The parish of

KEA

PARISH INFORMATION

CENSUS:

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 and other resources, please see our searchable database (C-PROP) which is updated regularly, and GenUKI.  The C-PROP parish coverage page is here.

DIRECTORIES:

For information, see GenUKI or visit the University of Leicester's Directories website, which has many directories online to view for free.

OTHER:

To view a Bastardy Bond, dated 28 Jun 1780 and naming William ROWE the Younger of this Parish, click here.

An Indenture, dated 21 Mar 1818, naming Joseph HICK of this parish.

For information regarding History, Population, and much more, visit GenUKI.

MAPS:

For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Kea can be located at coordinates E - 3.

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:

Baldhu (post-1847), Gwennap, St. Day (post-1833), Chacewater (post-1826), Mithian (post-1848), Kenwyn, Truro, St Clement, St Michael Penkevil, Feock, Devoran (post-1873) and Perranarworthal.

Kea 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 298). Also downloadable as a pdf.