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The parish of

LUXULYAN

Luxulyan Church

Gunwen Wesleyan Chapel, built 1869
 © Pauline Pickup


The Parish Church
© David Coppin


Cornwall Online Parish Clerks

The Online Parish Clerks (Genealogy) for Luxulyan are Ann & Mike Hicks, who can be contacted by Email.
 
For information about (and contact details for) the current parish council, please see this website.


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:

For Luxulyan 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:

Bastardy/Filiation Documents:

  1. dated 29 July 1802, naming William BRYANT of this parish

Poor Law Documents:

  1. 3 Jul 1747, Joan ROSEVEARE

Settlement Papers:

  29? Apr 1716, John WILLIAMS 5 Mar 1767, Grace WOOLLCOCK (& Lanivet)
  22 Apr 1717, Richard SCANTERBERRY & family 7 Jun 1771, John CRIPS (& Bradford, Wilts)
  4 Dec 1740, Ralph ESTERBROOK & family 2 Dec 1773, Elizabeth ROSEVEAR (& Lanivet)
  6 May 1741, Thomas & Mary PHILP 22 May 1778, family of Robert BROAD
  27 Apr 1743, Anne DOWNING 14 Oct 1778, John LAY & family (& Tywardreath)
  2 May 1743, William RUNNALLS & family 9 Oct 1787, Elizabeth WILLINGTON (& St Winnow)
  19 Jun 1745, William DOWNING (& St Winnow) 24 Jun 1788, Robert & Sarah BOND (& Bradworthy, Devon)
  9 Sep 1746, John HAWKIN 26 Mar 1788, William WERRY & family (& Lanlivery)
  8 Jan 1749, Ann HAWKINS 16 Feb 1789, John BENNETT (& Lanivet)
  Mar & Apr 1755, Robert VAGUE & family 15 Apr 1790, Jane PEARCE & daughter (& St Breock)
  Jul & Aug 1755, Joseph NICHOLL & family 6 Jun 1828, Elizabeth HAMBLY & son Richard
  30 Mar 1758, Gilbert STEPHENS & family 26 Apr 1790, William & Richard MEDLYN (& St Gennys)
  11 Jan 1759, Joseph TREISER & family 26 Oct 1790, Edward RATCLIFF (& Bristol)
  15 Jan 1759, John VAGUE 21 Jun 1792, Elizabeth ALLEN (& Lanivet)
  19 Apr 1759, Benjamin GARLAND & family 18 Sep 1795, Ann PENNEY & children (& Lansallos)
  7 Apr 1760, Jane ESTERBROOKE 10 Feb 1800, Mary RUNALLS (& Kenwyn)
  14 Jul 1760, Mary HESTERBROOK 26 Mar 1801, William RUNNALLS & family (& Kenwyn)
  17 Jul 1764, Temperance MANNEAR 26 Mar 1801, John & Frances CARVETH & family (& St Breock)
  2 Sep 1764, Jane DYER (& Roche) 15 Jun 1801, Mary HORE (& St Dennis)
  3 Sep 1764, Richard TREHARE & family 2 Aug 1803, Grace SECOMBE (& Bodmin)
  1764 & 1765, Catherine SYMONS 8 Dec 1803, Elizabeth ELLERY (& Egloshayle)
  20 Apr 1765, Philip BENNETT & wife (& St Winnow) 10 Jul 1809, Alice GROSE (& Lanivet)
  28 Jun 1765, Joan BENNETT  (& St Winnow) 14 Oct 1811, Elizabeth ROACH (& Lanteglos by Fowey)
  28 Jun 1765, Rebecca BENNETT (& St Winnow) 24 Mar 1812, Jonathan MARK & wife (& Stoke Damerel)
  11 May 1765, Thomas THOMAS & family (& Fowey) 24 Feb 1813, Joseph ELLERY
  14 Nov 1765, John STEPHENS & family (& Lanivet) 10 Jun 1817, Jennifer MARK (& Menheniot)
  15 Jun 1766, Jonathan COLLIVER & family (& Lanlivery)  

Voters Lists:

  1. 1851/52
  2. 1852/53
  3. 1856/57

Wills:

  1. dated 26 Jun 1643, Nicholas GROSSE
  2. dated 18 Dec 1852, Peter WELLINGTON

Other documents mentioning several parishes, including Luxulyan, can be found here.

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 Luxulyan 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:

St Austell (pre-1850), Treverbyn (post-1850), Roche, Lanivet, Lanlivery, Tywardreath and St Blazey.

ONLINE BOOKS:

  1. Luxulyan is included in The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume III by Davies Gilbert, William Hals, Thomas Tonkin, Henry Samuel Boase, originally published in 1838. Also downloadable as a pdf from here.
  2. Phillimore's Marriages Vol VIII transcripts including Luxulyan (transcribed and in our database)