CORNWALL ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - helping bring the past alive


THE PARISH OF

FALMOUTH, KING CHARLES



Falmouth
© Charles Winpenny, 2004
 

The Online Parish Clerk for Falmouth, King Charles is Louise Haywood, who may be reached via Email.
 
 

PARISH INFORMATION

CENSUS:

Information can be found at COCP (Cornwall Online Census Project) which is almost 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 searchable database (C-PROP) which is updated frequently, GenUKI (link below) and the LDS website (library section).

DIRECTORIES:

For information, see GenUKI. Link below.

OTHER:

Bastardy Bonds - these usually name the local Churchwardens, Overseers of the Poor and Justices of the Peace, as well as the couple concerned.

  1. A Bond, dated 1 Oct 1742, naming Alexander JAMES and Thomas MILLS of the Town of Falmouth.

  2. A Bond, dated 6 May 1812, naming William PARKES and William GARD of the Town of Falmouth.

  3. A Bond, dated 26 Nov 1814, naming Thomas MILLER the Elder of the Borough of Falmouth.

For a document dated 21 Dec 1894, listing lunatic paupers, click here.

For a transcription of some Monumental Inscriptions, 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.