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The parish of

PERRANARWORTHAL

Cornwall Online Parish Clerks

The Online Parish Clerk (Genealogy) for Perranarworthal is John Warren, who can be contacted by Email.

For information about (and contact details for) the current parish council, please see 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 Parish Register information and other resources, please see our online searchable database (C-PROP) and GenUKI. The C-PROP parish coverage page is here.

DIRECTORIES:

For information, see the University of Leicester's website of Historical Directories or GenUKI.

OTHER:

Click on the relevant link to view:-

  1. people of Perranarworthal in Tax and Muster Rolls of the Tudor period (1522 - 1601).
  2. people of Perranarworthal in the Stuart period (1618 - 1684).
  3. Protestation Returns for 1641, Perranarworthal..
  4. a transcription of a Manorial Survey of Perranarworthal, dating from about the 1720s.
  5. Poor Law contributions 1729
  6. transcribed Vestry Minutes (1844-61) in either .xls or .csv format.
  7. the 1834 Voters' List for the parish.
  8. an indenture, dated 1 May 1827, click here.

Apprenticeship Indentures:

  5 Apr 1742, Henry TOZER to Mark JOHNS 8 Nov 1780, Peter RICHARDS to Nicholas EADDY
  5 Apr 1742, Nicholas BAWDEN to Richard TREGOVE 15 Feb 1783, John GEORGE to Nicholas LEAN
  27 May 1749, Margaret WHITE to Humphry WHITE 15 Mar 1783, Ann JENKING to Richard SARAH
  27 May 1749, Jenefer WHITE to Florence & Jane REYNOLDS 14 Apr 1784, Elizabeth MAGAR to Martin WILLIAMS
  24 Mar 1752, John SARAH to Ralph JORY 14 Apr 1784, John MAGAR to Francis TREBILCOCK
  13 Apr 1752, Mary WHITE to Michael WILLIAMS 3 Nov 1784, Charlotte WILLIAMS to John JOREY
  30 Mar 1756, Anthony TRENGOVE to Ralph JOREY 3 Nov 1784, Jenefer WILLIAMS to Grace LANYON
  21 Jun 1757, Joan WHITE to Robert LANYON 3 Nov 1784, Julian WILLIAMS to Walter REED
  30 Mar 1767, Mary MICHELL to James FUGLER 13 May 1786, Methusalem MARTIN to William TREMAYNE
  20 Jun 1770, Mary TRENGOVE to James TREGONNING 13 May 1786, Elizabeth MARTIN to Reginald TRENGOVE
  3 Jul 1773, Abednego SARAH to William LASKEY 4 Jun 1788, Mary PENGELLY to Thomas TIDDY
  17 Mar 1774, Ann JENKIN to George BUZZA 8 Dec 1790, Absolom Barret REED to Walter VYSACK
  8 Nov 1780, Benjamin RICHARDS to Roger PEARCE 30 Mar 1793, Elizabeth BAWDEN to Hugh BROWN
  8 Nov 1780, Grace RICHARDS to Abednego SARAH 23 Jan 1794, Ann TRENGOVE to Francis TREBILCOCK

School Admissions:

  1. 1879 - 1903
  2. 1903 - 1927 (pre-1912 dates of birth)

Settlement/Removal Documents:

  15 Apr 1753, William HARRIS 12 May 1790, William & Elizabeth TAYLOR 4 Jul 1831, Elizabeth CORNISH
  17 Apr 1753?, Blanche MITCHELL 8 Nov 1792, Prudence SARAH 18 Oct 1831, Sophia & Jane FRANCIS
  16 Dec 1765, Grace LUGG 5 Nov 1803, Ann REED 2 Jan 1832, Joseph WILLIAMS & family
  20 Jan 1771, Grace WYNNE & children 9 Nov 1803, Rose STEPHENS & children 8 May 1832, Elizabeth TREGLOAN
  7 Sep 1779, Elizabeth FORSTER 24 Mar 1804, Thomas RUTTER & family 12 Jul 1832, John COLLINS & family
  3 Jul 1781, Catherine VISICK 14 Aug 1822, Nicholas KENT 27 Sep 1832, Peter COLLIVER & family
  3 Jul 1781, Catherine & Mary PENGELLY 2 Jan 1827, Robert PELANRICK & family 31 Jan 1833, Sophia MICHELL
  3 Jul 1781, John VISICK and sons 4 Feb 1830, William & Honor MILLS 31 Jan 1833, Mary KENT
  7 Aug 1781, Elizabeth READ 3 Jun 1830, Catherine SARAH 1 Apr 1833, Elizabeth WILLIAMS
  1 Sep 1784,  Ann MARTIN 1 Jul 1830, John MAY 1 Apr 1833, Sarah PAUL & children
  28 Nov 1785, Elizabeth GRAY 2 Sep 1830, Robert & Elizabeth LANDERYOU 6 Aug 1835, Emily KENT daughter of Lilly
  2 Nov 1785, Robert OSTLER & family 30 Sep 1830, David MARTIN, wife & family 1 Oct 1835, Mary Ann LANDERYOU & children
  14 Jul 1788, Loveday SKINNER 1830, Walter & Grace COAD & family 7 Sep 1837, Elizabeth ?--KE & children
  2 May 1790, John BRIDGEMAN 10 Dec 1830, Margaret HILL 7 Dec 1837, Ruth TRELEGGAN
       

Wills:

  11 Nov 1742, Hugh REYNOLDS 27 Jun 1747, James NICHOLAS
  15 May 1743, James SARAH 7 Jun 1768, Abednego SARA
  29 Sep 1746, Edward COLLINGS 14 Mar 1809, Abednego SARA
  2 Feb 1747, Gabriel WILLIAMS  

For more information regarding history, population, etc., visit GenUKI.

MAPS:

For a zoomable and printable map of Cornwall please visit Cornwall Council’s mapping website. To see the Parish boundaries, click on the Layers Tab for Government Boundaries.

For maps and satellite images use Google Maps.

To enjoy a "walk" around this parish, search for Perranarworthal at http://maps.google.co.uk/, then drag the person icon from above the zoom commands and place it at a specific location on the map.

ADJACENT PARISHES:

Stithians, Gwennap, Kea (pre-1847), Baldhu (post-1847), Feock (pre-1873), Devoran (post-1873), Mylor and St Gluvias.

ONLINE BOOKS:

  1. Perranarworthal (St Piran) is included in The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume III by Davies Gilbert, William Hals, Thomas Tonkin, Henry Samuel Boase, originally published in 1838. Also downloadable as a pdf from here.
  2. Phillimore's Marriages Vol VII transcripts including Perranarworthal (transcribed and in our database)