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Madron
is an ancient Cornish parish, located in the Hundred of Penwith,
just northwest of Penzance. In 1801, the population stood at 1,564. By 1851, it was 2,539 and currently it is just over 4,000. Geographically, the parish is divided into two parts. Until 1835, the larger contained the mother church of Penzance. |
The Online Parish Clerk (Genealogy) for Madron is Gwen Attridge who can be
contacted by Email.
The West Penwith
website includes some pages about this parish.
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.
For Parish Register information, please see our online searchable database (C-PROP) which is updated frequently. The parish coverage page is here.
For information, see GenUKI or visit the University of Leicester's Historical Directories website.
For a transcription of a marriage settlement between Thomas BOLITHO (concerning his daughter, Elizabeth) of this parish and John BORLASE of Helston, dated 13 March 1791, click here.
MIs:
Photographs of the gravestones of Thomas Robins BOLITHO and Mary & John ROWE, are available here.
Settlement Papers:
| 7 Sep 1784, Jenefer Ann CALENSE & son (& Probus) |
For information regarding history, population, etc., visit GenUKI.
For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Madron can be located at coordinates B - 2.
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.
Sancreed, St Just in Penwith (pre-1849), Pendeen (post-1849), Morvah, Gulval, Penzance, Newlyn St. Peter (post-1851) and Paul.
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| The Parish Church © Anthea Augustson |
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