The parish of

MARHAMCHURCH
 

May 2002, © Kenneth S Heard	Marhamchurch and a field of rapeseed (for oil) April 2004, © Charles Winpenny

PARISH INFORMATION

CENSUS:

Information can be found at COCP (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:

The following are available for look-ups and an increasing number can be found in our searchable database:

- Marhamchurch Parish Register of Christenings, Marriages & Burials for 1558-1718
- Marhamchurch Parish Register of C.M.Bu for 1719 - 1812
- Marhamchurch Parish Register of Marriages for 1754 - 1812
- Marhamchurch Parish Register of Baptisms for 1813 - 1866
- Marhamchurch Parish Register of Burials for 1813 - 1890
- Marhamchurch Parish Register of Marriages for 1837 - 1901

For further Parish Register information, please see our online searchable database (C-PROP) which is updated frequently. The parish coverage page is here.

DIRECTORIES:

The OPC has the following resources:-

Cornwall Kelly's Directory 1910, Cornwall : Return of Owners' of Land 1873 : Cornwall Post Office Directory 1856 : Cornwall John Wallis Register 1847 : Cornwall Pigot & Co Directory 1844 : Cornwall Pigot & Co Directory 1830 : Universal British Directory 1791 and Heralds' Visitation of Cornwall 1620.

For further information, see GenUKI or visit the University of Leicester's Historical Directories website.

OTHER:

Details from Marhamchurch Overseers Rates, Accounts & Records (1819-1838), Cornwall Muster Roll 1569, Cornwall Protestation Returns 1641 and Cornwall Hearth & Poll Taxes 1660 - 1664 are available for look-ups.

Transcriptions of some MIs are available here.

Voters Lists:

1. 1851/52 Voters' List for the parish.
2. 1852/53
3. 1856/57
4. 1864/65

Wills:

1. John DENNIS, dated 5 May 1732
2. Nathaniell HAIRFOOT, dated 14 Apr 1748
3. Nicholas WEBB, dated 28 May 1748
4. Charles WILLS, dated 21 Sep 1794

MAPS:

For a Parish Locator map, please click here. Marhamchurch can be located at coordinates I - 9.

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.

ADJACENT PARISHES:

Poundstock, Week St Mary, Whitstone, Bridgerule, Launcells, Stratton and Bude Haven.

ONLINE BOOKS:

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