBB.
  8 Apr 1738, naming Elizabeth SMITH & her daughter 28 Jun 1780, naming Elizabeth WYATT
  22 Feb 1755, Dorothy WOOLCOCK & Richard JAMES 27 Mar 1782, naming Stephen HORE
  4 Dec 1755, naming Grace BRENTOR & Henry WATTS the Younger 6 Mar 1787, naming William & Mary Nicholls, James & Edward HAWKE
  9 Feb 1765, naming Ruth JOSE & Richard TRENERRY 6 Aug 1809, naming Sarah LIGHTFOOT & Dewhurst BILSBORROW
  20 Apr 1769, naming Ruth JOSE & Andrew JOB (Budock) 19 Feb 1810, naming Margaret WILLIAMS
  28 Jun 1770, naming Margaret MYTER? & Francis MORRISH 13 Apr 1820, naming Jane JOHNS & John WARNE
  14 Mar 1772, naming John TRELEVIN & his daughter Eleanor 20 Aug 1827, naming Elizabeth THOMAS & Samuel PHILP
  21 Feb 1773, naming Gartred MAY  Edward JACOB.  

Settlement Papers:

  4 Jan 1697, Sarah JOHNS 20 Jul 1729, Joane JAMES
  9 Feb 1698, Ralph UDYE & family 4 Feb 1730, Charles BRAY & family
  5 May 1704, Isaac Morten & family 12 Apr 1731, Joseph NICHOLS & family
  11 May 1710, Richard WITHYELL 13 Sep 1731, William JAMES & family
  5 & 12 Feb 1711, Edward Carne & family 22 Feb 1738, Sarah MATTCOTT
  25 Jan 1711, Robert & Thomasyn Lewarne 26 Apr 1742, Elizabeth & Philip JAMES/HARDING
  20 Nov 1711, Ferdinande Collings & family 17 Feb 1743, Sarah OLLIVER
  15 Jun 1712?, Hennery JAMES & family 25 May 1744, Joseph LEWIS, child of Ann
  1713, Elizabeth NOCKER? widow 9 Feb 1747, Johanna ELLERY
  22 Apr 1717, Richard SCANTERBERRY & family Jan & Feb 1759, Richard & Mary OLVER
  23 Apr 1728, Francis TRUSCOTT & family  

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.