Mawgan in Pyder Cornwall Family History Guide

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Mawgan in Pyder is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Other places in the parish include: Lanherne.

Alternative names: St Mawgan in Pyder

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1674
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MAWGAN-IN-PYDER (ST.), a village and a parish in St.Columb district, Cornwall. The village stands in a valley, on a considerable stream, 2 miles from the coast, 3¼ NW by W of St. Columb-Major, and 12 NW of St. Austell r. station; and has a post office, of the name of Mawgan, under St. Columb, Cornwall, and a fair on 24 June. The parish extends to the coast; and comprises 5,468 acres of land, and 160 of water. Real property, £4,559. Pop., 731. Houses, 153. The property is divided among a few. The ancient manor-house, now a nunnery, is noticed in the article LANHERNE. Carnauton was once the seat of the lawyer Roy, and is now the seat of H. Williams, Esq. A cove, called Mawgan-Porth, is at the mouth of the stream which waters Mawgan village; and a romantic little bay, called Bodrothan-Steps, is about a mile to the N. Traces of ancient earthworks are near the village. Good slate is quarried on the cliffs of the coast, chiefly for exportation. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £585. Patron, H. Williams, Esq. The church is ancient; was beautifully restored in 1861; and contains an old screen, and several brasses and monuments to the Arundells. The churchyard contains a very interesting sculptured cross. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and two village schools.

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

Parish Records

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England, Cornwall, Mawgan-in-Pyder (St.)

England, Cornwall, St. Mawgan-in-Pyder – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for St. Mawgan-in-Pyder, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cornwall, St. Mawgan-in-Pyder – Church records ( 8 )
Bishop’s transcripts St. Mawgan-in-Pyder, 1676-1773
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of St. Mawgan-in-Pyder (Cornwall)

England, Cornwall, Mawgan in Pyder, bishop’s transcripts, 1596-1843
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Mawgan-in-Pyder (Cornwall); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Cornwall, St. Mawgan-in-Pydar, parish registers, 1837-1906
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of St. Mawgan-in-Pydar (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Marriages at St. Mawgan in Pydar, 1608-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Mawgan-in-Pyder (Cornwall)

Parish chest materials, 1829-1861
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of St. Mawgan-in-Pyder (Cornwall)

Parish registers for Mawgan-in-Pyder, 1686-1989
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Mawgan-in-Pyder (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

St. Mawgan in Pydar, Cornwall, parish registers, the bishop’s transcripts, 1608-1673
Author: Stephens, W. J.; Church of England. Parish Church of St. Mawgan-in-Pyder (Cornwall)

Vestry minute book for Mawgan-in-Pyder, 1829-1848
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Mawgan-in-Pyder (Cornwall); Mawgan-in-Pydar (Cornwall)

England, Cornwall, St. Mawgan-in-Pyder – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish of St. Mawgan-in-Pydar
Author: Ivall, Dennis Endean; Ivall, Dennis Endean, Mrs.; Thompson, Gillian

Parish register printouts of Mawgan in Pydar, Cornwall, England

England, Cornwall, St. Mawgan-in-Pyder – History ( 1 )
The book of St. Columb & St. Mawgan : the story of two ancient parishes
Author: Rabey, Ivan

England, Cornwall, St. Mawgan-in-Pyder – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Poor law records, 1681-1838
Author: St. Mawgan-in-Pyder (Cornwall)

Vestry minute book for Mawgan-in-Pyder, 1829-1848
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Mawgan-in-Pyder (Cornwall); Mawgan-in-Pydar (Cornwall)

England, Cornwall, St. Mawgan-in-Pyder – Public records ( 1 )
Civil records, Mawgan-in-Pyder, Cornwall, England, 1681-1836

England, Cornwall, St. Mawgan-in-Pyder – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers, 1873-1928
Author: St. Mawgan-in-Pyder School (Cornwall)

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England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010

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Maps

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Administration

  • County: Cornwall
  • Civil Registration District: St Columb
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Pydar
  • Poor Law Union: St Columb Major
  • Hundred: Pyder
  • Province: Canterbury