St Martin In Meneage

• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 384 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 St Martin-in-Meneage (HO107/138), Enumeration District 9, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of St Martin-in-Meneage (HO107/1913), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The New Zealand Society of Genealogists have compiled separate surname indexes of the 1851 Census for each Cornish registration district; St Martin-in-Meneage is listed in Volume 32. The booklets are available in Cornwall at the Cornwall Centre, (formerly known as the Cornish Studies Library), and is also available in the Cornwall FHS Library.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of St Martin-in-Meneage (RG9/1573), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871.
  • The 1871 Census of St Martin-in-Meneage (RG10/2305), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of St Martin-in-Meneage (RG11/2324), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of St Martin-in-Meneage (RG12/1841), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican.The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW7323; it is dedicated to St Martin. The present church was built in 1830 and is dedicated to St. Martin. It is a plain parallelogram with a south porch. The font is of native elvan and it rests on a round shaft and four small pillars. The tower belonged to the former church. It consists of two stages, is 45 feet in height, and is finished with battlements and pinnacles. The belfry contains one bell, dated 1826.
  The parish of St Anthony became a united benefice with Manaccan by an order in council dated 15 February 1916. St Martin was added to this benefice by another order in council dated 22 December 1982, since when Mawgan has been added.
• Non-Conformist. There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Newtown, a Bible Christian chapel at Tregiddon, and a United Methodist Free Church chapel at St. Martins Green.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for St Martin-in-Meneage are: C0218112/3, P021811. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1571 - 1875; it is NOT believed to be fully included in the LDS Church's International Genealogical Index (IGI).
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1571 - 1909, Burials 1571 - 1958, Marriages 1571 - 1963, Boyd's Marriage Index 1571 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1800 - 1812.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • Marriages Pre 1813
  • Marriages 1813-1837
  • Burials 1813-1837.
  The CFHS also have transcriptions of Baptisms 1841 - 1957.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1571 to 1901, and (recorded separately) 1703 to 1901, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC has made the following baptisms at St Martin-in-Meneage available on-line:

    Baptisms 1571 to 1599. Baptisms 1600 to 1649. Baptisms 1650 to 1699. Baptisms 1700 to 1749. Baptisms 1750 to 1799.

    Baptisms 1800 to 1824. Baptisms 1825 to 1849. Baptisms 1850 to 1874. Baptisms 1875 to 1899.

  • The OPC has also produced a list, searchable by surname, for baptisms in St Martin 1571 to 1959.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1703 to 1841 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest.
  • The Cornwall Parish Registers Index contains baptism details 1813 to 1904 for this parish. The index is searcheable by surname.
  • Baptisms of St Martin-in-Meneage parish (1703 to 1841) are available on CD from the Cornish Forefathers' Society which can be purchased on Parish Chest.
• Banns. Banns 1860 to 1910 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1571 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1571 to 1812, and parish transcriptions 1571 to 1901 and 1813 to 1901, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC has produced a list, searchable by surname, for marriages in St Martin 1571 to 1959.
  • Some marriages occurring in St Martin-in-Meneage 1571 to 1812 are also available on-line.
• Burials.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.
  • Burials 1571 to 1901 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC has produced a list, searchable by surname, for burials in St Martin 1571 to 1959.

The parish of St Martin-in-Meneage was originally in the Helston Registration District; there were sub-districts at Breage, Crowan, Helston, St Keverne and Wendron. It is now in the Kerrier Registration District. Parishes in this registration district are: Breage, Crowan, Cury, Germoe, Gunwalloe, Grade, Helston, Landewednack, Manaccan, Mawgan in Meneage, Mullion, Ruan Major, Ruan Minor, St. Anthony in Meneage, St. Keverne, St. Martin in Meneage, Sithney, Wendron.

The address of the Registration Office is: The Willows, Church Street, Helston, TR13 8NJ.
Tel: 01326 562848.

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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 OPC has produced a genealogical website for St Martin-in-Meneage to assist those researching their ancestry in the parish.
• 'Strays' of persons whose parish of birth in the 1861 Census was given as St Martin-in-Meneage but who appear in Census records elswhere, is available on-line:

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 St Martin-in-Meneage ecclesiastical parish:

• Gear (Caer), Grid Reference 723249.
• Tredower (Tretdeuuort, Tretdeword, Tredeouuorch), Grid Reference 747231.
• Trevedor (Trauider, Trevider), Grid Reference 745257.
• Trewince (Trewent), Grid Reference 735224.

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

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW735237 (Lat/Lon: 50.070563, -5.166519), St Martin In Meneage 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.

• St Martin-in-Meneage parish was part of the Helston Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1772 to 1797, 1830 to 1848) are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

The parish comprises 2372 acres of land, 46 acres of tidal water and 63 acres of foreshore.