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The origin of name 'Port Isaac', (Cornish: Porthusek), is obscure but is believed to have originally been Port Izzard; in early times it was known as Portissyk. This port dates from Saxon times, but by the 16th century, its trade was mainly in pilchard fish; this reached a high point in the 19th century for which extensive cellars were built. In 1850 there were 49 fishing boats here. Delabole slate was also exported from here. This quaint fishing village with narrow streets is on the north coast between Padstow and Tintagel. The pier was constructed during the reign of Henry VIII, and still visible, and the coming of the railway increased its prosperity. Although the railway was closed in 1966, it is still well served by a local coach firm. THe village grew steadily from the 18th century; John Wesley visted the village in 1750 when he complained that the Meeting House was too small.
With its sister port, Port Gaverne, Port Isaac is totally surrounded by open countryside and both lie in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is a Heritage Coast area. The character of the old fishing village conservation area, and its setting, is the subject of many planning and development constraints.
The ecclesiastical parish was created in 1913 from St Endellion. Other hamlets here are Trefeock and Trewetha. Today the parish is again part of St Endellion.
Most parish and church description(s) on these pages are from Lake's Parochial History of the County of Cornwall by J Polsue (Truro, 1867 - 1873)
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The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 26 entries.
Census information for this parish up to, and including 1901, is with St Endellion. 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 1841, Port Isaac was enumerated as part of St Endellion.
- 1851. In 1851, Port Isaac was enumerated as part of St Endellion.
- 1861. In 1861, Port Isaac was enumerated as part of St Endellion.
- 1871. In 1871, Port Isaac was enumerated as part of St Endellion.
- 1881. In 1881, Port Isaac was enumerated as part of St Endellion.
- 1891. In 1891, Port Isaac was enumerated as part of St Endellion.
- 1901. In 1901, Port Isaac was enumerated as part of St Endellion.
- Anglican. In June 1913, Port Isaac was formed into a separate ecclesiastical parish. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW9980 and was dedicated to St Peter. It was built between 1882 and 1884. It is constructed of granite and stone in the early English style, and consists of a chancel, nave, north portch and a turret containing one bell. The registers date from 1913.
- Non-Conformist. A Quaker Meeting House, the first in Cornwall, was built in 1806. It started in the village but it lacked support and in 1832 it was being used by the Baptists; they failed too and the building became a private house in 1871. It was rebuilt in 1885.
The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here, and another belonging to the United Wesleyan Methodist Free Church which was registered here in 1846. Today there are still two chapels: a United Methodist chapel, at the bottom of Rosecarrock Hill, was built in 1846, and the Wesleyan chapel in the valley.
- There are no holdings of parish registers in the Cornwall Record Office. It is assumed, therefore, that the registers are still with the church. The ecclesiastical parish is now part of St Endellion, Port Isaac and St Kew.
- Other Non-Conformist Records.
- St Endellion/Port Isaac United Methodist Free Church Baptisms 1868 - 1900.
- Port Isaac United Methodist Free (and nearby chapels) baptisms 1868 to 1899 of this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
Since its creation in 1913, the parish of Port Isaac has been in the Bodmin Registration District. There were sub-districts are Bodmin, Egloshayle, Lanlivery and St Mabyn but these have now been abolished.
The Superintendant Registrar of Bodmin can be contacted at: Lyndhurst, 66 Nicholas Street, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 2AG. Tel: 01208 73677.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Port Isaac to another place.
OPC Assistance. The On-line Parish Clerk (OPC) scheme operates a service to help family historians; the OPC page for St Endellion (including Port Isaac) is available on-line, from where the OPC can be contacted by email.
- Map of the Bodmin Registration District in which the parish lies.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW998810 (Lat/Lon: 50.593917, -4.82948), Port Isaac 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.
The parish of Port Isaac became part of the Bodmin Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief on its creation.
The parish was created in 1913 from St Endellion. Before this time, the population figures are included with that parish. Port Isaac is geneally enumerated with St Endellion.
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