Newlyn East

St Newlyn East - A History of the Parish was published by the St Newlyn East Local Studies Group in 2000 (ISBN 0 9525692 1 3).

• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions on-line for the Parish Church - 280 entries.
• A separate cemetery of one acre was formed in 1882.

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 Newlyn East (HO107/150), Enumeration Districts 3 to 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Newlyn East (HO107/1905), Enumeration District 3a and 3b, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Newlyn East (RG9/1544), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871.
  • The 1871 Census of Newlyn East (RG10/2257), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of St Newlyn East (RG11/2298), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of St Newlyn East (RG12/1820), Enumeration District 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW8256 and was dedicated to St Newlyn the Virgin ( St Newelina) on "the Friday after St. Matthew" in September 1259. It consists of a chancel, nave, south aisle, south transept or Tresillian aisle, and north transept or Cargol manor aisle. The arcade consists of five four-centred arches, and three lesser pointed arches. The church contains the family vault of the Arundells of Trerice. There is a south porch and a north door. The tower is of three stages, is buttressed on the square, and finished with battlements and pinnacles; it contains five bells. The church was re-roofed in 1846, and a major renewal took place in 1883.
• Non-Conformist. In this parish were four Wesleyan chapels: one in the Churchtown, one at Mitchell, one at Rejerrow and one at Kestle Mill.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for East Newlyn (sic) are: C0022521/2/3/4, E022522, M022521/2/3/5. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1559 - 1876.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1559 - 1900, Burials 1559 - 1900, Marriages 1559 - 1812, Boyd's Marriage Index 1559 - 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 1562 to 1812, and 1675 to 1773 (Bishop's transcripts), for this parish are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Newlyn East Wesleyan-Methodist Chapel baptisms 1839 to 1899, Rejerrah Wesleyan-Methodist baptisms 1857 to 1911, and Mitchell Wesleyan-Methodist baptisms 1882 to 1906, are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Parish Chest have published on CD, baptisms 1715 to 1830 for the parish of Newlyn East.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1715 to 1850 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest
• Marriages.
  • Phillimore's Marriages 1559 to 1812, 1675 to 1773 (Bishop's transcripts), and 1715 to 1755 (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 Marriages 1559 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1675 to 1772 (Bishop's transcripts), and parish transcripts 1559 to 1901, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC has placed on-line burials at Newlyn East, as follows:
    • 1764 through 1813 - A through L.
    • 1764 through 1813 - M through Z.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in CD or Book formats.
• Other Non-Conformist Records. OPC Coverage of Non-Conformist records of this parish is available.

The parish of Newlyn East was originally in the St Columb Registration District. It is now in the Truro Registration District. There were sub-districts at Newlyn, Padstow and St Columb Major, but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the old St Columb district were: Colan, Crantock, Cubert, Little Petherick, Mawgan in Pyder, Newlyn, Newquay, Padstow, St. Breock, St. Columb Major, St. Columb Minor, St. Enoder, St. Ervan, St. Eval, St. Issey, St. Merryn, St. Wenn.

The address of the Superintendant Registrar in Truro is: Dalvenie House, New County Hall, Truro, TR1 3AY.
Tel: 01872 322241.

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• Kelly'S 1873 Directory of Newlyn East.
• Kelly's Trades Directory of Newlyn East - 1910. (This includes the names of parishioners).

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Newlyn East 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 OPC for Newlyn East is Blanche Charles, who has produced a genealogical website for St Allen, Newlyn East, Perranzabuloe and Withiel parishes, and who offers look-ups of parish register, census and Directory information of the 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 Newlyn East ecclesiastical parish:

• Cargoll (Cargau, Cargav), Grid Reference 819564.
• Trenhaile (Trenhal), Grid Reference 821590.

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

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW828563 (Lat/Lon: 50.366051, -5.055601), Newlyn East 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.

Newlyn East parish was part of the St Columb Major Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

The parish comprises 8371 acres of land.