Egloshayle

• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions on-line for:
  • The Parish Church - 555 entries
  • Washaway, St Conan - 240 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 Egloshayle (HO107/152), Enumeration Districts 9 to 11, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Egloshayle (HO107/1904), Enumeration Districts 5a, 5b and 5c, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Egloshayle (RG9/1539), Enumeration Districts 9 to 11, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Egloshayle (RG10/2252), Enumeration Districts 9 to 11, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Egloshayle (RG11/2293), Enumeration Districts 9 to 11, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Egloshayle (RG12/1817) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration District 1.
  • Enumeration Districts 9 to 11.

• Anglican. The parish church is Located in Egloshayle Rd., on the outskirts of the village of Egloshayle [in OS Grid Square SX0071 (0008471911)]; it is dedicated to St Petroc. It comprises a chancel, nave, south aisle (said to be built by Thomas Vyvyan, prior of Bodmin), and a short north aisle or transept. The south arcade has six pointed arches of granite, with monolith pillars of the same material; the transept has two arches of similar character. There are north and south porches, and a priest's door. The tower, which is 80 feet in height, was built around 1490; it is of three stages, buttressed on the square, and finished with battlements and pinnacles. The church was in existence in 1258, and evidence suggests there was a church here before the Norman conquest of 1066.
  The 15th Century Church was originally dedicated to St Conan; it sits beside the main road but still retains its own distinctive character. The door to the west tower of the church, commemorates John Loveybond, the Vicar who paid for the building of the Bridge at Wade(bridge) in 1468, and because of the shifting sand, large bales of wool were sunk for the foundation of the bridge, hence references to the 'Bridge on Wool'. Loveybond, is commemorated also by carvings on the 15th century pulpit; the church is grander than that of most villages.
  There are two other Anglican churches: one at Washaway, which is dedicated to St Conan and was built in 1882
  The other, dedicated to St Mary, is in Trevanion Road in Wadebridge. The United Benefice of Egloshayle and St Breock was created in 1984. It comprises these two churches plus their daughter churches of St Conan's in washaway and St Mary's in Trevanion Road, Wadebridge.
• Roman Catholics. The Church is dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel; it is located in Trevanson Street, Wadebridge. Church tradition has honoured St. Michael as a special guardian of souls in the fight against evil and especially at the hour of death. The feast of St. Michael together with SS. Gabriel and Raphael is celebrated on 29th September each year.
• Non-Conformists. A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in the town in 1879, and one for the Free Methodists in 1848. There was another Wesleyan chapel at Washaway. A Congregationalist chapel was built in 1836, and a Bible Christian chapel was built in 1852. There had been a chapel here belonging to the Society of Friends (Quakers); this but was converted to a school in the mid-19th century; the Quakers now meet at the John Betjamin Centre in Wadebridge. There were also chapels belonging to the Methodist Free Church at Egloshayle and at Wadebridge.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Egloshayle are: C022681/2, E022681, M022681. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1600 - 1875.
• CRO Record Holdings. The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1600 - 1989, Burials 1600 - 1881, Marriages 1600 - 1924, Boyd's Marriage Index 1600 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1790 - 1812.
• Other Non-Conformist Records. OPC Coverage of Non-Conformist records of this parish is available.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1813 to 1911 are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1705 to 1840 for this parish and are available for purchase on Parish Chest.
• Banns. Banns 1755 to 1812 are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • Marriages 1600 to 1812 (Phillimore's) are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1600 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1600 to 1812 (with early gaps) are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 16813 to 1837, which is available in Book or CD formats.

The parish of Egloshayle, together with the town of Wadebridge, is in the Bodmin Registration District, and has been since 1st July 1837; there were sub-districts are Bodmin, Egloshayle, Lanlivery and St Mabyn but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the district are: Blisland, Bodmin, Bodmin Borough, Cardinham, Egloshayle, Endellion, Helland, Lanhydrock, Lanviet, Lanlivery, Lostwithiel, Luxulion, St. Kew, St. Mabyn, St. Minver Highlands, St. Minver Lowlands, St. Tudy, St. Winnow, Temple, Wadebridge, Warleggon, Withiel.

The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: Lyndhurst, 66 Nicholas Street, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 2AG. Tel: 01208 73677.

• Photographs of Egloshayle are available on-line.

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• OPC Assistance. 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 Egloshayle ecclesiastical parish:

• Burniere (Berner, Bernerh), Grid Reference 990736.
• Pencarrow (Penquaro, Pengvare), Grid Reference 040711.
• Pendavey (Pendauid, Pendavid), Grid Reference 007712.

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

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX014714 (Lat/Lon: 50.50879, -4.802635), Egloshayle 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.

In 1626 Francis Bassett (of Tehidy) was charged to conduct a survey of all Ports on the North Coast of Cornwall, and to list all Mariners, Sailors and Fishermen working those Ports. An extract of that Survey, covering ONLY those men listed as: "Bargemen Belonging To The Parish of Egloseale and St Breage" (St Breock) is available.

Apprenticeship Indentures for Egloshayle (1802 - 1813) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.

• Egloshayle parish was part of the Bodmin Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief. However in 1898, Wadebridge town also became part of this Union.
• Bastardy Bonds (1735) for Egloshayle are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

Part of Egloshayle was tranferred to civil parish of Wadebridge in 1898. In the 2001 Census, Egloshayle was enumerated as part of Wadebridge.

The Wadebridge Old Cornwall Society News Page is on-line.

The parish comprised 5285 acres of land, 14 acres of water, 22 acres of tidal water and 122 acres of foreshore.