Ludgvan

• The Gravestone Photographic Resource project have recorded some 253 persons in 98 graves for St Paul's churchyard, Ludgvan. The site also has recorded several different burial ground sites for the parish which are listed separately.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for:
  • The Parish Church - 2330 entries.
  • Crowlas Methodist Chapel - 160 entries.
• War Memorial inscriptions for Ludgvan parish are separately available.

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 Ludgvan (HO107/142) (Enumeration Districts 10 to 16), is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Ludgvan (HO107/1917) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
    • Enumeration Districts 2a, 2b and 2c.
    • Enumeration Districts 2d, 2e, 2f and 2g.
  • The New Zealand Society of Genealogists have compiled separate surname indexes of the 1851 Census for each Cornish registration district; Ludgvan is listed in Volume 24. 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 Ludgvan (RG9/1587) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 1 to 3.
  • Enumeration Districts 4 to 7.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Ludgvan is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • RG10/2330. Enumeration Districts 1 to 4 and 5B.
  • RG10/2331. Enumeration Districts 6 and 7.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Ludgvan (RG11/2339) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 1 to 4.
  • Enumeration Districts 5 to 7.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Ludgvan (RG12/1853) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 1 to 4.
  • Enumeration Districts 5 to 7.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW5033. The church was originally dedicated to St Ludowanus (Ludgvan) by John de Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter, on 14th July 1336 but is now dedicated to St Ludgvan and St Paul the Apostle. It comprises a chancel, nave, north and south aisle, and a vestry. The chancel was enlarged in 1840. The north arcade has six four-centred arches, with fine granite pillars, chiefly monolith; the south arcade has four arches of similar character and material. There is a south porch with a circular opening in its eastern side, and the inner arch of its doorway is of Norman character. There is also a north door and a priest's door. The tower, which is of three stages, is buttressed on the square and finished with battlements and pinnacles. The belfry contains five bells.
  On 30th July 1761, the church was struck by lightning. The south door was burst open, and the pulpit and communion table were shattered; one of the pinnacles on the tower was struck down, and other parts of the building were considerable damaged.
• Non-Conformist. The Wesleyan Methodists had a large chapel at Crowlas, a chapel at Whitecross built in 1858, another at Trenowin, Newtown and Canonstown. The Primitive Methodists had chapels at Lower Quarter, Cockwells (built in 1858), and Boswase. The Bible Christians had a chapel at Batreva.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Ludgvan are: C020961/2, E020961, M020961. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1563 - 1875.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1564 - 1974, Burials 1563 - 1959, Marriages 1563 - 1980, Boyd's Marriage Index 1563 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1800 - 1812.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages.
  • 1813-37 Marriages.
  • 1813-37 Burials.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1694 to 1807 (Bishop's transcripts - with gaps), and transcriptions 1894 to 1900, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Baptisms in the Ludgvan Wesleyan Methodist church 1855 to 1884 are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP). They are also available from West Penwith Resources.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1712 to 1840 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest.
• Banns. Banns 1824 to 1901 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 1563 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1563 to 1812, marriage transcriptions 1712 to 1745 and 1754 to 1893, and Bishop's transcripts 1674 to 1807, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Phillimore's Marriages of Ludgvan 1563 to 1812 are available on-line from UK Genealogy Archives.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1700 to 1900 (including Bishop's transcripts, with gaps, 1674 to 1807) 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 1837, which is available in Book format.
• Other Non-Conformist Records. OPC Coverage of Non-Conformist records of this parish is available.

The parish of Ludgvan has been in the Penzance Registration District continuously from 1st July 1837. There were originally sub-districts at Marazion, Penzance, St Buryan, St Just, St Ives and Uny-Lelant but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the district are: Gulval, Ludgvan, Madron, Marazion, Morvah, Penzance, Perranuthnoe, St. Buryan, St. Erth, St. Hilary, St. Ives, St. Just in Penwith, St. Levan, St. Michael's Mount, St. Paul, Sancreed, Sennen, Towednack, Uny-Lelant, Wolfe Rock Lighthouse, and Zennor. The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: Alphington House, Alverton Place, Penzance, TR18 4JJ. Tel: 01736 330093.

• Further information and some more pictures of Ludgvan are also available.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Kelly's Directory of Cornwall 1856 covering Ludgvan.
• Kelly's Directory of Cornwall 1883 covering Ludgvan (including Crowlas).
• Kelly's Directory of Cornwall 1893 covering Ludgvan (including Canons Town and Crowlas).

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Ludgvan 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.
• West Penwith resources have provided considerable additional information about this parish.

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 Ludgvan ecclesiastical parish:

• Ludgvan (Luduam, Ludvha'), Grid Reference 505330.
• Truthwall (Treiwal, Treuthal, Trevthal), Grid Reference 525323.

The Manor of Ludgvan Lese covered parts of the parishes of Ludgvan, St. Ives, Zennor and Towednack. The abstracts of the Manorial Records 1688-1739, which are taken from LDS film #1471491, are available on-line.

• Map of the Penzance Registration District in which the parish lies.
• A map showing Ludgvan in the context of its neighbours is available.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW509334 (Lat/Lon: 50.147876, -5.48795), Ludgvan 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.

• Ludgvan parish was part of the Penzance Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief. Overseers' Accounts (1700 to 1748, 1778 to 1824), Settlement Papers Register (1770 to 1861) and Bastardy Bonds (1760 to 1829), are available in the Cornwall Record Office.
• Bastardy Bonds for Ludgvan 1760 to 1820 are available on-line. These list those bonds levied for the support of base (i.e. illegitimate) children. The mothers are listed as are those named in the bonds (which may include, but not necessarily, the fathers).

Wills & Admons for Ludgvan parish, 1661-1772 are available on-line.

• The Ludgvan Old Cornwall Society News Page is on-line.
• The Penwith Local History Group aims:
  • To encourage and sustain public interest in the history of Penwith to provide mutual support and encouragement to members in their individual research projects, whether related to Penwith or of wider historical interest.
  • To work as a group on specific research projects, with the aim of publication to an academic standard.
  • To encourage the strong link with the Morrab Library, supporting the Library in its aims and activities.

The parish comprises 4541 acres of land.