Grade

• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 249 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 Grade (HO107/137), Enumeration Districts 14 and 15, 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 Grade (HO107/1918), Enumeration Districts 6a and 6b, 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; Grade 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 Grade (RG9/1573), Enumeration Districts 11 and 12, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: 1861 Census of the parish, which is available in CD format.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Grade (RG10/2306), Enumeration Districts 11 and 12, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Grade, (RG11/2325), Enumeration Districts 4 and 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Grade (RG12/1841), Enumeration Districts 11 and 12, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The old parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW7114 and was dedicated to St Grada and the Holy Cross. and the Holy Cross. It comprised a chancel, nave, and north and south transept. The south transept, also known as the Erisey aisle was once the burial place for that ancient family. The tower, a well-built structure, still remains; it is of two stages, is finished with battlements and pinnacles, and contained three bells.
  The body of the church, being considered too dilapidated for repair, was taken down in 1863, and a new building was erected. The new church comprises a chancel, nave, and south porch. The only entrance is through the south porch.
• Non-Conformist. The arrangements for Non-Conformists in the parish are not yet known.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Grade are: C023131/2/3, C053361, E023132, M023132. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1597 - 1885.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1700 - 1988, Burials 1707 - 1964, Marriages 1707 - 1944, Boyd's Marriage Index 1597 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1790 - 1812, BTs 1597 - 1673.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1813 to 1902 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD baptisms 1707 to 1840 (with marriages) for this parish and these are available for purchase on Parish Chest..
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1597 to 1836, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1674 to 1812, and marriages 1813 to 1901, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD marriages 1707 to 1840 (with baptisms) for this parish and these are available for purchase on Parish Chest..
• Burials.
  • Burials 1707 to 1901 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1836, which is available in Book format.

The modern parish of Grade-Ruan was originally in the Helston Registration District as Grade, Ruan Major and Ruan Minor; 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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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Grade 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.
• Strays. Persons living in a parish but born elsewhere are known as "Strays". Strays found in Grade in the 1861 Census are available on-line.

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

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW720162 (Lat/Lon: 50.002663, -5.183686), Grade 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.

Grade parish was part of the Helston Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

In 1934, Grade parish united with both Ruan Major and Ruan Minor to form a single parish called Grade - Ruan. Since 1951, the population figures include all three former parishes.

Most parish and church description(s) on these pages are from Lake's Parochial History of the County of Cornwall by J Polsue (Truro, 1867 - 1873)

Wills & Admons for Grade 1660-1773 are available on-line.

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 Grade are available on-line.

The parish comprises 2007 acres of land.