Map of Parishes In Cornwall

[HeatherC]

Hello all

Another beta site from Familysearch

maps.familysearch.org/

Maps of all the parishes in Cornwall for 1851 (oh, also has the foreign English ones too ;D)

Select Cornwall for county, then select either Parish, Civil Registration District, Diocese, Rural Deanery, Poor Law Union or Hundred.

It is a beta site so there are a few glitches...........It sent me off to the Bay of Biscay at one stage

Also this

www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rhelps.asp

Select "E" to look up what they have on England so far.

Best regards
HeatherC

[ettason]

This site (the FamilySearch maps page) still looks very useful.

Are there other resources for mapping the parishes of Cornwall that would be helpful for a beginner/intermediate researcher from afar?


It does look like parish boundaries were changing in the early/mid 19th century - new parishes created, old parishes split up. Any tips on where to find comprehensive descriptions of those changes?

(My primary area of interest, lately, has been the Camborne/Redruth/Gwennap area... Gwennap, in particular, appears to have been split over time?)

[Cornish Terrier]

You may find the following link helpful.

www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/indexpars

There is a hyperlink for each Parish and a short description of the history of the Parish. I have not read right through this but it should give an indication of the original Parish from which a new Parish was formed along with the date.

CT