CORNWALL ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - helping bring the past alive


THE PARISH OF

MARHAMCHURCH


The Church
May 2002, © Kenneth S Heard


 

Marhamchurch and a field of rapeseed (for oil)
April 2004, © Charles Winpenny


 

 

The Online Parish Clerk for Marhamchurch is Kenneth S Heard, who may be reached via Email.
   

PARISH INFORMATION

CENSUS:

1841 - 1901 data is available from the OPC. Further 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 contains much information from COCP, as well as GenUKI, which has more reference information and alternate resources.

REGISTERS:

Parish Register and Phillimore's look-ups are available for marriages. Baptisms, Burials and Monumental Inscriptions will be available soon. For more Parish Register information, please see our searchable database (C-PROP) which is updated frequently, GenUKI (link below) and, for access to filmed images of the originals, the LDS website (library section).

DIRECTORIES:

The OPC has the following resources:-

Cornwall Kelly's Directory 1910, Cornwall : Return of Owners' of Land 1873 : Cornwall Post Office Directory 1856 : Cornwall John Wallis Register 1847 : Cornwall Pigot & Co Directory 1844 : Cornwall Pigot & Co Directory 1830 : Universal British Directory 1791 and Heralds' Visitation of Cornwall 1620.

For further directory information, see GenUKI, link below.

OTHER:

Details from Marhamchurch Overseers Rates, Accounts & Records (1819-1838) are available.

Transcriptions of some MIs are available here. For more information regarding history, population, etc., visit GenUKI.

MAPS:

For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Marhamchurch can be located at coordinates I - 9.

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:

Poundstock, Week St Mary, Whitstone, Bridgerule, Launcells, Stratton and Bude Haven.