CORNWALL ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - helping bring the past alive


THE PARISH OF

NORTH PETHERWIN


The Online Parish Clerk for North Petherwin is Karen Start, who may be contacted via Email.
   

PARISH INFORMATION

CENSUS:

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 has a very good search engine and information from COCP, as well as GenUKI, which has more reference information and alternate resources.

REGISTERS:

For Parish Register information, please see our searchable database (C-PROP) which is updated frequently, GenUKI (link below) and the LDS website (library section).

DIRECTORIES:

For information, see GenUKI (link below).

OTHER:

For the Will of Thomas CANN of North Petherwin, naming his wife Alice, daughter Caroline BAKER and grandchildren Thomas Cann BAKER,  Elizabeth Emily CANN and Thomas PROUT and dated 21 Oct 1864, click here.

Bastardy Bonds, Filiation Orders etc. - many also name local J.P.s, Churchwardens and / or Overseers of the Poor.

  1. A Bond, dated 27 March 1764, naming Mary GLANVILL of this parish.

  2. A Bond, dated 4 January 1781, naming Andrew BLAKE and Jane WOOF.

  3. An Order, dated 16 October 1782 (22nd year of the reign of George III), naming John PEARCE and Elizabeth GREGORY.

  4. A Bond, dated 2 ------ 1796, naming Jonathan TABB and Mary REED.

  5. An Order, dated 6 August 1800 (fortieth year of the reign of George III), naming William MARTIN and Ann REED.

For more information regarding history, population, etc., visit GenUKI. Although North Petherwin has not always been part of Cornwall, it has been in the Launceston Registration District since 1837.

MAPS:

For a Parish Locator map, please click here. North Petherwin can be located at coordinates J - 8.

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.