Gunwalloe

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 281 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 Gunwalloe (HO107/137), Enumeration District 5, 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 Gunwalloe (HO107/1912), Enumeration District 2, 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; Gunwalloe is listed in Volume 32. The booklets are available in Cornwall Centre (formerly known as the Cornish Studies Library), and is also available in the Cornwall FHS Library.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Gunwalloe (RG9/1572), Enumeration District 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Gunwalloe (RG10/2304), Enumeration District 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Gunwalloe (RG11/2323), Enumeration District 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Gunwalloe (RG12/1840), Enumeration District 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW6522 and was dedicated to St Winwallo. It consists of a chancel, nave, and north and south aisles. The arcades each consist of five four-centred arches, supported on tall monolith pillars. There is a north door and a south porch.
  The church has a separate tower, dating from the 13th century, standing some 14 feet from the north-west corner, and is interesting in many other respects. It stands at the foot of the sand hills, close to the sea, being sheltered by a rocky peninsula from its waves. It is of two stages; a large portion of the north, south and west walls of the first stage being cut into the solid rock. It has a pyramidal roof. There is an old cross inserted in the chancel wall. Gunwalloe at one time formed one benefice with Breage, Germoe, and Cury. The church, which remains remarkably unspoilt, is now united with Cury, and St Mawgan-in-Meneage only.
• Non-Conformist. The Wesleyan Methodists and Wesleyan Methodist Free Church had chapels at Barepper.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Gunwalloe are: C023401/2/3, E023402, M023402/3. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1716 - 1994 (sic).
• Cornwall Record Office.. The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1717 - 1812, Burials 1716 - 1812, Marriages 1716 - 1837, Boyd's Marriage Index 1608 - 1837, Pallot's Marriage Index 1608 - 1794.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1713 to 1842, and 1717 to 1901, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility -(C-PROP).
  • The OPC has made available 1708 to 1787 on-line.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD baptisms 1713 to 1842 for this parish and these are available for purchase on Parish Chest..
• Banns. Banns 1886 to 1902 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 1608 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Marriages 1608 to 1837, and 1676 to 1761 (Bishop's transcripts - with gaps), for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC has made available marriages 1608 to 1837 on-line.
• Burials.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.
  • Burials 1716 to 1903 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC has made available burials 1716 to 1903 on-line.

The parish of Gunwalloe 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.

• Geograph
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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Gunwalloe 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 Gunwalloe ecclesiastical parish:

• Winnianton (Winnetona, Winetone, Winetona, Uinnetona, Uingetona), Grid Reference 660207.

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

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW659222 (Lat/Lon: 50.053594, -5.272274), Gunwalloe 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.

• Gunwalloe parish was part of the Helston Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1758 to 1825) 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 Gunwalloe are available on-line.
• A list of the clergy at Gunwalloe from 1208 to the present day is available on-line.

The parish comprises 1438 acres of land, 24 acres of water, one acre of tidal water and 66 acres of foreshore.