Phillack

• Transcriptions from Phillack cemetery are available on Christine Uphill's Cornish Cemeteries site.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 1900 entries.
• Monumental Inscriptions for Phillack are also available on-line.

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 Phillack (HO107/143) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 1 and 2.
  • Enumeration Districts 3 [including Merchant Shipping] and 4.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Phillack (HO107/1916) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
    • Enumeration Districts 3a and 3b.
    • Enumeration District 3c and 3d.
  • Part of the 1851 Census of Phillack is also available from the West-Penwith resources as part of the 1851 British Census 2% sample - Cornwall.
  • The New Zealand Society of Genealogists have compiled separate surname indexes of the 1851 Census for each Cornish registration district. Entries for Philleigh are contained in Volume 38. The booklets are available in Cornwall at the Cornwall Centre (formerly known as the Cornish Studies Library), and is also in the Library of the Cornwall FHS from which it can be purchased.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Phillack (RG9/1586) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 1 and 2.
  • Enumeration District 3.
  • Enumeration District 4.
• 1871.
  • The 1871 Census of Phillack (RG10/2327), s available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
    • RG10/2327. Enumeration District 3.
    • RG10/2328. Enumeration Districts 4 and 5 (Hayle).
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Phillack (RG11/2337), Enumeration District 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Phillack (RG12/1852) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration District 3.
  • Enumeration Districts 4 and 5 (part).
  • Phillack Merchant Shipping.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW5638 and was dedicated to St Felicitas. On this site probably there was an original wooden oratory, followed around 700 A.D. with a stone chapel. It is more than likely this was situated under the nave and chancel of the later Norman Church.
  During the 15th century the tower was added, possibly encroaching on the western end of the Norman work. The northern aisle was built at this time replacing the older north transept, and the doorway, formerly at the western end, was moved to the position in which it stands today. At the same time, the Norman altar was replaced by a larger construction. Fragments of the rood screen and carved benches have been incorporated into the modern pulpit.
  The parish population quadrupled between 1801 and 1871, largely due to the growth of Hayle as an industrial centre. The church was nearly completely re-built in 1856/57 to increase the accomodation available inside the church; only the tower remained virtually untouched.
  The church comprises a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, and a vestry. The tower is 57 feet in height; it has three stages, and is finished with battlements, crocketed pinnacles and a pyramidical roof surmounted with a vane.
• Non-Conformist. The arrangements for Non-Conformists in this parish have not yet been determined.

If you cannot find what you were looking for in the St Elwyn or Phillack transcriptions, check the St Erth parish register transcriptions as many St Erth parish register entries refer to residents of Phillack and Hayle.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Phillack are: C0223191/2/3, E023191, M023191/2. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1561 - 1875.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1560 - 1966, Burials 1560 - 1985, Marriages 1572 - 1971, Boyd's Marriage Index 1572 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1790 - 1812, Non-Conformist records 1819 - 1837.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages.
  • 1813-37 Marriages.
  • Burials 1813-37.
• Baptisms.
  • The OPC has placed the following Phillack Church baptisms on-line:

    Baptisms 1560 to 1579. Baptisms 1580 to 1599. Baptisms 1600 to 1619. Baptisms 1620 to 1639. Baptisms 1640 to 1659. Baptisms 1670 to 1679. Baptisms 1680 to 1699. Baptisms 1700 to 1719. Baptisms 1720 to 1739. Baptisms 1740 to 1759. Baptisms 1760 to 1779.

    Baptisms 1780 to 1789. Baptisms 1790 to 1799. Baptisms 1800 to 1809. Baptisms 1810 to 1814. Baptisms 1815 to 1819. Baptisms 1820 to 1824. Baptisms 1825 to 1829. Baptisms 1830 to 1834. Baptisms 1835 to 1839. Baptisms 1840 to 1844. Baptisms 1845 to 1849.

    Baptisms 1850 to 1854. Baptisms 1855 to 1859. Baptisms 1860 to 1864. Baptisms 1865 to 1869. Baptisms 1870 to 1874. Baptisms 1875 to 1879. Baptisms 1880 to 1884. Baptisms 1885 to 1889. Baptisms 1890 to 1899. Baptisms 1900 to 1909.

  • Baptisms at St Erth 1813 to 1899 of those whose father or mother's abode is Phillack or Hayle are on-line courtesy of the OPC.
  • From 1888, baptisms also took place at St Elwyn, Hayle.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD baptisms 1716 to 1840 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest.
  • Baptisms (1815 to 1837) at Phillack Copperhouse Wesleyan Chapel are available on-line courtesy of the OPC.
• Marriages.
  • The OPC has placed the following Phillack Church marriages on-line:

    Marriages 1572 to 1599. Marriages 1600 to 1699. Marriages 1700 to 1749. Marriages 1750 to 1799. Marriages 1800 to 1812. Marriages 1813 to 1819. Marriages 1820 to 1829. Marriages 1830 to 1837. Marriages 1837 to 1849.

    Marriages 1850 to 1859. Marriages 1860 to 1869. Marriages 1870 to 1879. Marriages 1880 to 1889. Marriages 1890 to 1899. Marriages 1900 to 1909. Marriages 1910 to 1919. Marriages 1920 to 1927.

