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Bude Haven

The parish of Bude Haven (Cornish: Porthbud), better known as Bude, is located on the north Cornwall coast. The origin of the name is not known; it could have been taken from an unknown word, possibly connected with water. Bude Haven, or Budeham, was created in 1836 from part of Bude-Stratton parish. The town is now more commonly referred to as just Bude.

The town is famed for its canal. The idea of the Bude Canal was conceived in 1774 by Cornishman John Edyvean originally to carry the chemically rich Bude sea sand to poor inland soils. The project took a number of years to take shape and it was not until 1819 that the Bude Harbour and Canal Company was formed with 330 shareholders. The town is situated on the Atlantic Heritage Coast of Cornwall, adjacent to fine sandy beaches, and on the South West Coastal Path. Bude and nearby beaches provide some of the finest surfing to be had in all England; most beaches have lifeguard cover during the Summer months.

The two civil parishes of Bude and Stratton are once again united as Bude-Stratton parish.

Cemeteries

• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 456 entries.

Census

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. The Cornwall Family History Society have also published on-line census detail by surname on the FamilyHistoryonLine site.

Specific census information for this parish is available as follows:

• 1841. In the 1841 Census, Bude was enumerated as part of Stratton. (See Stratton).
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Bude Haven (HO107/1897), Enumeration District 2b, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Bude Haven (RG9/1513), Enumeration Districts 3 (including Workhouse), 4 and HM Shipping, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Stratton (RG10/2215), Enumeration District 3, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project. This includes Bude.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Stratton, St Michael (i.e. Bude), (RG11/2270), Enumeration District 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. In the 1891 Census, Bude was enumerated as part of Stratton. (See Stratton).

Church History

• Anglican On the southern side of the harbour, a chapel was built by Sir T. D. Acland, Bart., who also endowed it. The chapel is now the parish church; it is located in OS Grid Square SS2106 and was consecrated on 29th September 1835, and is dedicated to St Michael & All Angels. The church was built of stone brought from Trerice in Newlyn East. The building has a turret containing two bells and a clock.
• Roman Catholic St. Peter's Church was built by the Augustinian Canons Regular of the Lateran (from Bodmin) in 1926. The Prior of Bodmin bought land for one hundred and twenty pounds. He then begged and borrowed the money for construction. It was a long and difficult struggle since the parish (part of Launceston till 1976) was so small.
• Non-Conformist. The Wesleyan Methodists and United Methodists Free Church also had chapels here.

Church Records

• LDS Church Records. The LDS Church batch numbers for Bude Haven are: St Michael C073491. These are searchable by surname.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1836 - 1978, Burials 1848 - 1972, Marriages 1849 - 1970.
• Baptisms. Church baptisms 1837 to 1900 are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - C-PROP.
• Banns. Banns 1899 to 1901 are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - C-PROP.
• Marriages. Marriages 1849 to 1900 are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - C-PROP.
• Burials. Burials 1849 to 1900 are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - C-PROP.
• Other Non-Conformist Records. OPC Coverage of Non-Conformist records of this parish is available.

Civil Registration

The parish of Bude Haven is in the Stratton Registration District and has been since 1st July 1837; there were sub-districts at Kilhampton, Stratton and Week St Mary but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the district are: Jacobstow, Kilkhampton, Launcells, Marhamchurch, Morwenstow, Poughill, Poundstock, St. Gennys, Stratton, Stratton and Bude, Week St. Mary, Whitstone. The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: The Parkhouse Centre, Ergue Gaberic Way, Bude, EX23 8LF. Tel: 01288 353209.

Description & Travel

• ePodunk's Cornwall page - providing general, plus some historical and genealogical information, about Cornwall and its parishes, together with links (mainly relating to general sites and services, rather than ones that are specific to Cornwall or particular parishes).
• Photographs of Bude Haven are available on-line.

Genealogy

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.

Maps

• Map of the Stratton Registration District in which the parish lies.
• An old map of the parish of Bude (Haven) in the 19th century is also available.

Newspapers

The standard finding aid for British newspapers of Devon and Cornwall is the Bibliography of British Newspapers (general editor Charles A Toase) published by The British Library 1991. That reference work, which contains the names and addresses of all relevant newspaper repositories, should be available in most good libraries.

The Cornwall section, edited by Jean Rowles, encompasses an alphabetical chronology of publication and availability spans of each known newspaper referenced to publication location. The section on Bude publications reads:

• The British Library, Colindale: 4 Apr 1829 to 29 Jan 1848.
• Huntington Library (San Marino, CA): 17 Apr 1830.
• National Library of Wales: Various odd-named issues (not being repeated here) for 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834 and 1835.
• Redruth Cornish Studies Library (now called The Cornwall Centre): 4 Apr 1829 to 29 Jan 1848 (microfilm).
• Royal Institution of Cornwall, Truro: 16 Dec 1837.

The complete run of issues is available in the The Cornwall Centre Library, in Redruth (formerly The Cornish Studies Centre), on microfilm.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Bude Haven parish was part of the Stratton Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

Population

Bude Haven parish was created from Bude-Stratton parish in 1836. It eventually linked up again with Stratton to form the 'Bude-Stratton' civil parish.

Societies

Bude/Stratton & District Old Cornwall Society News Page is on-line.

Statistics

The parish comprises 4294 acres of land.

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