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The parish ofFALMOUTH, King Charles
The Online Parish Clerk for Falmouth, King Charles is Louise Haywood,
who can be contacted by Email. PARISH INFORMATIONCENSUS:Information can be found at COCP - the Cornwall Online Census Project - which is complete for 1841 to 1891 and has been verified, FreeCen 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. REGISTERS:For Parish Register information, please see our online searchable database (C-PROP) which is updated frequently and GenUKI (link below). The parish coverage page for C-PROP is here. DIRECTORIES:For information, see the University of Leicester's website of Historical Directories or GenUKI. OTHER:Bastardy Bonds: - these usually name the local Churchwardens, Overseers of the Poor and Justices of the Peace, as well as the couple concerned.
Voters' Lists:
Wills:
For a document dated 21 Dec 1894, listing lunatic paupers, click here. For a transcription of some Monumental Inscriptions, click here. For a pdf file of 19th century billboards, naming businesses from several parishes and some of their proprietors, click here. For more information regarding history, population, etc., visit GenUKI. MAPS:For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Falmouth can be located at coordinates E - 2. 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. ADJACENT PARISHES:Falmouth All Saints (post-1889), Penwerris (post-1848), Budock and, across the estuary, Flushing (post-1844). SUGGESTED READING:
Darling-Finan, N, (2001) Images of Bygone Falmouth, Breedon Books
Publishing ONLINE BOOKS:Falmouth is included in The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume II by Davies Gilbert, William Hals, Thomas Tonkin, Henry Samuel Boase, originally published in 1838 (page n7). Also downloadable as a pdf. | ||||||||