The parish of

TRURO

St George, created 1847
St John, created 1852
St Mary, the ancient Parish
St Paul, created 1856

The Online Parish Clerk for Truro is Hazel Persson, who can be contacted by Email.

My OPC website, containing parish records, is updated frequently; please visit!

PARISH INFORMATION

CENSUS:

Information can be found at COCP (the 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) which is updated frequently and GenUKI. The C-PROP parish coverage page is here.

DIRECTORIES:

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

OTHER:

Indentures, Wills and Bonds:- (These often name the local Justices of the Peace, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor, as well as those people mentioned below.)

1. a Bastardy Bond, dated 13 Aug 1746, naming John CARNE of the Borough of Truro.
2. Transcription of an Indemnity Order from the Parish of St Clements to the Borough of Truro, dated 1 Apr 1772, regarding contributions to the upkeep of the Poorhouse.
3. a Bastardy Bond, dated 28 Oct 1781, naming William and Thomas BARRET of the Borough of Truro.
4. a Bastardy Bond, dated 17 Sep 1783, naming Thomas WILTON of the Borough of Truro.
5. a Bastardy Bond, dated 28 Nov 1784, naming Collin CAMPBELL of the Borough of Truro.
6. a Bastardy Bond, dated 12 Dec 1785, naming Edmund ROUSE of the Borough of Truro, as surety for his son George.
7. a Bastardy Bond, dated 16 Oct 1789, naming John WRIGHT, Junr, of the Borough of Truro.
8. a Bastardy Bond, dated 2 Mar 1791, naming John WRIGHT, Junr, and John ROSE of the Borough of Truro.

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

MAPS:

For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Truro can be located at coordinates F - 3/4.

To see a current, zoomable Ordnance Survey map, please visit MultiMap, or for maps and satellite images use Google Maps.

For a zoomable and printable map of Cornwall please visit Cornwall Council’s mapping website.

ADJACENT PARISHES:

Kea, Baldhu (post-1847), Kenwyn and St Clement.

ONLINE BOOKS:

Truro is included in The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume IV by Davies Gilbert, William Hals, Thomas Tonkin, Henry Samuel Boase, originally published in 1838. Also downloadable as a pdf.