Stoke Climsland Cornwall Family History Guide

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Stoke Climsland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Other places in the parish include: Downgate, Downhouse, Hampt, and Upsett.

Alternative names: Climsland, Stokeclimsland

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597

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

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STOKE-CLIMSLAND, a village and a parish in Launceston district, Cornwall. The village stands 3 miles N of Callington; and has a post-office under Callington, Cornwall, and a fair on 29 May. The parish includes six hamlets and a liberty, and comprises 8,732 acres. Real property, £8,697; of which £400 are in mines. Pop., 2,554. Houses, 506. The manor belonged formerly to Tavistock and Launceston abbeys, and belongs now to the Duchy of Cornwall. Whiteford House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £800. Patron, the Prince of Wales. There are six dissenting chapels, two national schools, and charities £32.

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

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

DetailsPlace of Marriage
John Bowhay & Elizabeth Jewell, of Stoke Climsland 1 Apr. 1662St Clether

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Census

Census returns for Stoke-Climsland, 1841-1891

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Stoke-Climsland, 1675-1773 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-Climsland (Cornwall)

Church records for Downhouse United Methodist Chapel, Stoke-Climsland, 1967-1982 Author: Downhouse Chapel (Stoke-Climsland, Cornwall : United Methodist)

England, Cornwall, Stoke Climsland, bishop’s transcripts, 1596-1845 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-Climsland (Cornwall); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Cornwall, Stoke-Climsland, parish registers, 1837-1906 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-Climsland (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Parish chest materials, 1771-1861 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-Climsland (Cornwall)

Parish register transcripts, 1538-1699 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-Climsland (Cornwall)

Parish registers for Stoke-Climsland, 1538-1975 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-Climsland (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Parish of Stoke Climsland Author: Ivall, Dennis Endean; Thompson, Gillian; Ivall, Dennis Endean, Mrs.

Parish register printouts of Stoke-Climsland, Cornwall, England ; christenings, 1675-1773 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Church History

Stoke Climsland church, 1265-1968

Cemeteries

Monumental inscriptions, Stoke-Climsland, Cornwall, England : 1639-1653

Manors

Rental, ca. 1737 Author: Manor of Beals (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: Launceston
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: East
  • Poor Law Union: Launceston
  • Hundred: East (Cornwall)
  • Province: Canterbury