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.
The Online Parish Clerk for Marazion is Al Kline, who can be contacted
by email.
Transcriptions by a previous OPC are available on 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
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:
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dated 3 May 1802, Robert MILLETT the elder
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dated 22 Oct 1818, Robert MILLETT
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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.
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