is located in the Hundred of Penwith, and is neighbours with Towednack, Lelant, St. Erth and St. Hilary, as well as the sea.
The Davy and Borlase families are prominent in the history of the parish. The parents of Sir Humphrey Davy, President of the Royal Society, etc., are memorialized in the church, and the following tablet may also be found:
In memory of John POOLEY of this parish, sometimes Captain of the Coobre mine in San Domingo, and afterwards of the Lucencia mine in Spain, who died 2 May, 1864 aged 54 years. This monument is erected by a friend.
One of the more interesting sites in the parish is Castle-an-Dinas, an ancient double-walled circular fort, which has fallen into ruin. It is estimated that one wall was 5 feet thick, and stood 4 feet high. From the top of the hill, the spires of 27 churches may be seen.
The principal villages, besides the Churchtown, are Crowlas, Lower
Quarter, Cockwells, Whitecross, Canonstown, and Manwinion. Wesleyan
chapels were at Crowlas, Whitecross (b. 1858), Trenewin, Newtown,
and Canonstown. The Primitive Methodists had chapels at Lower
Quarter, Cockwells, and Boswase. The Bible Christians had a chapel
at Batreva.
The Online Parish Clerk for Ludgvan is Bill Curnow, who may be reached via Email.
I do not have a website; instead please contact me at the above
address for information.
Bill
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) which is updated frequently, GenUKI (link above) and the LDS website, Library section.
For information, see GenUKI (link below).
Transcriptions of 77 entries from a Bastardy Bonds Register (1760 - 1820) are available here.
For more information regarding history, population, etc., visit GenUKI.
For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Ludgvan can be located at coordinates B - 2/3.
For further map information, please visit GenUKI (Genealogy - United Kingdom & Ireland).
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