CORNWALL ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - helping bring the past alive


The parish of

NORTH PETHERWIN

Petherwin Gate
All photographs © Karen Start, 2002
 
North Petherwin Church North Petherwin Church
The Church Exterior The Church Interior 
Langdon Cross North Petherwin
The Countryman Inn, Langdon Cross The Old Granary, a B&B next to the Church

Cornwall Online Parish Clerks

The Online Parish Clerk for North Petherwin is Karen Start, who can be contacted via Email.

PARISH INFORMATION

Although North Petherwin has not always been part of Cornwall, it has been in the Launceston Registration District since 1837.

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:

For further Parish Register information, please see our online searchable database (C-PROP), GenUKI (link above) and the LDS website, Library section. The C-PROP parish coverage page is here.

DIRECTORIES:

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

OTHER:

Many of the documents listed also name local J.P.s, Churchwardens and / or Overseers of the Poor.

For the Will of Thomas CANN of North Petherwin, naming his wife Alice, daughter Caroline BAKER and grandchildren Thomas Cann BAKER,  Elizabeth Emily CANN and Thomas PROUT and dated 21 Oct 1864, click here.

Bastardy Bonds, Filiation Orders etc:

  1. A Bond, dated 27 March 1764, naming Mary GLANVILL of this parish.
  2. A Bond, dated 4 January 1781, naming Andrew BLAKE and Jane WOOF.
  3. An Order, dated 16 October 1782 (22nd year of the reign of George III), naming John PEARCE and Elizabeth GREGORY.
  4. A Bond, dated 2 ?------ 1796, naming Jonathan TABB and Mary REED.
  5. An Order, dated 6 August 1800 (fortieth year of the reign of George III), naming William MARTIN and Ann REED.

Settlement Papers:

  1. dated 11 Aug 1783, Thomas PAWLING, Egloskerry to North Petherwin

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

MAPS:

For a Parish Locator map, please click here. North Petherwin can be located at coordinates J - 8.

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:

Tremaine, Warbstow, Week St Mary, Boyton, Werrington, St Stephens by Launceston, Egloskerry and Tresmere.