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The parish ofST COLUMB MAJORThe ancient town of St Columb Major has a wonderful Church at its heart. The tower is 15th century and 80 feet high with a passage from south to north through it that is as wide as a hand cart. This was a right of way to the College founded by Sir John Arundel in 1427 as the Church did not own the land on three sides of the tower until 1820. The parish is bounded by St Ervan, Little Petherick, St Issey, St Wenn, Roche, St Dennis, St Enoder, Colan, St Columb Minor and St Mawgan in Pydar. Edward III granted a market in St Columb Major to Sir John Arundell in 1333. It is still a busy market town and the largest settlement in the parish. The Union Workhouse for the parishes of St Breock, St Columb Major, St Columb Minor, Colan, Crantock, Cubert, St Ervan, St Eval, St Enoder, St Issey, Little Petherick, St Merryn, Mawgan-in-Pydar, Newlyn East, Padstow and St Wenn was built in St Columb Major town in about 1840. This means that a large number of "strays" from other parishes are recorded here in the censuses and baptismal registers. As well as farming, there was mining in this parish. The Online Parish Clerk for St Columb Major is Susan Old, who can be contacted by Email. A Message from the OPC:I have been an OPC since the scheme began and have transcribed parish registers, and census returns - see below. I keep my records in a unique form all stored in Family Treemaker 2005 and thus joined to all possible relations as far as they are known to me at this point in time. This data is not confined to my OPC parishes, which include St Eval, St Ervan, St Mawgan and St Merryn, but also covers other Parishes which may, or may not, have their own OPCs. Susan PARISH INFORMATIONCENSUS:Please visit COCP (Cornwall Online Census Project), which is complete for 1841 to 1891 and validated, FreeCens at Rootsweb - both are free, searchable databases - or check GenUKI for other alternatives. Census records are included in my database. REGISTERS:Church records are extensive and are: Baptisms 1540-1964, Marriages 1544-1970 and Burials 1539-1965 all held at CRO. I am indebted to Moira Tangye for her wonderful register transcripts (up to January 1862 for baptisms and also marriages to 1875). There are selected burials too. These transcripts have all been incorporated into my database with her permission. 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). DIRECTORIES:Please contact me for information or see GenUKI (link below) or visit the University of Leicester's Directories website, which has many directories online to view for free. OTHER:Bastardy Bonds, Filiation Orders etc. - many also name local J.P.s, Churchwardens and / or Overseers of the Poor, as well as the couple concerned
Voters Lists: An Indenture, dated 21 March 1818, naming the Rev. Francis COLE of this parish. A transcription of a Re-settlement Order between Padstow and St Columb Major, dated 10 May 1833, naming Samuel BREWER and his wife, Joan To view a transcription of a bankruptcy indenture, dated 2 Apr 1898, involving Thomas HICKS of St Columb Major, click here. I have other publications in my collection which I'll be glad to check, if you would please contact me at the address shown above. For more information regarding history, population, etc., visit GenUKI. MAPS:For a Parish Locator map, please click here. St Columb Major can be located at coordinates F - 5. For further map information, please visit GenUKI (Genealogy - United Kingdom & Ireland). To see a current, zoomable Ordnance Survey map, visit MultiMap, or for maps and satellite images use Google Maps. ADJACENT PARISHES:Colan, St Columb Minor, Mawgan in Pydar, St Ervan, Little Petherick, St Issey, St Wenn, Roche, St Dennis and St Enoder. ONLINE BOOKS:
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