The parish of

MARAZION

The parish of St Hilary includes the Town of Marazion and the offshore island St Michael’s Mount. Many of the older records refer to residents as being ‘of the town’ or ‘of the parish’. The term ‘of the town’ refers to the Town of Marazion, while ‘of the parish’ refers to the balance of the parish. St Michael’s Mount is usually referred to by it’s own name. The parish, excluding Marazion and St Michael’s Mount, has no business center and is made up of a number of small clusters of residences; Plain-an-Gwarry, Tregurtha, Churchtown, Trewhella, Relubbus, Hallamaning, Colenso, Millpool, Greenberry, Woodstock, Carter’s Downs, Rosudgeon, Trevean, and Prussia Cove are some of these communities. The parish was made up mostly of families of miners and farmers.
 
The Town of Marazion and St Michael’s Mount were inhabited by tradespeople, fishermen and the men of the sea, the mariners, who were a part of the coastal trading.
 
The parish church was located at Churchtown and with its unique tower was a landmark used by the mariners from far out at sea. There was also a church at Marazion, a chapelry of St Hilary, controlled by the ‘mother church’ at Churchtown. The church rites of the entire parish, (baptisms, marriages and burials) were all performed at the ‘mother church’ until 1813 when the Marazion church was awarded the ability to conduct baptisms and burials. It was not until about 1850 that the Marazion church was allowed to conduct marriages. In 1892 Marazion became a fully independent parish.

Therefore it is prudent for researchers of the parishes of Perranuthnoe, St Hilary, and Marazion (including St Michael’s Mount) to check the records of all of those parishes.
 
There are two cemeteries at Marazion, the oldest near the town centre at the lower (west) end of the town, the other being newer and located at the upper (east end of the town. At the old cemetery all of the upright stones have been relocated to lean against the stone fence to aid in mowing the grass.

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

DIRECTORIES:

For information, see the University of Leicester's Directories website, which has many online to view for free.

OTHER:

Wills:

1. dated 3 May 1802, Robert MILLETT the elder
2. dated 22 Oct 1818, Robert MILLETT
3. dated 28 Dec 1818, Jane ELLIS

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

MAPS:

For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Marazion can be located at coordinates C - 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.

ADJACENT PARISHES:

Ludgvan, St Hilary, Perranuthnoe and St Michael's Mount.