The parish of

CALLINGTON

Callington School Postcard published by J. Venning, The Post Office, Callington

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 left) 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 right) 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.

Part of Callington Railway Station at Kelly Bray

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.

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 Bonds:

1. dated 2 Sep 1783, naming Mary BENNETT of Pillaton and John BARTLETT of this Parish.

Indentures:

1. dated 1 February 1836, concerning land in St Blazey but mentioning William and Mary PETHERICK of this parish.

Law breakers:

1. An article concerning William BARTLETT (1837 - 1882), born Callington, hanged for a murder committed whilst he was Foreman of Messrs Freeman’s Colkerrow Granite Quarry, Lanlivery.

Voters Lists:

1. 1851/52
2. 1852/53
3. 1864/65

Wills:

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

MAPS:

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, visit MultiMap, or for maps and satellite images use Google Maps.

ADJACENT PARISHES:

St Ive, South Hill, Stoke Climsland, Calstock, St Dominick and St Mellion.

ONLINE BOOKS:

1. Callington 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 n190). Also downloadable as a pdf. Also found in The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume II under Kellington.
2. The Cornwall Register by John Wallis, A.M. F.S.S., then Vicar of Bodmin, printed 1847. If the in-built search produces no results, use the index pages (474-476) to find your parish of interest. Tables of statistics and other data can be found at the beginning of the book, starting at page n9.
3. Venning's New Century Postal Directory of 20 Parishes in East Cornwall, published 1901. Included several pages of advertisements from local businesses, as well as being a parish directory