is a very small parish five miles or so north-east of Bodmin on the A30. It is famous for the Jamaica Inn, a public house that has been there since 1547.
Bolventor, whose name might be derived from "Bold Venture", a reference to the difficulties of farming the moorlands, is a modern parish, formed from parts of Altarnun and St Neot. The church is dedicated to The Holy Trinity and is no longer in use.
The Online Parish Clerk for Bolventor is Hilary Watson, who may be reached via Email.
Information can be found at COCP - the Cornwall Online Census Project - which is almost complete for 1841 to 1891 and has been verified, FreeCens 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 further Parish Register information, please see our searchable database (C-PROP) which is updated frequently, GenUKI (link above) 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. Bolventor can be located at coordinates I - 7.
For further map information, please visit GenUKI (Genealogy - United Kingdom & Ireland).
To see a current, zoomable Ordnance Survey map, please visit
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