Poundstock Cornwall Family History Guide
Poundstock is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.
Other places in the parish include: Bangors and Widemouth Bay.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Neot
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1614
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist Association.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
POUNDSTOCK, a village and a parish in Stratton district, Cornwall. The village stands 1½ mile W of Widemouth-bay, 5¼ SSW of Stratton, and 12½ NW of Launceston r. station; was known, at Domesday, as Poupestock; and has a fair on the Monday before Holy Thursday. The parish extends to the coast; and comprises 4,624 acres of land, and 190 of water. Post-town, Week, St. Mary, under Stratton, Cornwall. Real property, £2,744. Pop. in 1851, 651; in 1861, 534. Houses, 109. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged anciently to the Earl of Mortaigne. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £174. Patron, J. Dayman, Esq. The church is ancient but good, and has a lofty tower.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
POUNDSTOCK (St. Neot), a parish, in the union of Stratton, hundred of Lesnewth, E. division of Cornwall, 5½ miles (S. S. W.) from Stratton; containing 672 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the west by Widemouth bay, in the Bristol Channel, and is intersected by the road between Stratton and Camelford. It comprises 4304 acres, of which 200 are common or waste land: the soil is stiff, and the subsoil in general clay; the south-west part is hilly, and the north-east flat. A vein of lead-ore has been discovered, but it is not of sufficient extent to repay the expense of working. A fair is held on the Monday before Ascension-day. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £13. 6. 8.; patron, John Dayman, Esq.; impropriator, H. Hawkes, Esq.: the great tithes have been commuted for £370, and the vicarial for £200; the glebe consists of 25 acres. The church is a plain edifice, with a lofty tower.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Marriages Out of Parish
| Details | Place of Marriage |
|---|---|
| William Symons, of Poundstock, & Elizabeth Benoke 3 Aug. 1759 | Forrabury |
| Henry Stacy, of Poundstock, & Agnes Jose 16 Apr. 1746 | St Juliot |
| Richard Gard, of Pounstocke, & Florence Rooke 28 Aug. 1615 | Lanteglos by Camelford |
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Census
Census returns for Poundstock, 1841-1891
Church History
Cornish places and churches : Poundstock, the church of St Winwaloe Author: Whitaker, Mike
Methodism in Poundstock Author: Rowland, Richard H.
Church Records
Marriages at Poundstock, 1615-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Poundstock (Cornwall)
Monumental inscriptions : abt. 1500-1900
Parish chest materials, 1770-1866 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Poundstock (Cornwall)
Computer printout of Poundstock, Corn., Eng
Parish of Poundstock Author: Ivall, Dennis Endean; Thompson, Gillian; Ivall, Dennis Endean, Mrs.
Poorhouses & Poor Law
Poor law records, 1742-1838 Author: Poundstock (Cornwall)
Cornwall
England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010
Cornwall Parish Register Index
Cornwall Burials A-Z index of surnames of people buried in Cornwall
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Cornwall
- Civil Registration District: Stratton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Trigg Major
- Poor Law Union: Stratton
- Hundred: Lesnewth
- Province: Canterbury