  • Marriages at St Erth 1701 to 1919 of those whose Bride or groom's abode is Phillack or Hayle are on-line courtesy of the OPC.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1572 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Phillimore marriages 1572 to 1812, and marriage transcripts 1813 to 1912, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Phillimore's Marriages at Phillack - 1572 to 1812 are available on-line from the UK Genealogy Archives.
  • Marriages (1572 to 1899) at Phillack are also available on-line.
• Burials.
  • The OPC has placed the following Phillack Church burials on-line:

    Burials 1577 to 1599. Burials 1600 to 1619. Burials 1620 to 1639. Burials 1640 to 1659. Burials 1660 to 1679. Burials 1680 to 1699. Burials 1700 to 1719. Burials 1720 to 1739. Burials 1740 to 1759. Burials 1760 to 1779.

    Burials 1780 to 1799. Burials 1800 to 1819. Burials 1820 to 1829. Burials 1830 to 1839. Burials 1840 to 1849. Burials 1850 to 1859. Burials 1860 to 1864. Burials 1865 to 1869. Burials 1870 to 1874. Burials 1875 to 1879.

    Burials 1880 to 1884. Burials 1885 to 1889. Burials 1890 to 1894. Burials 1895 to 1899. Burials 1900 to 1909. Burials 1910 to 1919. Burials 1920 to 1929. Burials 1930 to 1939. Burials 1940 to 1949. Burials 1950 to 1959.

  • Burials at St Erth 1813 to 1899 of those whose abode is Phillack or Hayle are on-line courtesy of the OPC.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.

The parish of Phillack was originally in the Redruth Registration District until its dissolution. There were sub-districts at Camborne, Gwennap, Illogan, Phillack and Redruth which have now been abolished. It is now part of the Registration District of Camborne-Redruth. Parishes in this registration district were: Camborne, East Phillack, Gwennap, Gwinear, Gwithian, Illogan, Phillack, Redruth, St. Sithian's, West Phillack.

The address of the Superintendant Registrar of Camborne-Redruth is: Roskear, Camborne, TR14 8DN. Tel: 01209 612924.

• More pictures of Phillack are also available.

• Geograph
• Flickr

The entry for the Parish of Phillack in 1873 from the Kelly's Directory of Cornwall - 1873 is available on-line.

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Phillack 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 Phillack has produced a genealogical website for the parish.
• Strays. Persons living in a parish but born elsewhere are known as "Strays". Strays found in the 1851 Census of Phillack are available on-line.
• Those researchers, with family history interests in Phillack and Hayle, are listed on-line together, where appropriately, with email links.

• The parish and town tithe maps, and accompanying survey books of c1840, provide a fascinating snap-shot of land use and ownership in the 19th century. In order to preserve the documents and improve access to them, the Cornwall Record Office are digitising these maps and survey books. The CD ROM tithe package include a map and survey books, together with a reader, for this parish; it is now available from the Cornwall Record Office. Details are on their website.

• The Manorial Documents Register (MDR), maintained by the Historical Documents Commission notes that, so far as can be established, the parish of Phillack contained only the manor of Connerton, which was also associated with the parish of Gwithian.
• The MDR contains the following information for this manor:
  • Accounts with other manors 1387-1797 (non consecutive), court rolls 1488-90, 1524, 1570-75, 1742, court rolls (copies) 1588-89, court rolls with other manors 1451, 1557-65, 1572-73, court books with other manors 1670-75, 1733-37, 1792-96, rentals with other manors 1460-65, 1499, 1571, 1578, 1586-1603, 1618, c1627, 1662-1799, list of freehold tenants 1715, accounts, bills and expenses rel to court dinner 1712-42, court expenses 1704, presentments with other manors 1732-72, presentments (extracts and copies 1695-1759 rel to right of wreck), papers rel to right of wreck c1750, court proceedings 1755, notes and extracts (incl from court roll 1594 and from audit book 1582-1668) rel to right of wreck made 1755 and survey 1673 in Cornwall Record Office, Old County Hall, Truro TR1 3AY (ref: AR/2/92-98, 740, 749-51, 755-6, 768, 778-9, 782-816, 818, 885-12151337, 1340-79; AR/3/88-96; AR/15/48-9, 68, 101, 117-18, 138).
  • Account roll with other manors 1575-76 in the Cornwall Record Office (ref: DDX 609).
• Further information on Manor Houses in Phillack parish can be found online.

• Map of the Penzance Registration District in which the parish lies.
• There are some other maps of Phillack and Hayle available.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW567383 (Lat/Lon: 50.194614, -5.410253), Phillack 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.

• Newspaper Extracts. Pages containing extracts from newspapers of the time that report events at Phillack or Hayle are available on-line. The extracts are courtesy of the willing band of transcribers and cover: Birth, Death, Marriage announcements and other news items

• Some of the people who were connected with the Cornish Copper Company of Hayle, which was located in Phillack, are listed on-line.
• Information on Mines in the Hayle area, is available on-line.
• Information on shipbuilding in the area is also available on-line.
• Some information on 18th and 19th Century Inns and Innkeepers in Hayle and Phillack, by John Higgans, is available.

• Phillack parish was part of the Redruth Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Settlement papers (1695 to 1828) and Bastardy Bonds (1729 - 1828), are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

Hayle St Elwyn parish was created from part of this parish in 1888.
Phillack was incorporated into Hayle (St Elwyn) parish in 1935. In 1891, West Phillack contained 694 persons, and in 1901 the population was 668; after 1931 Phillack population figures were included as part of Hayle.

A STUDY OF THE POPULATION OF THE PARISH OF PHILLACK by John Higgans (and taken from Old Cornwall Magazine, published in Autumn 1969 on pages 222 -231) is available on-line.

• Wills & Admons for Phillack parish, 1660-1768 are available on-line.

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 1641 for Phillack are available on-line.

The parish comprises 2905 acres of land, 4 acres of water, 29 acres of tidal water and 279 acres of foreshore.