St Merryn Cornwall Family History Guide

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

Other places in the parish include: Trevethan.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1688
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1616

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Presbyterian, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

St Merryn Parish Registers

St Merryn Marriages 1689 to 1812

The St Merryn Marriages 1689 to 1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

St Merryn Marriages 1689 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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St Merryn Marriages 1689 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

MERRYN (ST.), a parish in St. Columb district, Cornwall; on the coast, 2 miles WSW of Padstow, and 15 WNW of Bodmin-Road r. station. It has a post office under Padstow, Cornwall, and a fair on the Monday before 22 June. Acres, 3,928; of which 130 are water. Real property, £5,012. Pop., 570. Houses, 109. The property is subdivided.

Harlyn was, till recently, the seat of the Peter family, and commands a splendid seaview. The surface is exceedingly diversified; and the coast is lined by high rugged cliffs. The rocks are crystalline and schistose, and include veins of lead and antimony. Roofing slate is quarried; and a dark-coloured trap, almost equal to marble, is worked. A small quay, constructed in 1794, is under Catacluse cliff.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £257. Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. The church is ancient and pretty good; was partly rebuilt of Catacluse stone; and contains a curiously carved trap-rock font. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Bible Christians. A church formerly stood near Harlyn, and has left some remains.

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 Online Parish Clerks

Cornwall Parish Register Index

FreeREG

Cornwall Burials A-Z index of surnames of people buried in Cornwall

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 Major
  • Hundred: Pyder
  • Province: Canterbury