Forrabury Cornwall Family History Guide

Forrabury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Alternative names: Fotherbury

Other places in the parish include: Boscastle and Trevored.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1710
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1611

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Table of Contents

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Forrabury

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FORRABURY, or Fotherbury, a parish in Camelford district, Cornwall; on the coast, 5 miles NNW of Camelford, and 17½ N of Bodmin-Road r. station. It includes part of the town of Boscastle, which has a post-office under Camelford. Acres, 508. Real property, with Minster, £4,123. Rated property of F. alone, £1,233. Pop., 366. Houses, 83. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to J. R. Avery, Esq. Slaty anthracite, dark shale, and manganese occur.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £70. Patron, J. R. Avery, Esq. The church stands above Boscastle, adjacent to the lofty headland of Willabark; is dedicated to St. Simphorian, who is traditionally said to have been buried in it; has a tower, without a bell; and is in good condition. An ancient granite cross, on a limestone pedestal, is outside the churchyard, and commands a view of the coast. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £5.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Boscastle

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BOSCASTLE, a village and a subdistrict in Camelford district, Cornwall. The village is in the parishes of Minster and Forrabury; stands ½ a mile from the coast, 5½ miles N of Camelford; occupies a romantic site on the sides of hills, overhanging two deep vales; and has a post-office under Camelford, a ruined-ancient chapel, and a Methodist chapel.

It was once a market-town, and still has fairs on the first Thursday of May, 5 Aug., and 27 Nov. Its name is a corruption of Bottreaux-Castle; and was taken from a baronial mansion, the seat of the Norman family of De Bottreaux, which stood on what is now a green mound. The manor went, in the time of Henry VI., by marriage, to Lord Hungerford; descended to the Earls of Huntingdon; passed to the Marquis of Hastings, who takes from it the title of Baron Bottreaux; and was purchased by the late T. R. Avery, Esq.

Boscastle Port, at the nearest part of the coast, is the harbour of the village; lies in the debouch of a narrow, high-flanked vale; has a small pier and breakwater; and carries on an export coasting trade in corn, slates, and manganese. The scenery around the village is strikingly picturesque; and that on the coast, very grand. The subdistrict comprises seven parishes. Acres, 17,368. Pop., 2,429. Houses, 530.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Registers

Forrabury Marriages 1676 to 1812

Free Download
Cornwall Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 1

Read more

Marriages Out of Parish

Details	Place of Marriage
William Saltern, of Forrabury, & Philippa Horrril 2 Jan. 1797	Davidstow
John Evans, of Forrabury, & Joan, dau. of Wm. Cundy 27 Jan. 1686	St Juliot
George Littletar[r], of Forrabury, & Mary, dau. of Degory Salter 24 June 1706	St Juliot
William Moyse, of Forrabury, & Elizabeth Brown 11 Dec. 1794	St Juliot
Richard Dunn, of Forrabury, & Jenny Gill 20 Apr. 1805	Lanteglos by Camelford
William Pearn, of Forrabury, & Philippa Richards 6 Sep. 1810	Lanteglos by Camelford