Michaelstow Cornwall Family History Guide

Michaelstow is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Other places in the parish include: Treveighan.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1544
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1615

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

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Adjacent Parishes

Michaelstow Parish Registers

Michaelstow Marriages 1548-1812

The Michaelstow Marriages 1548-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Michaelstow Marriages 1548-1812 Cornwall Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 1. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, and Thomas Taylor. Published London 1900. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co.

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Michaelstow Marriages 1548-1812 Cornwall Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 1. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, and Thomas Taylor. Published London 1900. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co.

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Marriages Out of Parish

Details	Place of Marriage
John Dennis & Margaret Mullis, of Michaelstow 19 July 1681	St Clether
Nicholas Genkin, of Laneast, & Grace Higgs, of Michaelstow 9 Aug. 1694	St Clether
John Blewett, son of Jno. Blewett, of Michaelstowe, & Joan, dau. of Edward Salter decd. 12 May 1664	St Juliot
Matthew Pope, of Michaelstow, & Ann Treleaven 5 July 1776	Lanteglos by Camelford
Samuel Hodge, of Michaelstow, & Jane Davey 19 Nov. 1752	Lanteglos by Camelford
William Hocken, of Michaelstow, & Elizabeth Gregory 4 May 1772	Lanteglos by Camelford

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MICHAELSTOW, a parish in Camelford district, Cornwall; on the river Camel, 3¼ miles SSW of Camelford, and 10 N by W of Bodmin-Road r. station. It contains the hamlet of Treveighan; and its Post town is Camelford. Acres, 1,617. Real property, £1,786. Pop., 219. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. An ancient quadrangular entrenchment is on Michaelstow beacon. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Excter. Value, £270. Patron, the Prince of Wales. The church is a stone structure, with a tower; was reported in 1859 as not good; and contains monuments of the Lowers. There are chapels for Wesleyans, Bible Christians, and United Free Methodists, and a national school.

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