Creed

Index to The Book of Grampound with Creed by Amy Bane and Mary Oliver.

The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 591 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 Creed-with-Grampound is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
    • HO107/147. Enumeration Districts 1 [including Workhouse], 2 and 3.
    • HO107/148. Enumeration District 2. (Includes part of Grampound Township; Extra Parochial places named "Over the Bridge and Probus Hill". Detached part of ED2 Creed).
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Creed and Grampound (HO107/1908) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Creed - Enumeration District 3.
  • Grampound - Enumeration District 4.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Creed and Grampound (RG9/1551) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Grampound. Enumeration District 1.
  • Creed. Enumeration District 2.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Creed and Grampound (RG10/2270) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Grampound. Enumeration District 1.
  • Creed. Enumeration District 2.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Creed and Grampound (RG11/2305) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Grampound. Enumeration District 1.
  • Creed. Enumeration District 2.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Creed and Grampound (RG12/1825), Enumeration Districts 1 (Creed) and 2, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW9347 and was dedicated to St Crida. It comprises a chancel, nave, south aisle and north transept. The arcade consists of five four-centred arches of St Stephen's stone, with pillars of the same material. There is a south porch and a north door. The tower was built in 1733; it is of three stages, with battlements and pinnacles, and is buttressed on the square.
  The church of St Creed is a building of much interest and beauty; the south aisle (in pre-reformation days, known as the Jesus aisle, with its own altar) is of the 14th century, the north transept and part of the north wall appear to be of the 13th, while the base of the font carries us back to Norman times. The tower is relatively modern. In spite of the dilapidated state into which the church was allowed to fall, during the restoration carried out in 1904, under Mr O.B. Peter, much of historical interest and beauty was able to be preserved, notably an early altar slab, a dwarf pillar piscina of unusual design, some good oak work (partly 15th century), and two medieval bells, one without inscription, and the other inscribed in black letters with small Lombardic capitals, 'Sancte Thome Ora Pro Nobis'. The third bell, named in the inventory of Edward VI, has disappeared. There is an old church house in the yard.
  The chapel of St Naunter in the town (the earliest licence of which that we have was in 1370), in which divine service was performed on Sunday afternoons by the vicar of Creed until 1815, when it had fallen into ruins; it was rebuilt and opened again in 1869.
  Details about the plans of the existing church (ICBS) are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. There were chapels for the Wesleyan Methodists, Bible Christians and Independents in Grampound.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Creed are: C052751, P006441. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1603 - 1837; it is NOT believed to be fully included in the LDS Church's International Genealogical Index (IGI).
• The Cornwall Record Office Holdings: Baptisms 1653 - 1895, Burials 1654 - 1950, Marriages 1653 - 1837, Boyd's Marriage Index 1602 - 1668, Pallot's Marriage Index 1790 - 1812, BTs 1602 - 1668.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms in the parish 1813 to 1895 are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Parish Chest have published on CD, baptisms 1699 to 1842 for Creed parish.
• Banns. Banns in the parish 1889 to 1911 are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • Phillimore's marriages in the parish 1611 to 1837, and parish register transcripts 1755 to 1900, are also available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1613 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
• Burials.
  • Burials in the parish 1763 to 1911 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 Creed with Grampound has been in the Registration District of St Austell continuously from 1st July 1837. There were sub-districts at Fowey, Grampound, Mevagissey and St Austell, but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the district are: Creed, Fowey, Gorran, Grampound, Mevagissey, Roche, St. Austell, St. Blazey, St. Dennis, St. Ewe, St. Mewan, St. Michael Carhays, St. Sampson, St. Stephen in Brannel, Tywardreath. The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: 12 Carlyon Road, St Austell, PL25 4LD. Tel: 01726 68974. Fax: 01726 68974.

• Geograph
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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Creed 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.
• Some genealogical material about Grampound 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 Creed ecclesiastical parish:

• Tybesta (Tibesteu, Tibestev), Grid Reference 790605.

• Map of the St Austell Registration district in which the parish lies.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW951482 (Lat/Lon: 50.298181, -4.877801), Creed 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.

• Creed with Grampound parish was part of the St Austell Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts in respect of Creed (1746 to 1882), and separately for Grampound (1700 - 1701 and 1832 - 1837), are available in the Cornwall Record Office.
• Also available from the Cornwall Record Office are Creed Settlement Papers (1785 to 1828) and Grampound Settlement Papers (1671 to 1819), as well Grampound Bastardy Bonds (1679 and 1816).

Except where stated to the contrary, Creed and Grampound have usually been enumerated separately. However, from 2001 the parish was enumerated as "Grampound-with-Creed".

Creed

Grampound

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 Creed and Grampound, are available on-line.

The parish of Creed-with-Grampound comprises 2661 acres of land and 5 acres of water.

The Hearth Tax entries for Grampound Borough (1662-1689) are available on-line.