St Michael Caerhays

• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 215 entries.
• Some gravestone inscriptions at Caerhayes are available on-line, courtesy of the OPC. (not available on line 8/18)
• Details from the War Memorial in this parish are available on-line, courtesy of the OPC. (not available on line 8/18)

Census information for this parish (1841 - 1901) is held in the Cornwall Record Office. The Cornwall Family History Society offers a census search service for its members.
Specific census information for this parish is available as follows:

• 1841.
  • The 1841 Census of St Michael Caerhays (HO107/146), Enumeration District 8, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of St Michael Caerhays (HO107/1908), Enumeration District 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861.
  • The 1861 Census of St Michael Caerhays (RG9/1550), Enumeration District 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871.
  • The 1871 Census of St Michael Caerhays (RG10/2268), Enumeration District 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Carhayes (RG11/2304), Enumeration District 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of St Michael Caerhayes (RG12/1824), Enumeration District 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW9642; it is dedicated to St Michael. The church, which stands alone on a hilltop, was dedicated on 5th October 1259. It consists of a chancel, nave, short south (or Trevanion) aisle, a north transept, and a vestry. The aisle is separated from the chancel by two arches supported on a monolith granite pillar. There is a south porch; the north door is blocked. The tower is of three stages and contains three bells, all dated 1540. In the arcade hangs a sword said to have been worn by Sir Hugh Trevanion at Bosworth Field in 1485.
• Non-Conformist. The arrangements for Non-Conformists in the parish are not yet established.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for St Michael Caerhays are: P021021. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage for the parish is 1677 - 1772.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1590 - 1812, Burials 1588 - 1812, Marriages 1594 - 1837, Boyd's Marriage Index 1608 - 1673, BTs 1608 - 1673.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1677 to 1772 (Bishop's transcripts), and parish transcripts 1813 to 1911, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD baptisms 1720 to 1812 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest.
• Banns. Banns 1824 to 1911 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • Marriages 1677 to 1772 (Bishop's transcripts), and 1837 to 1911 (parish transcripts), for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1594 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD marriages 1722 to 1837 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1681 to 1772 (Bishop's transcripts), and 1813 to 1911 (parish transcripts) for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1560 to 1837, which is available in Book or CD formats.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD burials 1722 to 1812 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest.

The parish of St Michael Caerhays has been in the Registration District of St Austell continuously from 1st July 1837. There were sub-districts at Fowey, Grampound, Mevagissey and St Austell, but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the district are: Creed, Fowey, Gorran, Grampound, Mevagissey, Roche, St. Austell, St. Blazey, St. Dennis, St. Ewe, St. Mewan, St. Michael Carhays, St. Sampson, St. Stephen in Brannel, Tywardreath. The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: 12 Carlyon Road, St Austell, PL25 4LD. Tel: 01726 68974. Fax: 01726 68974.

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OPC Assistance.

• The On-line Parish Clerk (OPC) scheme operates a service to help family historians; the OPC page for this parish is available on-line, from where the OPC can be contacted by email.
• The OPC has provided a genealogical website for this parish. (not available on line 8/18)

• Map of the St Austell Registration district in which the parish lies.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW963422 (Lat/Lon: 50.244428, -4.85828), St Michael Caerhays which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

A list of those residents of St Michael Caerhays who served in the Home Guard during World War II is available on-line. (not available on line 8/18)

St Michael Caerhays parish was part of the St Austell Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief. Overseers' Accounts (1747 to 1818) are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

In the May of 1641 it was agreed and ordered that every Member of the House of Commons and House of Lords should make a protestation (declaration of loyalty) to the crown. The Protestation was printed and then distributed by the Members to their counties. The Protestation was to be made by everyone and the Rectors, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor, had to appear before the Justices of the Peace in their Hundred to make their protestation and, on returning to their parishes, any two of them were to witness the taking of the Protestation Oath by all males over the age of 18 years. All names were listed and anyone who refused was to be noted.

The Protestation Returns of 1642 for St Michael Caerhays are available on-line.

The parish comprises 857 acres of land, 4 acres of water and 37 acres of foreshore.