St Issey Cornwall Family History Guide

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

Alternative names: Egloscrook

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1596
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ISSEY (ST.), a village and a parish in St. Columb district. Cornwall. The village stands near the estuary of the Camel 3 miles SSE of Padstow, and 10 WNW of Bodmin r. station; and has a post office designated St. Issey, Cornwall, and fairs on the 1st Monday of June and the 1st Monday of Oct. The parish comprises 4,720 acres of land, and 145 of water. Real property, £5,864; of which £200 are in quarries. Pop., 756. Houses, 148. The property is much subdivided. Halwyn House, now reduced to mere traces, was a seat of the Champernownes. St. Issey Beacon is a conspicuous landmark. Veins of lead and copper ore were discovered in 1832. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £279. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is ancient, and was reported in 1859 as not good. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Bryanites.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ISSEY, ST., a parish, in the union of St. Columb Major, hundred of Pyder, E. division of Cornwall, 3½ miles (S. S. E.) from Padstow; containing 748 inhabitants. The parish comprises 4720 acres, of which 1287 are common or waste; the surface is varied. The substratum is chiefly stone of good quality for building; some veins of copper and lead ore were discovered in 1832, while sinking the foundations for the vicarage, and a mine was for a time in operation. A stream, tributary to the river Camel, separates the parish from that of Little Petherick. Fairs are held on the first Monday in June and October. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £9; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The rectorial tithes have been commuted for £465, and the vicarial for £223. 1.; the glebe comprises 48a. 2r. 15p. The church is an ancient structure. There are places of worship for Independents, Wesleyans, and Bryanites. Some remains exist of an encampment called the Rounds.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Census

Census returns for St. Issey, 1841-1891

Church Records

England, Cornwall, St. Issey, bishop’s transcripts, 1596-1842 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of St. Issey (Cornwall); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Cornwall, St. Issey, Parish registers, 1837-1906 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of St. Issey (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Marriages at St. Issey, 1596-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of St. Issey (Cornwall)

Parish register of St. Issey, Cornwall, England : baptisms, 1596-1812, burials, 1602-1812 Author: Glencross, Reginald Morshead; Church of England. Parish Church of St. Issey (Cornwall)

Parish registers for St. Issey, 1596-1992 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of St. Issey (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts, 1663-1772 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of St. Issey (Cornwall)

Computer printout of St. Issey, Cornwall, England

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

Schools

Admission registers, 1880-1921 Author: St. Issey National School (Cornwall)

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: St Columb
  • 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 – Pydar
  • Poor Law Union: St Columb Minor
  • Hundred: Pyder
  • Province: Canterbury