was originally called Perran Uthno - ot Little Perran - and is surrounded by the parish of St. Hilary on all sides but the south, which is bordered by the sea and Mount's Bay. Names associated with the parish are Trevelyan, Praed, and even Stackhouse - whose family most likely originated in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Mr. Stackhouse built Acton Castle for his wife in 1775; it has since served as a manor for various families.
Goldsithney, "a large and respectable village", contains both Wesleyan Methodist and Association of Methodists chapels. Another village is named Trevean, and, of couse, there is the Churchtown. The Kennal Powder Works was a major employer at one time.
The OPC for Perranuthnoe is Diane Donohue, who can be reached via
Email.
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 Parish Register information, please see our searchable database (C-PROP) which is updated frequently, GenUKI (link below) and the LDS website (library section).
For information, see GenUKI. Link below.
For more information regarding history, population, etc., visit GenUKI.
For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Perranuthnoe can be located at coordinates C - 2.
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