is located in the Hundred of West, next to the parishes of Duloe,
Pelynt, and St. Veep. It was taken from the Northern portion of
Lanreath in 1851; prior records should be found in Lanreath.
The remains of a Roman road still exist; a large barrow extends from
Tregarrick in Pelynt, past Tresawson and Pelventon in Lanreath, 7
miles in all, to Looe. It once stood seven feet high, and twenty
feet wide at a medium. This gave rise to a popular local saying "A
giant, having nothing to do, Made a great hedge from Leerin to Looe."
It's commonly called "Giant's Hedge".
The Online Parish Clerk for Herodsfoot is Mary Counter, who may be reached via Email.
I do not have a website; instead, please contact me at the above address
for information.
Mary
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.
For further Parish Register information, please see our searchable database (C-PROP) and GenUKI (link below).
For information, see GenUKI. Link below.
For information regarding History, Population, and much more, visit GenUKI.
For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Herodsfoot can be located at coordinates I - 5.
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