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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cornwall]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cornwall Parishes]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cornwall]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cornwall Parishes]] | ||
[[Image:Saltash Parish Church Cornwall.jpg|thumb|right]] | [[Image:Saltash Parish Church Cornwall.jpg|thumb|right|Saltash Parish Church Cornwall.jpg]] | ||
== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
SALTASH, or Essay, a '''market-town''' and '''chapelry''', and '''formerly a representative borough''', in the parish of St. Stephen, union of St. Germans, locally in the S. division of the hundred of East, E. division of Cornwall, 4 miles (N. N. W.) from Plymouth, 21 (S. S. E.) from Launceston, and 220 (W. S. W.) from London. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51253#s10 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 5-11. Date accessed: 23 March 2013.</ref> | SALTASH, or Essay, a '''market-town''' and '''chapelry''', and '''formerly a representative borough''', in the parish of St. Stephen, union of St. Germans, locally in the S. division of the hundred of East, E. division of Cornwall, 4 miles (N. N. W.) from Plymouth, 21 (S. S. E.) from Launceston, and 220 (W. S. W.) from London. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51253#s10 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 5-11. Date accessed: 23 March 2013.</ref> | ||
Saltash St Nicholas and St Faith is an Ecclesiastical Parish and a market town in the county of Cornwall, created in 1815 from chapelry in [[St Stephens by Saltash, Cornwall]]. | |||
St Nicholas became a Parish church in 1881 and the St Faith dedication recalled an earlier church in the town from the mediaeval period.<br> | |||
St Nicholas became a Parish church in 1881 and the St Faith dedication recalled an earlier church in the town from the mediaeval period. | |||
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== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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=== Civil Registration === | === Civil Registration === | ||
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]].<br> | |||
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=== Church records === | === Church records === | ||
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 203<br> | Images of parish registers are available online in historic records (formerly Record Search) Images refer to Cornwall County Record Office reference: P 203<br> | ||
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The history registers and much more have been contributed by the Online Parish clerk for Saltash Maggie Watkinson.<br> | The history registers and much more have been contributed by the Online Parish clerk for Saltash Maggie Watkinson.<br> | ||
=== Census records === | === Census records === | ||
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== Web sites == | == Web sites == | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.<br> | Add here any relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.<br> | ||