Baldhu, Cornwall Family History Guide

Baldhu St Michael and All Angels an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cornwall, created in 1847 from Kenwyn Ancient Parish, Kea chapelry in Kenwyn Ancient Parish, and Chacewater Ecclesiastical Parish.

Parish church: St Michael and All Angels

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1847
Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

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Baldhu Parish History

Baldhu The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BALDHU, a chapelry in Kea and Kenwyn parishes, Cornwall; in the northern vicinity of Truro r. station Post Town, Truro. Rated property, £2,000. Pop. 2,070. Houses, 427. The property is not much divided The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £200. Patron, Viscount Falmouth. The church is very good. The chapelry was constituted in 1846. Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Baldhu A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BALDHU, an ecclesiastical parish, in the parishes of Kenwyn and Kea, union of Truro, W. division of the hundred of Powder and of the county of Cornwall, 3½ miles (S. W. by W.) from Truro.

This place derives its name from Bal-mine-dhu, or rather diu, black; it is about three miles in length and two and a half in breadth, and of hilly and barren surface. The Carnon river forms its boundary on the south, and the Truro and Redruth road on the north; the Cornwall railway passes nearly along its boundary on the east.

Several mines are wrought, the chief produce of which is black-jack and black tin. The “Old Men’s Workings” consist of gigantic excavations in the Elvan rock, open to the sun, in some places more than 150 feet deep, and extending a distance of a mile and upwards: they are probably among the original mines of the county, and are not now wrought. There are also several smelting-houses.

The parish was formed in 1847, under the act 6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 37; the living is in the gift of the Crown and the Bishop of Exeter alternately, and has an income of £150. The church was erected in 1847-8, at a cost of £1800, of which sum the Earl of Falmouth, who had the first presentation, contributed £1000; the Incorporated Society, £200; the Diocesan Society, £250; and the Church Commissioners, £260.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Free Online Parish Registers & Records

Parish registers for Baldhu, 1847-1978 – Church of England. Chapelry of Baldhu (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office. Baptisms, 1847-1902. Marriages, 1848-1901. Burials, 1848-1901.

Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010 – Cornwall parish registers containing baptisms, marriages, banns, and burials. Records are restricted for privacy reasons according to the following dates: baptisms to 1910, marriages to 1935, and burials to present. Date ranges of available records may vary by locality and availability. This collection is being published as images become available currently over 200,000 images available.

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England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977

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