Crantock

The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line Monumental Inscriptions for:

• The Parish Church - 419 entries.
• Methodist Chapel - 123 entries.

Census information for this parish (1841 - 1901) is held in the Cornwall Record Office. The Cornwall Family History Society offers a census search service for its members.
Specific census information for this parish is available as follows:

• 1841. The 1841 Census of Crantock (HO107/149), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Crantock (HO107/1905), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Crantock (RG9/1544), Enumeration District 6 [including Merchant Shipping], is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Crantock (RG10/2257), Enumeration District 6, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Crantock (RG11/2298), Enumeration District 6, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Crantock (RG12/1820), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW7960 and was dedicated to St Carantock. It comprises a chancel, north and south chancel aisles, north and south transepts, and a nave. The arcades have pointed arches of Newquay sand-stone, supported on octagonal pillars of the same material. The eastern end of the north aisle is used as a vestry. There is a south porch and a priest's door. The tower is of three low tapering stages, with Early English buttresses; the parapet is embattled. It contains six bells.
  A church existed here before the Norman conquest of 1066. UIt is certain that in 1283, the church of St Columb Minor was appropriated to Crantock. In 1412 it is recorded that the belfry of the collegiate church fell upon the nave and reduced it to ruins. Bishop Edmund Stafford, on the 11th August of the same year, invited the faithful to assist in its restoration. In 1417, the chancel was recorded as being in a ruinous state.
• Non-Conformist. There were two Wesleyan Methodist chapels in the parish.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Crantock are: C052741, E0052741, M052741, M866944, P006431. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1608 - 1772.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1620 - 1903, Burials 1559 - 1970, Marriages 1559 - 1983, Boyd's Marriage Index 1559 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1800 - 1812.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms in the parish 1682 to 1804 (Bishop's Transcripts), and 1813 to 1903 (parish transcripts), are also available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Wesleyan Methodist chapel baptisms 1874 to 1914 in this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD baptisms 1722 to 1851 for this parish and these are available for purchase from Parish Chest.
• Marriages.
  • Marriages in the parish 1688 to 1804 (Bishop's Transcripts), and 1559 to 1812 (Phillimore's) are also available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1559 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
• Burials.
  • Burials in the parish 1682 to 1804 (BTs), and 1813 to 1837, are also available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.

The parish of Crantock was originally in the St Columb Registration District. There were sub-districts at Newlyn, Padstow and St Columb Major, but these have now been abolished. It is now in the Registration District of St Austell. Parishes within the old St Columb district were: Colan, Crantock, Cubert, Little Petherick, Mawgan in Pyder, Newlyn, Newquay, Padstow, St. Breock, St. Columb Major, St. Columb Minor, St. Enoder, St. Ervan, St. Eval, St. Issey, St. Merryn, St. Wenn.

The Superintendant Registrar of St Austell can be contacted at: 12 Carlyon Road, St Austell, PL25 4LD. Tel: 01726 68974. Fax: 01726 68974.

• Pictures of Crantock are available on-line.
• There is a further description of Crantock available.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Crantock to another place.

The On-line Parish Clerk (OPC) scheme operates a service to help family historians; the OPC page for this parish is available on-line, from where the OPC can be contacted by email.

The Domesday Settlements of Cornwall, a study undertaken by the Cornwall Branch of the Historical Association, has identified and located settlements listed in the Exeter and Exchequer Domesday Survey of AD 1086. The following places have been identified in Crantock ecclesiastical parish:

• Crantock (Langorroc, Langoroch), Grid Reference 790605.

• Map of the Truro Registration District in which the parish lies.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW795591 (Lat/Lon: 50.390089, -5.102946), Crantock which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Apprenticeship Indentures for Crantock (1803 - 1829) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.

• Crantock parish was part of the St Columb Major Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1740 to 1778), Settlement Papers (1817 to 1847) and Bastardy Bonds (1809 to 1838) are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

The parish comprised 2438 acres of land.