CORNWALL ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - helping bring the past alive


THE PARISH OF

CALLINGTON


Callington School
Postcard published by J. Venning, The Post Office, Callington

Originally a Saxon settlement and mentioned in the Domesday Book as Calwetone, Callington is now a busy market town, with a population of about five thousand people, and is the home of Ginsters Cornish Pasties.

More information and photographs can be found on the town's official website.

The school (pictured right) has featured in the education of many local people. As Callington Grammar School, its catchment area included 11+ students from Stokeclimsland, St Dominick and Calstock parishes. It is now the home of Callington Primary School.


Part of Callington Railway Station at Kelly Bray

 

 

 

 
The railway shed (pictured left) was part of Callington station at Kelly Bray, some distance from the town itself. The local landmark of Kit Hill can be seen in the distance.

The part of the branch line from Gunnislake to Kelly Bray closed in 1966, as part of the Beeching Axe. The last train left Callington on 5 November, to the sound of detonators & fireworks, and carrying a wreath.

 
 
 
 
 

The OPC for this parish, Elizabeth Marcheschi, is temporarily unavailable. In the meantime, Myra Cordrey has offered to help with look-ups.
 

PARISH INFORMATION

CENSUS:

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.

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:

Bastardy Bonds

  1. dated 2 Sep 1783, naming Mary BENNETT of Pillaton and John BARTLETT of this Parish.

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

MAPS

For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Callington can be located at coordinates J/K - 6.

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.