Menheniot

Memorial inscriptions for this parish have not yet been published.

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 Menheniot (HO107/133), Enumeration Districts 7 to 9, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The 1841 census for this parish has been filmed by the LDS church - film No. 241258.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Menheniot (HO107/1902), Enumeration Districts 1a to 1c, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Menheniot (RG9/1528), is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 1 and 2.
  • Enumeration District 3.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Menheniot (RG10/2236), Enumeration Districts 1 to 3, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Menheniot (RG11/2285), Enumeration Districts 1 to 3, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Menheniot (RG12/1810), Enumeration Districts 1 to 3, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX2862 and is dedicated to St Lalluwy. It comprises a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, and a vestry. The south arcade consists of five obtuse arches supported on monolith granite pillars; the north have five four-centred arches on simlar pillars. There are north and south porches and a priest's door. The tower is 44 feet 7 inches in height, is strongly buttressed on the square and surmounted with a spire. The belfry contains five bells.
  There is also a Mission church at Merrymeet.
• Non-Conformist. There were Wesleyan Methodist chapels at Menheniot Village and Trengrove; a United Methodist Free Church chapel in Menheniot village, and a Bible Christian chapel, built in 1850, at Pengover Green.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Menheniot are: C052911, C022821. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1554 - 1837; it is NOT believed to be fully included in the LDS Church's International Genealogical Index (IGI).
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1554 - 1944, Burials 1554 - 1924, Marriages 1554 - 1981, Boyd's Marriage Index 1554 - 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 in this parish 1677 to 1773 (Bishop's transcripts), and 1554 to 1911 (parish transcripts) are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Parish Chest have published on CD, baptisms 1740 to 1840 for this parish.
• Banns. Banns 1786 to 1793 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • Callington Area Heritage Centre (broken link) have placed on-line marriage records for Menheniot parish 1813 to 1837.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1554 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1554 to 1812, Bishop's transcripts 1677 to 1805, and parish transcripts 1554 to 1911, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Phillimore's Marriages of Menheniot 1554 to 1812 are separately available on-line from UK Genealogy Archives.
• Burials.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in CD or Book formats.
  • Burials in this parish (1554 to 1911) are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).

The parish of Menheniot has always been in the Liskeard Registration District. There were sub-districts at Callington, Lerrin, Liskeard and Looe, but these closed in the 1930's. 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.

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

• Cartuter (Croutededor, Craftededor), Grid Reference 264632.
• Penhawger (Pennahalgar, Pennhalgar), Grid Reference 285669.
• Tregrill (Tregril), Grid Reference 283632.
• Trehawke (Trehauoc, Trehvoc), Grid Reference 312620.

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

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX291638 (Lat/Lon: 50.448841, -4.408377), Menheniot 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.

• Information about the Caradon and Liskeard Mines is available on-line.
• Apprenticeship Indentures for Menheniot (1803 - 1835 register) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.

• Menheniot parish was part of the Liskeard Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1674 to 1714,1726 to 1760, 1808 to 1819) and Settlement Papers (1787) 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 Menheniot are available on-line.

The parish comprises 6987 acres of land and 15 acres of water.