Pencoys

• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 690 entries.
• War Memorial inscriptions for Four Lanes (1914-1918 and 1939-1945 Wars) are separately available.

For 1841 to 1881 - see under Wendron. Census information for this parish (1891-1901) 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. In the 1841 Census, Pencoys was enumerated as part of Wendron parish.
• 1851. In the 1851 Census, Pencoys was enumerated as part of Wendron parish.
• 1861. In the 1861 Census, Pencoys was enumerated as part of Wendron parish.
• 1871. In the 1871 Census, Pencoys was enumerated as part of Wendron parish.
• 1881. In the 1881 Census, Pencoys was enumerated as part of Wendron parish. The 1881 Census of the UK can be searched on-line courtesy of familySearch.org.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Pencoys (RG12/1839), Enumeration Districts 14 to 13, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project - COCP.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW6838, at Four Lanes, and is dedicated to St Andrew. It was erected in 1882 and is built of stone and granite in the Decorated style; it comprises a chancel, nave, porch and a western bellcote containing one bell. The registers date from 1882.
• Non-Conformist. There is a Four Lanes Methodist Church in Four Lanes.

• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1881 - 1916, Burials 1884 - 1914, Marriages 1882 - 1978.
• Baptisms. Baptisms 1881 to 1911 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages. Marriages 1882 to 1911 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Burials. Burials 1884 to 1912 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).

The parish of Pencoys was originally part of Wendron which was in the Helston Registration District; there were sub-districts at Breage, Crowan, Helston, St Keverne and Wendron. It is now in the Kerrier Registration District.

The address of the Registration Office is: The Willows, Church Street, Helston, TR13 8NJ.
Tel: 01326 562848.

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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Pencoys 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 Kerrier Registration District in which the parish lies.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW687382 (Lat/Lon: 50.198633, -5.242109), Pencoys 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.

Pencoys parish became part of the Helston Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief when it was created.

Pencoys was created from part of Wendron parish in 1881. Population figures before this date are with Wendron.

The parish comprises 0000 acres of land.