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THE PARISH OF

LAUNCELLS

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	1. St. Swithin's Church (1991) © Robert & Mary Lyle 2. Church & Graves - from the Rear (1991) © Robert & Mary Lyle 3. The Church Interior © Robert & Mary Lyle 4. The Saxon Font & Old Pew from an old postcard 5. The Ringers of Launcells Tower 1760-1810 painting by Frederick Smallfield, reprinted with permission of the R.I.C. These men, when young, rang at the accession of George III (1760) and they all lived to ring on the 50th anniversary of his reign (1810). John LYLE, Henry CADD, Richard VENNING, John HAM, John ALLIN, Richard HAYMAN. (not identifiable in picture because it was painted much later using models). Of these, John LYLE rang at the accession of King George IV, and of King William IV, being then in his 96th year.
More photographs at the bottom of this page.

The volunteers OPCs for this parish are Robert and Mary Lyle, who can be contacted by 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:

Parish Register look-ups are available from the following documents: Baptisms: 1674 – 1773 from Bishops Transcripts and 1856 - 1989; Marriages: 1642 -1812 from Phillimores and 1838 - 1977; Marriage Banns: 1824 - 1865 and Burials: 1708 - 1988.

For more 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:

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

MAPS:

For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Launcells can be located at coordinates I - 9.

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.

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1. St. Swithin's Holy Well
© Robert & Mary Lyle

2. Pew Ends
From a series of postcards sold at the Church

(a). Doubting Thomas convinced, the Ascension

(b). Empty Tomb - The Shroud and the 3 Marys (shown as 3 spice boxes)

(c). Easter Day - Mary (a spice box), Jesus (the gardener, a spade), The Supper at Emmaus

(d). Pentecost - the descent of the Holy Ghost, Sword and lily, Mary's heart pierced

3. The Church Interior
© Malcolm S. Henchley of Stratton

4. The Church from the Rear
from an old postcard