Boconnoc, Cornwall Family History Guide

Boconnoc is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Alternative names: Boconnoe

Other places in the parish include: Little and Little House.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1539
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BOCONNOC, a parish in Liskeard district, Cornwall; on affluents of the river Lerrin, 3 miles SW of Doublebois r. station, and 4 NE of Lostwithiel. Post Town, Lostwithiel. Acres, 2,003. Real property, £1,606. Pop., 323. Houses, 57.

The manor belonged to the Courtenays, the Carmenowes, and the Mohuns; was purchased by Governor Pitt, the grandfather of the great Earl of Chatham; and is now the property of Lady Grenville. The old mansion on it was the headquarters of Prince Maurice, and for a short time the residence of Charles I., who narrowly escaped being shot by an assassin on the grounds.

The present mansion was built by Governor Pitt, and improved by Lord Camelford; was the birthplace of the Earl of Chatham; is now the residence of the Hon. G. M. Fortescue; and contains a bust of Lord Chatham, some fine paintings by Kneller, Lely, and Reynolds, and two ebony chairs, made out of Queen Elizabeth’s cradle. The grounds are the finest in Cornwall; and contain an obelisk, 123 feet high, to the memory of Sir Richard Lyttleton.

Lead mines were formerly worked, but were not productive. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Broadoak, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £378. Patron, Lady Grenville.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BOCONNOC, a parish, in the union of Liskeard, hundred of West, E. division of Cornwall, 3¾ miles (E. N. E.) from Lostwithiel; containing 312 inhabitants. In 1644, during the parliamentary war, Charles I. resided for a short time at Boconnoc House, where he had a narrow escape from assassination, having been fired at by a rebel while walking in the grounds. In the park are vestiges of lead-mines, one of which was wrought in the seventeenth century, and again about the middle of the eighteenth. The living is a discharged rectory, with which that of Broadoak was consolidated in 1742, valued in the king’s books at £9. 17. 8.; patrons, the family of Grenville. The tithes of Boconnoc have been commuted for £185, and of Broadoak for £195; in the latter parish is a glebe of 83½ acres. The church contains a font of considerable beauty.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

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Marriages performed at the parish church of Boconnoc (Cornwall), 1712-1839 – Jago, Robert S.; Church of England. Parish Church of Boconnoc (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office (Images)

Marriages performed at the parish church of Boconnoc (Cornwall), 1712-1839 – Jago, Robert S.; Church of England. Parish Church of Boconnoc (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office (Index)

Parish register transcripts – Church of England. Parish Church of Boconnoc (Cornwall)

Parish registers for Boconnoc, 1813-1998 – Church of England. Parish Church of Boconnoc (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office (Images)

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