Lanteglos by Fowey Cornwall Family History Guide

Updated onOctober 17, 2024

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Lanteglos by Fowey is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Other places in the parish include: Highway, Polruan, Bodinnoc, and Bodinnock.

Alternative names: Lanteglos

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1661
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LANTEGLOS-BY-FOWEY, a parish in Liskeard district, Cornwall; on the coast, at the mouth of the river Fowey, 1½ mile E of Fowey town, and 5 ESE of Par r. station. It contains the village of Polruan, which has a post-office under Par station; and contains also the hamlets of Bodinnock and Highway. Acres, 3,320; of which 125 are water. Real property, £5,120. Pop., 1,271. Houses, 296. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to the Fitzwilliams, the Mohuns, and the Pitts; and belongs now to the Hon. G. M. Fortescue. Hall, formerly the residence of the Mohun family, was garrisoned by the Parliamentarians against Charles I. Two castles stood formerly near the month of the Fowey, and were connected with a chain suspended across the river, to repel hostile vessels in time of war; and remains of one of the castles still exist. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £226. Patrons, the Executors of the late T. Robins, Esq. The church is ancient, but good; has a tower; and contains monuments of the Mohuns. Ruins of an ancient chapel are on the hill behind Polruan, and serve as a landmark to mariners. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans, and two national schools.

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

Bankrupts

People declared bankrupt and the date of bankruptcy.

Geach William, sen.; and William Gesch, jun.; Polruan, Cornwall, shipwrights, Jan. 31, 1837.
Mall John, Lantegloss, Cornwall, miller, July 15, 1834.

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

Details	Place Married
William Browne & Elizabeth Physick, both of Lanteglos, lic. 5 Feb. 1721	Advent
John Langdon & Elizabeth Kendel, of Lanteglos 11 Feb. 1751	Advent
Anthony Mitchell, of Lanteglos, & Margery Smart, of A. 27 July 1771	Advent
Charles Martyn, of A. & Bridget Tom, of Lanteglos 22 Dec. 1791	Advent
Thomas Nichols, of Lanteglos, & Ann Wise, of A. lic. 19 Oct 1793	Advent
John Comelius of Lanteglos, & Sarah Symonds, of A. 19 Nov. 1793	Advent
Gerrance Tinke, of Minster, & Grace Hodge of Lanteglos 24 Aug. 1695	Davidstow
Henry Martin & Joan Paul, of Lanteglos 24 Dec. 1717	Davidstow
William Cock, of Lanteglos, & Elizabeth Gill, of D. 27 Oct. 1772	Davidstow
Robert Creebo, of Lanteglos, & Elizabeth Garland, sojourner, 9 May 1809	Davidstow
Pethereke Kernicke & Jane Jonson, of Lanteglos 15 Oct 1672	St Breward
Thomas Hockin, of Lanteglos, & Sarah Best 14 Feb. 1737	St Breward
John Creeper, of St. C, & Mary Tucker, of Lanteglos 11 Sep. 1770	St Clether
John Brown, of Lanteglos, & Philippa Orchard 4 Apr. 1785	St Juliot