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 94th year.
More photographs at the bottom of this page.

PARISH INFORMATION

CENSUS:

Information can be found at COCP (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:

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 further Parish Register information, please see our online searchable database (C-PROP) which is updated frequently. The parish coverage page is here.

DIRECTORIES:

For information, see GenUKI or visit the University of Leicester's Historical Directories website..

OTHER:

Memorial Inscriptions:

1. St. Swithin's Church - not all transcribed
2. Grimscott Methodist Church - inscriptions & plan.

Voters Lists:

1. 1851/52
2. 1852/53
3. 1856/57
4. 1864/65

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

MAPS:

For a zoomable and printable map of Cornwall please visit Cornwall Council’s mapping website. To see the Parish boundaries, click on the Layers Tab for Government Boundaries.

For maps and satellite images use Google Maps.

To enjoy a "walk" around this parish, search for Launcells at http://maps.google.co.uk/, then drag the person icon from above the zoom commands and place it at a specific location on the map.

ADJACENT PARISHES:

Stratton, Kilkhampton, Bridgerule and Marhamchurch.

ONLINE BOOKS:

Launcells 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 412). Also downloadable as a pdf.
 

MORE PHOTOGRAPHS:

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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