Padstow, ©2004, Charles Winpenny
There is no OPC for this parish.
If you would care to volunteer, please contact our coordinator, Myra
Cordrey, via Email.
In the meantime, Susan Old has offered help with look-ups.
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.
For further Parish Register information, please see our online searchable database (C-PROP), GenUKI (link below) and the LDS website, Library section.
For information, see GenUKI (link below).
dated 12 November 1519 and mentioning John KESTELL, Jacob KESTELL, Henry JEFFREY, John VYELL, Thomas HYKKS, Thomas LOURE(?, John RONALD, John CAWBSDLE, Jacob DIER, Richard WHYTE and Richard BAWDYN.
dated 27 Dec 1813 and naming Elizabeth PETER of Padstow.
dated 28 Dec 1813, similar to (b).
A document concerning right to property, dated 1827-8. Names mentioned include William and Catherine HAMBLY.
2. Bastardy Bonds, Filiation Orders etc: many also name local J.P.s, Churchwardens and / or Overseers of the Poor.
a Bond, dated 10 January 1718, naming Charity ROUNSEVALL of this parish.
a Bond, dated 23 March 1729, naming Jane RAWLING of this parish.
a Bond, dated 18 June 1756, naming Jane HATTAM of this parish.
an Examination, dated 29 May 1766, naming Jenepher PEARSE of this parish, and a Warrant for the arrest of Hugh HAWKINGS.
a Warrant, dated 20 April 1767, naming Mary PETTIGREW and Henry TAYLOR.
an Order after Appeal, dated 3 October 1769, naming Elizabeth KENDALL and John HAWKE the Younger.
an Order, dated 10 June 1773, naming Mary ROSEVEAR and Thomas CHAPMAN the younger.
an Examination and an Order, dated 12 March 1776, naming Mary SANDREY/SONDREY and Edward KNIGHT the younger, labourer.
a Bond, dated 3 February 1777, naming Elizabeth DOCTON of this parish.
an Order, dated 8 March 1780 (20th year of the reign of George III), naming Elizabeth HARRESS and William PEARCE, apprentice.
a Bond, dated 11 February 1790, naming Elizabeth RETALACK and Francis BREWER.
an Order, dated 10 April 1792, and a subsequent Discharge, naming Joyce CLEMAS, Thomas HORSWELL and William HORSWELL the Elder.
an Order, dated 21 October 1797, naming Ann HARRY and Thomas NICKLES/NICHOLLS.
a Bond, dated 29 July 1802, naming Elizabeth WILLIAMS of this parish.
a Bond, dated 24 September 1812, naming Ann EDYVEAN of this parish.
an Order, 3 October 1826, naming Maria WILLIAMS and William BRENTON.
a Bond, dated 4 March 1828, naming Blanch COURTENAY and William Kent PETER.
a Bond, dated 12 March 1828, naming Maria BOYDE and John STRIBLEY.
an Order, dated 30 September 1828, naming Susannah COCK of this parish.
an Order, dated 8 December 1829, naming Maria WILLIAMS and James WENDRON.
an Order, dated 5 January 1830, naming Margaret SLAWSON and William Hooper ELLIOTT
an Order, dated 29 March 1831, naming Elizabeth ELLIOTT and Henry TILTMAN, mariner.
an Order, dated 5 April 1831, naming Jane ROSEVEAR and Thomas WILLIAMS.
an Order, dated 21 June 1831, naming Mary Ann RAYMOND and William Gummow WILLIAMS.
an Order, dated 14 February 1832, naming Sarah POLLARD and Francis HELLYAR.
an Examination, dated 27 April 1832, naming Jane DELBRIDGE of this parish, and a Warrant for the arrest of Joseph TREGILGUS.
an Order, dated 28 August 1832, naming Leah MAY of this parish.
an Order, dated 9 October 1832, naming Peggy Hawken BREWER and Gregory CHAPMAN.
a Filiation Order, dated 5 March 1833, naming John TALLICK and Charity COURTIS.
an Account from the parish officers, dated 1833, mentioning a Bastardy Order served on Captain HUGHES, BREWER a lunatic and correspondence about the widow of Daniel STONE.
a Warrant, dated 26 November 1833, for the arrest of Silas John Parker NANCE, in connection with a Bastardy Order naming Elizabeth WILLIAMS.
a Filiation Order, dated 26 November 1833, naming Betsy COWLING of this parish.
a Warrant, dated 26 November 1833, naming Mary Ann NANCE of this parish.
a Petty Session Order, dated 9 September 1840, naming Jane BILLING of this parish.
Two bills/invoices regarding gas supplies, dated 24 May 1869 and 9 Mar 1870.
An account for KESTELL of Trethillick, dated 23 Mar 1895.
An Account Book for New Street Dairy, dates from 1892-98. The dairyman was Richard ROLLING and he appears to have doubled as the local jeweller, clock and watch repairer.
A list of deaths from cholera in 1832.
A Re-settlement Order, dated 10 May 1833, naming Samuel BREWER and his wife, Joan.
A poster, dated 22 Apr 1837, regarding May Day 'celebrations'. Contains the names of several inhabitants of the town.
Correspondence regarding the estate of the late Mrs Eliz. PETER, dated 29 Aug 1840.
Will (dated 24 Sep 1846) and probate for estate of James HARRIS, naming Ann HARRIS. Wm. K PETER and Nathaniel OLIVER.
Two documents referring to the employment of Henry MAY, born Padstow c. 1869
A letter to the Rev. NUGENT, dated 19 May 1900, concerning a donation by Queen Victoria to the Padstow Lifeboat Disaster fund.
The website for Padstow Town Council can be accessed here.
For information regarding History, Population, and much more, visit GenUKI.
For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Padstow can be located at coordinates F - 6.
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.
St Issey,
Little Petherick,
St Merryn and (across the river
estuary) St Minver.
