Originally a Saxon settlement and mentioned in the Domesday Book as Calwetone, Callington is now a busy market town, with a population of about five thousand people, and is the home of Ginsters Cornish Pasties.
More information and photographs can be found on the town's official website.
The school (pictured right) has featured in the education of many local people. As Callington Grammar School, its catchment area included 11+ students from Stokeclimsland, St Dominick and Calstock parishes. It is now the home of Callington Primary School.
The railway shed
(pictured left) was part of Callington station at Kelly Bray, some
distance from the town itself. The local landmark of Kit Hill can be
seen in the distance.
The part of the branch line from Gunnislake to Kelly Bray closed in 1966, as part of the Beeching Axe. The last train left Callington on 5 November, to the sound of detonators & fireworks, and carrying a wreath.
The OPC for this parish, Elizabeth Marcheschi, is
temporarily unavailable. Please check this page again soon for her
email details.
Information can be found at COCP - the Cornwall Online Census Project - which is regularly updated and has been verified, FreeCens 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.
Bastardy Bonds
dated 2 Sep 1783, naming Mary BENNETT of Pillaton and John BARTLETT of this Parish.
For more information regarding history, population, etc., visit GenUKI.
For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Callington can be located at coordinates J/K - 6.
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
Google Maps.
