St Petroc Minor Cornwall Family History Guide

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St Petroc Minor is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall

Alternative names:

  • Little Petherick
  • Nassington

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1706
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

PETHERICK (Little), a parish in St. Columb district, Cornwall; on a creek of the Camel estuary, 2 miles S of Padstow, and 13½ NW by W of Bodmin-Road r.station. It has a fair on 14 June; and its post town is Padstow, Cornwall. Acres, 1,215. Real property, £1,386. Pop., 236. Houses, 47. The manor belongs to J. Paynter, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £203. Patrons, the Representatives of the late Sir W. Molesworth. The church is ancient, was restored in 1831, has an ivy-clad tower, and contains a copy of Fox’s Book of Martyrs of 1684.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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England, Cornwall, Petherick (Little)

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

England, Cornwall, Little Petherick – Church records ( 6 )
England, Cornwall, Little Petherick, parish registers, 1813-1921
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Petherick (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

England, Cornwall, Petherick, Little, bishop’s transcripts, 1596-1844
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Petherick (Cornwall); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

Marriages at St. Petrock Minor, 1636-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Petherick (Cornwall)

Parish chest materials, 1838-1845
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Petherick (Cornwall)

Parish register of Little Petherick, Cornwall, England baptisms and burials, 1708-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Petherick (Cornwall); Glencross, Reginald Morshead

Parish registers for Little Petherick, 1706-1994
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Petherick (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

England, Cornwall, Little Petherick – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Little Petherick, Cornwall, England

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

England, Cornwall, Little Petherick – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1723-1837
Author: Little Petherick (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
  • Hundred: Pyder
  • Province: Canterbury