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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 for St Breock is Michael Lightfoot, who can be contacted by Email.

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:

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

  1. To view a Bastardy document, dated 10 Jan 1718, naming Grace COLYCOTT and Jno. MEGAR, click here.
  2. To view a Bastardy Bond, dated 13 Mar 1732, naming Elizabeth SMITH, Thomas and John BRABYN, click here.
  3. An Order, dated 8 Apr 1738, naming Elizabeth SMITH and her daughter.
  4. A Bastardy Bond, dated 22 Feb 1755, naming Dorothy WOOLCOCK, Richard JAMES, John JOYL (JOLL) and Henry STREBLEY, click here.
  5. A Bastardy Bond, dated 4 Dec 1755, naming Grace BRENTOR, Henry WATTS the Elder, Henry WATTS the Younger, plus Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor, click here.
  6. A Bastardy Bond, dated 9 Feb 1765, naming Ruth JOSE, Richard TRENERRY, John TRENERRY, plus Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor, click here.
  7. A Bastardy Bond, dated 20 Apr 1769, naming Ruth JOSE, plus Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor, click here.
  8. A Bastardy Bond, dated 28 Jun 1770, naming Margaret MYTER? and Francis MORRISH of this Parish, click here.
  9. A Bastardy Bond, dated 14 Mar 1772, naming John BLAKE, Richard BUSCOMBE, James WARNE and Thomas MARTIN (officials of this Parish), plus John TRELEVIN and his daughter Eleanor, click here.
  10. A Bastardy Bond, dated 21 Feb 1773, naming Gartred MAY and Edward JACOB.
  11. A Court Order, dated 12 Jan 1774, naming Jane HARVEY of this Parish.
  12. A Bastardy Bond, dated 27 Mar 1774, naming Grace HAWKEN and John LOBB.
  13. A Bastardy Bond, dated 28 Jun 1780, naming Elizabeth WYATT.
  14. A Bastardy Bond from the Parish of St Clement, dated 27 Mar 1782, naming Stephen HORE of this Parish.
  15. A Bastardy Bond, dated 6 Mar 1787, naming William and Mary Nicholls, James and Edward HAWKE.
  16. A Bastardy Bond, dated 6 Aug 1809, naming Sarah LIGHTFOOT and Dewhurst BILSBORROW, Bachelor of Medicine.
  17. A Bastardy Bond, dated 19 Feb 1810, naming Margaret WILLIAMS.
  18. A Court Bastardy Order, dated 13 Apr 1820, naming Jane JOHNS and John WARNE.
  19. A Filiation Order, dated 20 Aug 1827, naming Elizabeth THOMAS and Samuel PHILP.
  20. 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." (Slow to load for dial-up connections)
  21. To view a document, dated 31 Dec 1873, concerning improvements to the Port of Padstow and naming some St Breock residents, click here.

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

MAPS:

For a Parish Locator map, click here. St Breock can be located at coordinates G - 6.

For further map information, please visit GenUKI (Genealogy - United Kingdom & Ireland).

To see a current, zoomable Ordnance Survey map, visit MultiMap, or for maps and satellite images use Google Maps.

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.