CORNWALL ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - helping bring the past alive


THE PARISH OF

TREVERBYN

CREATED 1848

is located in the Hundred of Powder, and is now part of the Restormel Borough Council. Originally quite large, St. Austell parish was divided into three in 1848-1850; the northern section became Treverbyn, while the eastern became Charlestown. All records previous to 1850 for these "new" parishes can be found under St. Austell.

Villages in the parish include Bugle (which was called Carn Rosemary originally), Stenalees, and Resugga.

There have been Wesley Methodist and Bible Christian churches and graveyards over the years. Records for them may be obtained from CRO, and most of the records have been filmed by LDS.

Mining, first of tin, then of china clay, has been the primary industry over the years. After the tin and copper mines lost profitability, miners and their families moved to this area for china clay jobs. Therefore the parish and census records reflect people moving into and out of the parish frequently.

Roche Rock, with its 16th century church carved into its face, stands on the border overlooking Treverbyn parish.

 


The Online Parish Clerk for Treverbyn is Julia Mosman, who can be reached via Email.

A Message from the OPC:

Please visit my website for extensive records, photographs, maps, and information about the parish (including history).

I've been an OPC since the inception of the project, and really enjoy helping people learn more about my parish, as well as providing parish record information. While I do not live in the parish, or nearby, I do have friends in the area who will be glad to help provide photos of specific areas. Please check my website for information; if you cannot find information there, please contact me and I'll be glad to offer whatever help possible.

Julia

PARISH INFORMATION

CENSUS:

1841, 1861, and 1891 Census data 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.

I'm transcribing the 1851 Census - St. Austell district for FreeCens, which includes Treverbyn, and will be glad to do lookups from my manuscript upon request.

REGISTERS:

For Parish Register information, please see the OPC's index of completed transcriptions or our online searchable database (C-PROP) which is updated frequently. The C-PROP coverage page is here.

DIRECTORIES:

For descriptive information, see GenUKI (link below).

OTHER:

There are photographs, both historical and recent, excerpts and articles regarding parish living and history, and maps with lists of dwelling places - all on the OPC's website.

MAPS:

For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Treverbyn can be located at coordinates H - 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.