South Petherwin Cornwall Family History Guide
South Petherwin is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall. Trewen is a chapelry of South Petherwin.
Alternative names:
- South Petherwin
- South Petherwin with Trewen
- South Petherwyn
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1656
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Bible Christian Methodist, Presbyterian, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
South Petherwin Parish Registers
South Petherwin Marriages 1656 to 1812
The South Petherwin Marriages 1656 to 1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research
South Petherwin Marriages 1656 to 1812 Cornwall Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 17. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, Thomas Taylor and Mrs. J. H. Glencross. Published London 1910. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co.
South Petherwin Marriages 1656 to 1812 Cornwall Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 17. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, Thomas Taylor and Mrs. J. H. Glencross. Published London 1910. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co.
Marriages Out of Parish
William Chapman, of D., & Martha Dennis, of South Petherwyn 30 Apr. 1762 married at Davidstow
Sampson Deacon, of South Petherwyn, & Ann Parsons, lic. 22 Apr. 1801 married at Davidstow
William Hardy & Margaret Pawlin, of South Petherwyn – May 1677 married at St Clether
Christopher Turner, of Lifton, & Christian Hardy, of South Petherwyn 31 jan. 1689 married at St Clether
Samuel Scott, of Northam, & Honor Gerry, of South Petherwyn 29 Mar. 1713 married at St Clether
John Dingle & Elizabeth Williams, of South Petherwyn 25 Feb. 1754 married at St Clether
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
PETHERWIN (South), a parish, with a village, in Launceston district, Cornwall; 2½ miles SW of Launceston r. station. The parish comprises 5,064 acres. Post-town, Launceston. Real property, £5,743. Pop. in 1851, 974; in 1861, 876. Houses, 178. The property is much subdivided. Trebursey belonged formerly to the Gedyes, the Eliots, and the Howells; and belongs now to Gurney, Esq. Tresmarrow belonged to the Vyvyans, and is now a farm-house.
The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Trewen, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £349. Patron, the University of Oxford. The church stands on a hill, is good, and contains some old monuments. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Bible Christians.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
Cornwall
England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010
Cornwall Parish Register Index
Cornwall Burials A-Z index of surnames of people buried in Cornwall
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 – Trigg Major
- Poor Law Union: Launceston
- Hundred: East (Cornwall)
- Province: Canterbury