St Endellion Cornwall Family History Guide

St Endellion is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Other places in the parish include: Port Quin, Roscarrack Hill, and Port Isaac.

Alternative names: Endellion

Parish church: St. Endelian

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1732
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1614

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

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Adjacent Parishes

St Endellion Parish Registers

St Endellion Marriages 1684 to 1812

The St Endellion Marriages 1684 to 1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

St Endellion Marriages 1684 to 1812 Cornwall Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 4. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, Thomas Taylor and Mrs. J. H. Glencross. Published London 1903. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co.

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ENDELLION, or St. Endellion, a parish in Bodmin district, Cornwall; on the coast, 4½ miles N by E of Wadebridge, and 13 NW of Bodmin Road r. station. It contains Port Quin; and its post town is Wadebridge, Cornwall. Acres, 3,729. Real property, £5,059. Pop., 1,192. Houses, 281. The property is subdivided.

Roscarrock House, formerly the seat of the ancient family of Roscarrock, stands on a hill, is now a ruin, was castellated and loop-pistoled, had a massive granite archway entrance, and retains much of a formidable aspect. Slaty quartz, mandelstone, copper ore, lead oxide, manganese, and antimony are found; an export trade in slates and pilchards is carried on; and a fair is held on 12 Sept.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; and there are attached three prebends, Bodmin or Kings, Trehaverock, and Mornays. Value of the rectory, £196; of Bodmin prebend, £63; of Trehaverock, £115; of Mornays, not reported. Patron of the rectory, the Lord Chancellor; of Bodmin prebend, Mr. Basset; of Trehaverock, not reported; of Mornays, the Hon. A. M. Agar. The church stands on a hill; dates from the time of Henry VI.; has a lofty tower; and is weather-stained, but good. There are chapels for Wesleyans, U. Free Methodists, and Bible Christians.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ENDELLION (St. Endelian), a parish, in the union of Bodmin, hundred of Trigg, E. division of Cornwall, 8 miles (W. S. W.) from Camelford; containing 1154 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the coast, about midway between Tintagel Head and Padstow Point, and comprises by measurement 3777 acres, nearly all arable: slate is shipped hence to various parts. A fair, of recent origin, is held in the Church Town on the first Tuesday after Sept. 7th.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £10, and in the gift of the Lord Chancellor: the tithes have been commuted for £225, and the glebe comprises 20 acres. The church is a capacious edifice in the later English style, erected about 300 years ago, having a lofty tower visible as a landmark at a great distance; it is collegiate, containing three prebends which are sinecures, exclusively of the rectory. The King’s, or Bodmin, prebend is in the patronage of John Bassett, Esq., and the tithes have been commuted for £131; that of Heredum-Marney is in the patronage of the Hon. Mrs. Agar, and the tithes have been commuted for £134; that of Trehaverock is in the patronage of Richardson Gray, Esq., and the tithes have been commuted for £130: the glebes comprise respectively 12, 15, and 15 acres. The Wesleyans and Bryanites have places of worship. According to tradition, there was a religious house belonging to the Grey friars, in the vale of St. Tillick. On the estate of Roscarrock are two barrows.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848