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== Parish History == | |||
= | GWINEAR (St. Winnear), a '''parish''', in the union of Redruth, E. division of the hundred of Penwith, W. division of Cornwall, 3¼ miles (S. W. by W.) from Camborne. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50994#s23 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 360-362. Date accessed: 13 March 2013</ref> | ||
Gwinear St Winnear is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall. Other places in the parish include: Camhell Green, Cathebedron, Drannock, Fraddam, Relistian, Revala, Roseworthy, Tregortha, and Wall. | Gwinear St Winnear is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall. Other places in the parish include: Camhell Green, Cathebedron, Drannock, Fraddam, Relistian, Revala, Roseworthy, Tregortha, and Wall. | ||
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Revision as of 15:31, 13 March 2013
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Parish History[edit | edit source]
GWINEAR (St. Winnear), a parish, in the union of Redruth, E. division of the hundred of Penwith, W. division of Cornwall, 3¼ miles (S. W. by W.) from Camborne. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.[1]
Gwinear St Winnear is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall. Other places in the parish include: Camhell Green, Cathebedron, Drannock, Fraddam, Relistian, Revala, Roseworthy, Tregortha, and Wall.
The parish church of St Gwinear iwas built in the 13th and 14th centuries (tower mid 15th century, built of granite in three stages). There are three aisles: the south aisle which is shorter than the nave, an inner north aisle, and further north the Arundell Aisle.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration [edit | edit source]
Births, marriages and deaths were kept by the government from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is Free BMD.
Church records[edit | edit source]
Overview, Include information for parish registers and Bishop's Transcripts, Contact information for the office holding the original records, Links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.
Images of parish registers are available online in historic records (formerly Record Search) Images refer to Cornwall County Record Office reference: P 80
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks[edit | edit source]
An extremely useful resource is the Cornwall Online Parish Clerks page for the parish http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/e_g/gwinear.php The Online Parish Clerk Roger Shirley aslo maintains a website http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/
Census records[edit | edit source]
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Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Cornwall Online Census Project
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [county] Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
There are many maps and gazetteers showing English places. Valuable web sites are:
- England Jurisdictions 1851
- Vision of Britain
Web sites[edit | edit source]
Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 360-362. Date accessed: 13 March 2013