The parish of Newlyn East lies in the centre of Cornwall about 7 miles from Newquay and Truro. The village of Newlyn East has about 1400 people living in it today and the parish also includes the smaller village of Mitchell. It is possible that the ancient name was Nulyn but it is equally likely that the name is taken from St Newlina, a Welsh saint. It was not called Newlyn East until the village of Newlyn was developed on the western edge of Penzance.
The village of Mitchell was originally called Medeschole and is first recorded in written records in AD1234, when its charter was upheld. It was a wholly artificial borough created to benefit the landowners. For two hundred years it was a “Rotten Borough” returning two Members of Parliament, including Sir Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington) and Sir Walter Raleigh. This all came to an end with the Reform Act of 1832.
The Online Parish Clerk for Newlyn East is Blanche Charles, who can be
reached via Email.
Visit my
website for more information.
Blanche
It is recommended that researchers visit COCP (the Cornwall Online Census Project) which is almost complete for 1841 to 1891 and has been verified.
Newlyn East Burials, A - L and M - Z, are on this website and Baptisms and Burials included in C-PROP, our searchable database. These were donated by Michael McCormick, the original OPC for the parish.
For information, see GenUKI, link below.
To view an agreement, dated 13 Jun 1904, regarding the renting of land to William Henry MAY, click here.
For more information regarding history, population, etc., visit GenUKI.
For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Newlyn East can be located at coordinates F - 5.
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.
