Trewen Cornwall Family History Guide

Trewen is a chapelry of South Petherwin Ancient Parish in Cornwall.

Alternative names: Trewenn

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1616
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

• Laneast
• Launceston St Thomas
• Altarnon
• Egloskerry
• South Petherwin
• Lewannick

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TREWEN, a parish in Launceston district, Cornwall; 4½ miles W by S of Launceston r. station. Post town, Launceston. Acres, 988. Real property, £1,089. Pop., 178. Houses, 36. The property is much subdivided. The living is annexed to South Petherwin. The church is not good.

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

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

Details	Place Married
Edmund Chapman, of D., & Honour Westlake, of Trewenn 21 May 1720	Davidstow
Robert Cottle (Bod. Trans. reads Nottte) of Trewen, & Ruth Tricks, of Lawhitton 28 Feb. 1695	St Clether

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Census

Census returns for Trewen, 1841-1891

Church Records

England, Cornwall, Trewen, bishop’s transcripts, 1596-1840 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Trewen (Cornwall); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Cornwall, Trewen, parish registers, 1837-1908 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Trewen (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Marriage transcripts, 1616-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Trewen (Cornwall)

Marriages performed at the parish church of Trewen (Cornwall), 1617-1837 Author: Jago, Robert S.; Church of England. Parish Church of Trewen (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Parish chest materials, 1741-1822 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Trewen (Cornwall)

Parish register extracts, 1616-1875 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Trewen (Cornwall)

Parish registers for Trewen, 1616-1979 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Trewen (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

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

Cemeteries

An Index to the transcripts of monumental inscriptions in the church and churchyard of St. Michael’s Church, Trewen

Church history

Found at Trewen Author: Gilbert, Yvonne

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 Peculiars of the Court of the Bishop of Exeter (Episcopal Consistory)
• Diocese: Exeter
• Rural Deanery: Pre-1848 – None, Post-1847 – Trigg Major
• Poor Law Union: Launceston
• Hundred: East (Cornwall)
• Province: Canterbury