Launcells

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for;

• The Parish Church - 648 entries
• Grimscott Methodist Chapel - 159 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 Launcells (HO107/151), Enumeration Districts 4 and 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The 1841 Census of Launcells is also available from the Cornwall Family History Society.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Launcells (HO107/1897), Enumeration Districts 3a and 3b, 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; Launcells is listed in Volume 5. 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 Launcells (RG9/1513), Enumeration Districts 5 and 6, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Launcells (RG10/2216), (Enumeration Districts 5 and 6), is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Launcells (RG11/2270), Enumeration Districts 5 and 6, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Launcells (RG12/1797), Enumeration Districts 5 and 6, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SS2405; it was initially dedicated to St Andrew on 16th October 1321, but was later rededicated to St Swithin. It is divided into a chancel, nave, and north and south aisle. The tower is of four stages, and is 64 feet in hight to the battlements. It is surmounted by 12 feet long pinnacles. The belfry contains six bells.
  The church of St. Swithin has a very old door with an immense lock leading to a delightfully unrestored interior with some fine examples of carved bench-ends, barrel roofs and some interesting 15th Century floor tiles from the Barnstaple potteries. The grave of Sir Goldsworthy Gurney lies here and 40 yards south of the church is the small but impressive well of St. Swithin.
• Non-Conformist. There were Wesleyan Methodist and Bible Christian chapels at Grimscott.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Launcells are: C026421, C053381, E026421, E053381, M026421, M053381. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage for this parish is 1618 - 1836.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1708 - 1989, Burials 1708 - 1988, Marriages 1642 - 1977, Boyd's Marriage Index 1642 - 1812, Pallot's Index Index 1800 - 1812, BTs 1618 - 1673.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials.
• Baptisms.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1709 to 1842 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest.
  • Baptisms in this parish 1608 to 1709 (Bishop's transcripts), and 1718 to 1912, are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1618 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1642 to 1812, and marriage transcriptions 1838 to 1913, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Phillimore's Marriages of Launcells 1642 to 1812 are also available on-line from UK Genealogy Archives.
• Burials.
  • Burials in this parish 1618 to 1804 (Bishop's transcripts), and 1708 to 1938, 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 and CD formats.

The parish of Launcells is in the Stratton Registration District, and has been since 1st July 1837; there were sub-districts at Kilhampton, Stratton and Week St Mary but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the district are: Jacobstow, Kilkhampton, Launcells, Marhamchurch, Morwenstow, Poughill, Poundstock, St. Gennys, Stratton, Stratton and Bude, Week St. Mary, Whitstone. The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: The Parkhouse Centre, Ergue Gaberic Way, Bude, EX23 8LF. Tel: 01288 353209.

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

• Buttsbear (Bretelesbeorge, Brecelesbeorge), Grid Reference 261043.
• Cann Orchard (Orcet), Grid Reference 230047.
• Launcells (Landseu, Landsev), Grid Reference 244056.
• Great Moreton (Mortuna, Mortvne), Grid Reference 279071.
• Norton (Nortona, Nortone), Grid Reference 253085.
• Higher & Lower Pigsdon (Pighesdona), Grid Reference 281091.
• Thurlibeer (Tirlebera, Tirlebere), Grid Reference 253046.

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

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SS256067 (Lat/Lon: 50.833243, -4.478474), Launcells 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.

• Launcells parish was part of the Stratton Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1707 to 1856) are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

The parish comprises 6186 acres of land.