Lanreath

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 501 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 Lanreath (HO107/153), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Lanreath (HO107/1904), Enumeration Districts 4a and 4b, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Lanreath (RG9/1532), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Lanreath (RG10/2244), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Lanreath (RG11/2288), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Lanreath (RG12/1813), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX1856; it is dedicated to St Marnarck (Manacus, Manakneu) & St Dunstan. However it was originally dedicated to St Sancredus on 17th October 1721. It comprises a chancel, nave, south aisle and north transept. he arcade consists of five four-centred arches, supported on monolith granite pillars. here is a south porch asnd a private entrance into pews previously used exclusively by the Grylls family. The tower is of three stages, and is finished with battlements and crocketed pinnacles; it contains six bells.
• Non-Conformist. There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Mount Pleasant, and a Bible Christian chapel at Burze.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Lanreath are: C0233071/2/3, M053521, Independent Chapel C065481. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1555 to 1875.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1555 - 1992, Burials 1555 - 1992, Marriages 1555 - 1837, Boyd's Marriage indexes 1597 - 1673, BTs 1597 - 1673, Non-Conformist records 1816 - 1827.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms in this parish 1680 to 1772 (Bishop's transcripts) are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1677 to 1840 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest..
• Marriages.
  • Phillimore marriages in this parish 1676 to 1772, and parish transcripts 1754 to 1812, are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Callington Area Heritage Centre (broken link) have placed on-line marriage records for Lanreath parish 1813 to 1837.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1555 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
• Burials.
  • Burials in this parish 1677 to 1812 (including Bishop's transcripts 1680 to 1772), are 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 Lanreath has always been in the Liskeard Registration District. There were sub-districts at Callington, Lerrin, Liskeard and Looe. Parishes within the district are: Boconnoc, Broadoak, Callington, Calstock (1837-60), Duloe, East Looe, Lanreath, Lansallos, Lanteglos, Linkinhorne, Liskeard, Liskeard Borough, Menheniot, Morval, Pelynt, St. Cleer, St. Dominick, St. Ive, St. Keyne, St. Martin's, St. Neot, St. Pinnock, St. Veep, Southill, Talland and West Looe. The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: Graylands, Dean Street, Liskeard, PL14 4AH. Tel: 01579 343442.

• Photographs of Lanreath are available on-line.

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• Botelet (Botiled), Grid Reference 183602.
• Lanreath (Lanredoch, Lavredoch), Grid Reference 181569.
• Trecan (Ricann, Richan), Grid Reference 169588.
• Tregunnick (Treuocaruuinnoc, Trevocarwinoc), Grid Reference 171548.

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

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX183579 (Lat/Lon: 50.393016, -4.557454), Lanreath 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.

Apprenticeship Indentures for Lanreath (1726 - 1837) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.

• Lanreath parish was part of the Liskeard Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1706 to 1842) and Settlement Papers (1708 to 1850) are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

Herodsfoot was created from part of this parish 1851. The following population figures include Herodsfoot parish.

The parish is comprised of 4964 acres of land and 2 acres of water.