Michaelstow

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 321 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 Michaelstow (HO107/140), Enumeration District 9, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Michaelstow (HO107/1898), Enumeration District 5, 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; Michaelstow is listed in Volume 4. 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 Michaelstow (RG9/1516), Enumeration District 9, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Michaelstow (RG10/2221), Enumeration District 9, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Michaelstow (RG11/2273), Enumeration District 9, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Michaelstow (RG12/1800), Enumeration District 6, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX0878. The holy well in the churchyard opposite the South Door points to the church being located on an ancient site of worship.
  The church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. It consists of a chancel, nave, and north and south aisles. The south arcade has four four-centred arches, supported on monolith granite pillars; the south arcade has five similar arches and opillars. There is a south porch and a north door. The tower is 56 feet in height; it consists of three stages, and is finished with battlements and pinnacles. Further detail on the church history is available.
• Non-Conformist. There was a Bible Christian chapel at Treveighan, and an Association Methodist chapel at Leathern Bottle.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Michaelstow are: E002101, P002101, M0022101, Bible Christian Circuit C065241. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1548 - 1812.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1680 - 1812, Burials 1544 - 1974, Marriages 1548 - 1842, Boyds Marriage Index 1548 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1790 - 1812.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1676 to 1772 (Bishop's transcripts) for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Michaelstow Bible Christian Chapel baptisms 1822 to 1837 are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC for St Breward has polaced on-line baptisms of the Michaelstow Bible Christian Circuit 1834 - 1837.
• Marriages.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1548 to 1812, and Bishop's transcripts 1676 to 1772 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1548 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1676 to 1772 (Bishop's transcripts) 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 formats.
• Other Non-Conformist Records. OPC Coverage of Non-Conformist records of this parish is available.

Although originally in the Camelford Registration District, the parish of Michaelstow is now in the Bodmin Registration District; there were sub-districts at Boscastle and Camelford. Parishes within the Camelford district were: Advent, Davidstow, Forrabury, Lanteglos, Lesnewth, Michaelstow, Minster, Otterham, St. Breward, St. Clether, St. Juliot, St. Teath, Tintagel, Trevalga.

The Superintendant Registrar of Bodmin can be contacted at: Lyndhurst, 66 Nicholas Street, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 2AG. Tel: 01208 73677.

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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Michaelstow 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.

• Map of the Camelford Registration District in which the parish originally lay.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX080791 (Lat/Lon: 50.579736, -4.713747), Michaelstow 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.

Michaelstow parish was part of the Camelford Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

The parish comprises 1631 acres of land and 4 acres of water.