Lansallos Cornwall Family History Guide

|
Updated on
Links marked with a * mean that we may earn a small commission if you make a purchase, at no additional cost to you. It all helps to keep the site online and free for everyone.

Lansallos is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Other places in the parish include: Polperro, Ternewan, and Crumplehorn.

Alternative names: Larsallves

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1600
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LANSALLOS, a parish in Liskeard district, Cornwall; on the coast, at Lanlivet bay; 3¼ miles E of Fowey, and 6¾ E by S of Par r. station. It contains the village of Polperro, which has a post-office under Liskeard; and contains also the hamlets of Crumplehorn and Ternewan. Acres, 2,985. Real property, £3,103. Pop., 659. Houses, 151. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Earl of Mortaigne; passed to the Boliths, the Kelliows, the Speccots, the Longs, and others; and belongs now to F. Howell, Esq. Small quantities of copper ore are found. The fossils formerly called Cornish ichthyolites, but now called Polperro sponges, occur along the coast. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £500. Patron, F. Howell, Esq. The church is good; stands on a hill which was a station in the Trigonometrical survey; and is a landmark to mariners. Remains of an ancient chapel are above Polperro. There is a chapel of ease, called St. John s.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

The following records are available free online.

Census

Census returns for Lansallos, 1841-1891

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Lansallos, 1682-1772 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lansallos (Cornwall)

England, Cornwall, Lansallos, bishop’s transcripts, 1596-1844 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lansallos (Cornwall); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Marriages performed at the parish church of Lansallos (Cornwall), 1600-1837 Author: Jago, Robert S.; Church of England. Parish Church of Lansallos (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Parish chest materials, 1846-1861 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lansallos (Cornwall)

Parish registers for Lansallos, 1813-1993 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lansallos (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Manors

Manorial documents, 1692-1763 Author: Manor of Polvethan (Cornwall)

Poorhouses & Poor Law

Poor law records, 1751-1829 Author: Lansallos (Cornwall)

Cornwall

England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010

Cornwall Online Parish Clerks

Cornwall Parish Register Index

FreeREG

Cornwall Burials A-Z index of surnames of people buried in Cornwall

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cornwall
  • Civil Registration District: Liskeard
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: West
  • Poor Law Union: Liskeard
  • Hundred: West (Cornwall)
  • Province: Canterbury