CORNWALL ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - helping bring the past alive


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 reached via Email.

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

PARISH INFORMATION

CENSUS:

Information can be found at COCP (Cornwall Online Census Project) which is almost complete from 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, please see our searchable database (C-PROP) which is updated frequently, GenUKI (link below) and the LDS website (library section).

DIRECTORIES:

For information, see GenUKI (link below).

OTHER:

Bonds & Orders. These usually 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.

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.