Lanteglos by Fowey

Monumental Inscriptions for this parish have not yet been recorded.

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 Lanteglos-by-Fowey (HO107/153), Enumeration Districts 9 to 11, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Lanteglos-by-Fowey (HO107/1903), Enumeration Districts 2a, 2b and 2c, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Lanteglos-by-Fowey (RG9/1532), Enumeration Districts 6 to 8 and Merchant Shipping, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Lanteglos-by-Fowey (RG10/2245), Enumeration Districts 7 to 9 (Polruan), is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Lanteglos-by-Fowey (RG11/2288), Enumeration Districts 7 to 9, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Lanteglos-by-Fowey (RG12/1813), Enumeration Districts 7 to 9, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. There are two Anglican churches in the parish:
  • Parish Page. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX1451, and is dedicated to St Willow. It comprises a chancel, nave, and north and south aisles. The east end of the south aisle appears to have been the burial place pof the Mohun family of Hall. The arcades each comprise five obtuse chamfered arches, supported on octagonal monlith pillars of Pentewan stone. There is a south porch, a north door, and at the east end a priest's door. The tower is of four stages, about 70 feet in height, and stands on four piers. It is finished with battlements only; the belfry contains six bells.
  • Polruan. The church of St. Saviour, is a chapel-of-ease to the parish church of Lanteglos; it was erected in 1891 at a cost of £1,450 and is a building of limestone, with dressings of Bath stone, from designs by Mr W Smith, architect of Truro. It consists of quasi-chancel, nave and south aisle, and has 350 sittings.

  In the early 21st century, Lansallos parish came together with Lanteglos parish to form the united ecclesiastical parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey with Lansallos.

• Non-Conformist. The Wesleyan Methodists and the United Methodist Free Church each had chapels in Polruan. Another Wesleyan chapel was at Highway.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Lanteglos-by-Fowey are: C023211/2. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish 1674 - 1773.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1661 - 1944, Burials 1678 - 1936, Marriages 1678 - 1967, Boyd's Marriage Index 1607 - 1673, BTs 1607 - 1673.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • 1813-37 Marriages.
  • 1813-37 Burials
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms in this parish 1661 to 1807, and 1813 to 1911, are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Polruan Wesleyan-Methodist chapel baptisms 1883 to 1901, Fore Street, Polruan United Methodists and UM Free churches baptisms 1883 to 1911, and West Street, Polruan, Wesleyan chapel baptisms 1908 to 1910, are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1716 to 1841 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest.
• Banns. Banns in this parish 1754 to 1911 are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • Marriages in this parish 1678 to 1900 are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1610 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
• Burials.
  • Burials in this parish 1678 to 1936 are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1813 to 1837, which is available in CD format.
• Other Non-Conformist Records. OPC Coverage of Non-Conformist records of this parish is available.

The parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey 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.

• Pictures of Lanteglos-by-Fowey are available on-line.

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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Lanteglos by Fowey 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 Lanteglos-by-Fowey ecclesiastical parish:

• Lantivet (Namtuiat, Nantvat), Grid Reference 160514.
• Trethake (Trethac, Tredhac), Grid Reference 156523.

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

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX147523 (Lat/Lon: 50.341239, -4.606077), Lanteglos by Fowey 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 Lanteglos-by-Fowey (1726 - 1837) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.

• Lanteglos-by-Fowey parish was part of the Liskeard Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Settlement Papers (1735 to 1833) and Bastardy Bonds (1708 to 1816) are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

The parish comprises 3249 acres of land, 137 acres of tidal water and 180 acres of foreshore.