Laneast Cornwall Family History Guide

Laneast is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Other places in the parish include: Tregeare.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Galwell

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1700
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Table of Contents

Adjacent Parishes

Laneast Parish Registers

Laneast Marriages 1680 to 1812

The Laneast Marriages 1680 to 1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Laneast Marriages 1680 to 1812 Cornwall Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 2. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, and Thomas Taylor. Published London 1902. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co.

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Laneast Marriages 1680 to 1812 Cornwall Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 2. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, and Thomas Taylor. Published London 1902. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co.

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LANEAST, a parish in Launceston district, Cornwall; on the river Inny, 6½ miles W of Launceston r. station. It contains Tregeare, which has a post-office under Launceston; and contains also Jamaica Inn. Acres, 2,487. Real property, £1,437. Pop., 244. Houses, 48. The property is divided among a few. The manor formerly belonged to Launceston priory. Some mining was formerly carried on, but ceased between 1851 and 1861. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £85. Patron, J. K. Lethbridge, Esq. The church is ancient but good; has a lofty tower; and contains open oak seats, and a carved screen. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school. The astronomer Adams, who discovered the planet Neptune, was a native.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

LANEAST (St. Galwell), a parish, in the union of Launceston, partly in the N. division of the hundred of East, and partly in the hundred of Lesnewth, E. division of Cornwall, 7 miles (W.) from Launceston; containing 320 inhabitants. It comprises 2262 acres, of which 600 are common or waste. The living is a perpetual curacy; income, £55; patron, J. K. Lethbridge, Esq. The tithes have been commuted for £113.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Marriages Out of Parish

Details	Place Married
William Crowell, w., of Laneast, & Joan Harris, w., lic. 21 Oct. 1803	Davidstow
Degory Rogers, of Egloskerry, & Agnes Dingle, of Laneast 26 Nov. 1674	St Clether
Oliver White, gent., of Altarnun, & Jane Edgecombe, of Laneast 3 Mar. 1684	St Clether
William Piideaux & Joane Axford, of Laneast 7 Jan. 1685	St Clether
Nicholas Genkin, of Laneast, & Grace Higgs, of Michaelstow 9 Aug. 1694	St Clether
John Addams & English Chubb, of Laneast 20 June 1698	St Clether
Robert Gymblett & Mary Nuton [?], of Laneast 9 Nov. 1712	St Clether
Richard Dennis & Emmy [Amy, Bod. T.] Hender, of Laneast 19 June 1726	St Clether
John Venning, of St. C. & Jane Ham, of Laneast 30 Mar. 1775	St Clether
Philip Ham, of Laneast, & Joan Venning, of St. C. 28 Nov. 1776	St Clether
Sampson Taylor, of Laneast, & Elizabeth Motton 2 Apr. 1782	St Clether
Abraham Stephens, of St. C, & Rebecca Dowe, of Laneast 4 Mar. 1788	St Clether
Richard Herring, of Laneast, & Elizabeth Mitchell, of St. C. 14 Dec. 1807	St Clether