Lawhitton Cornwall Family History Guide

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Lawhitton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1640
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LAWHITTON, a village and a parish in Launceston district, Cornwall. The village stands near the river Tamar at the boundary with Devon, 2½ miles SE of Launceston r. station; was once a market town; and has a post office under Launceston. The parish is partly within Launceston borough. Acres, 2,629. Real property, £3,182. Pop., 435. Houses, 95. Pop. of the part in Launceston m. borough, 61; of the part in L. p. borough, 374. A palace of the bishops of Exeter was here, but has disappeared. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £437. Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. The church is ancient, and has a tower. There is a national school.

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

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

DetailsPlace of Marriage
Anthony Geake, of Lawhitton, & Joane Gerry 9 Nov. 1681St Clether
Robert Cottle (Bod. Trans. reads Nottte) of Trewen, & Ruth Tricks, of Lawhitton 28 Feb. 1695St Clether
David Langman, of St J,, & Margaret Wise, of Lawhitton 24 June 1700St Juliot

Parish Records

FamilySearch

The following records are available free online.

Census

Census returns for Lawhitton, 1841-1891

Church Records

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1728-1743 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lawhitton (Cornwall)

England, Cornwall, Lawhitton, bishop’s transcripts, 1596-1841 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lawhitton (Cornwall); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Cornwall, Lawhitton, parish registers, 1837-1906 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lawhitton (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Marriages solemnized at the parish church of Lawhitton (Cornwall), 1608-1812 Author: Jago, Robert S.; Church of England. Parish Church of Lawhitton (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Parish chest materials, 1727-1861 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lawhitton (Cornwall)

Parish register extracts, 1766-1800 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lawhitton (Cornwall)

Parish registers for Lawhitton, 1640-1982 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lawhitton (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Cemeteries

Parish register extracts, 1766-1800 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lawhitton (Cornwall)

Poorhouses & Poor Law

Poor law records, 1729-1870 Author: Lawhitton (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: Launceston
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiars of the Court of the Bishop of Exeter (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1848 – None, Post-1847 – East
  • Poor Law Union: Launceston
  • Hundred: East (Cornwall)
  • Province: Canterbury