St Dennis

The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 935 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 St Dennis (HO107/146), Enumeration Districts 21 to 23, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of St Dennis (HO107/1907), Enumeration Districts 3a, 3b & 3c, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861.
  • The 1861 Census of St Dennis (RG9/1549), Enumeration Districts 25b, 26b, and 27b, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871.
  • The 1871 Census of St Dennis (RG10/2267), Enumeration Districts 25 to 27, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The 1871 Census of St Dennis is also available from the Cornwall Family History Society from which it can be purchased.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of St Dennis (RG11/2303), Enumeration Districts 26 to 28, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of St Dennis (RG12/1823), Enumeration Districts 26 to 28, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW9558 and was dedicated to St Dionisius (Dennis) before 1327. The church is a plain structure with few ecclesiastical features. There is a south porch and a north door. The Normans built a Church here at the end of the 11th century, but the present tower dates from the 13th century. This tower is of two stages, and is finished with stump pinnacles; it reaches a height 55 feet.
  The church stands on a conical hill and appears to have been originally a chantry chapel, and held by respective families of Cornwall: Hendowers or Tregarthin's of Courtnin Brannell, who afterwards appropriated it, together with the church of St Stephens-in-Brannel, to the rector of St Michael Caerhays.
• Non-Conformist. In the village of Whitebait was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel; there was also a Brianite chapel near the church.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for St Dennis are: C022001. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1687 - 1875; it is NOT believed to be fully included in the LDS Church's International Genealogical Index (IGI).
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1687 - 1985, Burials 1687 - 1985, Marriages 1687 - 1985, Boyd's Marriage Index 1610 - 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 in the parish 1688 to 1899 are also available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1687 to 1840 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest.
• Marriages.
  • Marriages in the parish 1610 to 1812 (Phillimore's), and 1813 to 1912 (parish transcripts), are also available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1610 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
• Burials.
  • Burials in the parish 1681 to 1773 (Bishop's Transcripts), and 1687 to 1912 (parish transcripts) are also 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 format.
  • Burial records of individuals with a St. Stephen-In-Brannel connection, but who were buried in St. Dennis, has been provided on-line by the OPC for St. Dennis.

The parish of St Dennis has been in the Registration District of St Austell continuously from 1st July 1837. There were sub-districts at Fowey, Grampound, Mevagissey and St Austell, but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the district are: Creed, Fowey, Gorran, Grampound, Mevagissey, Roche, St. Austell, St. Blazey, St. Dennis, St. Ewe, St. Mewan, St. Michael Carhays, St. Sampson, St. Stephen in Brannel, Tywardreath. The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: 12 Carlyon Road, St Austell, PL25 4LD. Tel: 01726 68974. Fax: 01726 68974.

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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from St Dennis to another place.

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 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 St Dennis ecclesiastical parish:

• Carsella (Karsalan), Grid Reference 944578.
• Domellick (Dimelihoc), Grid Reference 943585.
• Gothers (Widewot), Grid Reference 969586.
• Trerice (Treuret, Trevret), Grid Reference 931573.

• 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.

• Map of the St Austell Registration district in which the parish lies.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW951581 (Lat/Lon: 50.387312, -4.883289), St Dennis 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.

St Dennis parish was part of the St Austell Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

The St Denys & District Old Cornwall Society News Page is on-line.

The parish comprised 3231 acres of land and 9 acres of water.