Constantine

The Constantine Heritage Centre is at:
The Tolmen Centre,
Fore St,
Constantine,
Falmouth TR11 5AA

Telephone: 01326 341353.

Kresen Kernow, a home for Cornwall's archives. Address: Kresen Kernow, Little Vauxhall, Redruth TR15 1AS 
kresenkernow[at]cornwall.gov[dot]uk 
Telephone: 01209 614430

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 1068 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 Constantine (HO107/136) (Enumeration Districts 1 to 4), is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The 1841 census for this parish has also been filmed by the LDS church - film No. 241260.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Constantine (HO107/1911) (Enumeration Districts 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d), 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; Constantine is listed in Volume 23. 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 Constantine (RG9/1568), (Enumeration Districts 3 to 6 (including shipping)), is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Constantine (RG10/2298) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration District 3.
  • Enumeration Districts 4 to 6.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Constantine (RG11/2320), Enumeration Districts 3 to 6, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Constantine (RG12/1838) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration District 3.
  • Enumeration Districts 4 to 6 and merchant shipping.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW7329 and was dedicated to St Constantinus. It comprises a chancel, nave, south aisle, north aisle, and an extreme north or Bosarne aisle. The arcades are of native granite supported on monolith pillars; the south arcade has six pointed arches, the north seven, and the extreme north three. A part of this last aisle was screened off for a vestry. Besides the south porch, there is a priest's entrance and a north door. The tower is of three stages and buttressed, the buttresses terminating in statues. The pinnacles are pannelled with Gothic tracery, and the uppermost stringcourse of the tower is ornamented with quadrefoils.
  The church was given to the dean and chapter of Exeter by Peter Quivil, the Bishop, on 21st July 1285.
• Non-Conformist. There was a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, built in 1835, the front of which is well-wrought granite ashlar. Near the Churchtown was another chapel belonging to the Bible Christians.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Constantine are: C052731/2, E006391, M006391, P006391. They can be searched on Family Search or via Rootsweb. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1571 - 1875.
• CRO Record Holdings. The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1571 - 1943, Burials 1562 - 1911, Marriages 1571 - 1974, Boyd's Marriage Index 1571 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1800 - 1812.
• Baptisms.
  • The OPC has placed on-line baptisms at Constantine as follows:
    • Constantine Baptisms 1788 to 1812.
    • Constantine Baptisms 1813-1906 Surnames A-Q.
    • Constantine Baptisms 1813-1906 Surnames R-Z.
  • Baptisms in the parish 1664 to 1772 (Bishop's Transcripts), and 1788 to 1901 (parish transcripts, with gaps) are also available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD baptisms 1741 to 1843 for this parish and these are available for purchse from Parish Chest.
• Banns.
  • Banns in the parish 1754 to 1804 are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC has placed on-line banns at Constantine as follows:
    • Constantine Banns 1754-1804 by Groom.
    • Constantine Banns 1754-1804 by Bride.
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1571 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • The OPC has placed on-line marriages at Constantine as follows:
    • Constantine Marriages 1754-1837 by Groom.
    • Constantine Marriages 1754-1837 by Bride.
    • Constantine Marriages 1837-1907 by Groom.
    • Constantine Marriages 1837-1907 by Bride.
  • Marriages in the parish 1571 to 1812 (Phillimore's), 1674 to 1767 (Bishop's transcripts), and 1754 to 1901 (parish transcripts), are also available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Burials.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.
  • The OPC has placed on-line burials at Constantine as follows:
    • Constantine Burials 1788-1812.
    • Constantine Burials 1813-1906 (Surnames A-Q).
    • Constantine Burials 1813-1906 (Surnames R-Z).
  • Burials in the parish 1674 to 1772 (Bishop's transcripts), and 1788 to 1901 (parish transcripts) are also available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).

The parish of Constantine is in the Falmouth Registration District, and has been since 1st July 1837; there were sub-districts at Constantine, Falmouth, Mylor and Penryn. Parishes within the district are: Budock, Constantine, Falmouth, Mabe, Mawnan, Mylor, Penryn, Perranarworthal and St. Gluvias.

The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: Berkely House, 12-14 Berkeley Vale, Falmouth, TR11 3PH. Tel: 01326 312606.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Constantine 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 OPC has produced a website for Constantine to help those researching in that parish.
• British-Genealogy have a mailing list for those wanting to discuss ancestry in Constantine.

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 Constantine ecclesiastical parish:

• Constantine (Scs Constantin, Sct Constantin), Grid Reference 731291.
• Tucoyse (Tucowit, Tvcowit), Grid Reference 713203.

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

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW739298 (Lat/Lon: 50.124973, -5.165103), Constantine 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.

• Constantine parish was part of the Falmouth Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1719 to 1760) are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

In the May of 1641 it was agreed and ordered that every Member of the House of Commons and House of Lords should make a protestation (declaration of loyalty) to the crown. The Protestation was printed and then distributed by the Members to their counties. The Protestation was to be made by everyone and the Rectors, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor, had to appear before the Justices of the Peace in their Hundred to make their protestation and, on returning to their parishes, any two of them were to witness the taking of the Protestation Oath by all males over the age of 18 years. All names were listed and anyone who refused was to be noted.

The Protestation Returns of 1642 for Constantine are available on-line.

The parish comprised 8023 acres of land, one acre of water, 263 acres of tidal water and 211 acres of foreshore.