Ruan Lanihorne Cornwall Family History Guide

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Ruan Lanihorne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Other places in the parish include: Tregiswin, Treworgy, and Highlanes.

Alternative names:

  • Ruan Lanyhorne
  • Ruanlanihorne

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1685
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RUAN-LANIHORNE, a parish in Truro district, Cornwall; on the river Fal, at the head of a creek of Falmouth harbour, 2½ miles SSW of Tregony, and 5¼ ESE of Truro r. station. It has a post-office, of the name of Ruan-High-Lanes, under Grampound, and a quay used for the landing of coal, timber, slate, and other commodities; and it contains the hamlet of Highlanes, where petty sessions are held. Acres, 2,250. Real property, £2,515. Pop. in 1851, 410; in 1861, 325. Houses, 74. The property is divided among a few. A castle of the Arcdecknes was here. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £414. Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church is a massive structure, built in 1321, with a tower; and contains a monument to Whittaker the antiquary, who was rector. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a village 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
James Blarney, of Ruanlanihorn, & Joan Trebilcock 18 Nov. 1763Lanteglos by Camelford

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Cornwall, Ruan-High-Lanes

England, Cornwall, Ruan-Lanihorne – Buildings, dwellings, etc. ( 1 )
The (incomplete) history of Tregongon
Author: George, David

England, Cornwall, Ruan-Lanihorne – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ruan-Lanihorne, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cornwall, Ruan-Lanihorne – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts Ruan-Lanihome, 1682-1773
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ruan-Lanihorne (Cornwall)

England, Cornwall, Ruan Lanihorne, bishop’s transcripts, 1596-1847
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ruan-Lanihorne (Cornwall); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Cornwall, Ruan-Lanihorne, parish registers, 1838-1906
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ruan-Lanihorne (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Marriages at Ruan Lanyhorne, 1608-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ruan-Lanihorne (Cornwall)

Parish register transcripts, 1608-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ruan-Lanihorne (Cornwall)

Parish registers for Ruan-Lanihorne, 1685-1996
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ruan-Lanihorne (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Transcript of Bishops’ transcripts for Ruan-Lanihorne, 1608-1670

England, Cornwall, Ruan-Lanihorne – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Ruan-Lanihorne, Cornwall, England

Parish of Ruanlanihorne
Author: Ivall, Dennis Endean; Thompson, Gillian; Ivall, Dennis Endean, Mrs.

England, Cornwall, Ruan-Lanihorne – Genealogy ( 1 )
The Bond family of Ruanlanihorne, Cornwall, England, 1737-1994
Author: Merritt, Jeannette

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: Truro
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Powder
  • Poor Law Union: Truro
  • Hundred: Powder
  • Province: Canterbury