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Budock

Budock (Cornish: Plywvudhek)is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Kirrier (Kerrier). It is now more commonly called Budock Water. In 1869, it was bounded on the north by St Gluvias and Falmouth, on the east by the sea, on the south by Mawnan and Constantine, and on the west by Mabe. The parish is named after Saint Budocus; the name is also found in the area of Plymouth known as St Budeaux. Before the conquest the whole of the parish of Budock lay within the manor belonging to the Bishops of Exeter called Treliver. The modern name of the village is Budock Water.

Glasney was originally in this parish, and was a moor or march at the bottom of the episcopal park at Penryn. Here Walter Bronescombe, Bishop of Exeter, in 1264, commenced and on March 26th 1267, endowed a college for thirteen canons, one of whom was to be styled provost, or president, and for thirteen vicars. In 1318 a misunderstanding between to Provost and canons as impropriators of St Gluvias, and the vicar of that church over the division of tithes was resolved by the Bishop of Exeter.

The peninsular upon which Pendennis Castle stands was a detached portion of Budock. Part of Budock formed the new borough of Falmouth and Penryn.

Cemeteries

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for Quaker Burials - 185 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 Census.
  • The 1841 Census of Budock (HO107/136) (Enumeration Districts 13 to 15 [including Schools and Pendennis Barracks]), is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The 1841 census for this parish has also been filmed by the LDS church - film No. 241260.
• 1851 Census.
  • The 1851 Census of Budock (HO107/1911) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
    • Enumeration District 1f.
    • Enumeration Districts 2b, 2c and 2d.
  • The New Zealand Society of Genealogists have compiled separate surname indexes of the 1851 Census for each Cornish registration district; Budock is listed in Volume 22. The booklets are available in Cornwall at the Cornwall Centre (formerly known as the Cornish Studies Library), and is also available in the Cornwall FHS Library.
• 1861 Census. The 1861 Census of Budock (RG9/1566) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration District 5 [including Barracks].
  • Enumeration District 10 [including Workhouse and Pound].
• 1871 Census. The 1871 Census of Budock is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • RG10/2294. Enumeration District 9 [including Schools].
  • RG10/2295. Enumeration Districts 10 and 11 [including Workhouse and Merchant Shipping].
• 1881 Census.
  • The 1881 Census of Budock is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
    • RG11/2316. Enumeration District 4 [Barracks].
    • RG11/2317: Enumeration Districts 10 and 11 [including Hospitals and Workhouses].
  • The 1881 Census of Falmouth Workhouse, Budock, is available on-line.
• 1891 Census. The 1891 Census of Budock is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • (RG12/1835). Enumeration Districts 8 and 9 (Penwerris).
  • (RG12/1835). Enumeration Districts 10 - 11 and Institutions.

Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW7832 and was dedicated to St Budocus prior to 1270. It comprises a chancel, nave, north aisle, and south transept. The arcade has seven four-centred arches, supported on monolith pillars of granite. The tower arch is plain and chamfered. There is a south porch with stone benches, and a priest's door. The tower is of three stages, is buttressed at the angles, and has stump pinnacles. There is a lych gate to the churchyard.
  There was also a Mission Church at Glasney which was built in 1908. Details about the plans of the two churches are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. There are Wesleyan chapels at Treverva and Budock Water.

Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Budock are: E006431, M006341, P006341. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1649 - 1875.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1653 - 1960, Burials 1653 - 1954, Marriages 1653 - 1966, Boyd's Marriage Index 1610 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1800 - 1812, BTs 1610 - 1673.
• Baptisms.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD baptisms 1719 to 1840 for this parish.
  • Cornwall Legacy have also published on CD, baptisms (1838 to 1852) of the Falmouth Wesleyan Circuit. These include two registers from Pikes Hill Chapel - baptisms 1871 to 1900 and 1889 to 1900, which include a few marriages. The Circuit covers Falmouth, Budock, Mylor, Stithians, Mawnan, St Gluvias, Wendron and Constantine.
  • Cornwall Legacy have also published on CD, baptisms (1837 to 1900) of the Falmouth Wesleyan Circuit (Penryn Section), and Penryn Wesleyan Chapel marriages (1893 to 1899). The area covers Penryn, Mabe, Mawnan, Constantine, Budock, St Gluvias, Stithians, Flushing, Edgcumb and Mylor.
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1654 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Phillimore's Marriages at Budock - 1653 to 1812 are available on-line from UK Genealogy Archives.
  • Some marriages at Budock are available on line, courtesy of Noeline.
• Burials. The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book or CD formats.

Civil Registration

The parish of Budock is in the Falmouth Registration District and has been since 1st July 1837; there were sub-districts at Constantine, Falmouth, Mylor and Penryn. Parishes within the district are: Budock, Constantine, Falmouth, Mabe, Mawnan, Mylor, Penryn, Perranarworthal and St. Gluvias. The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: Berkely House, 12-14 Berkeley Vale, Falmouth, TR11 3PH. Tel: 01326 312606.

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 Budock 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 Falmouth Registration District in which the parish lies.
• An old map of the parish of Budock in the 19th century is also available.

Occupations

Apprenticeship Indentures for Budock (1791 - 1836) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Budock parish was part of the Falmouth Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief. The Falmouth Workhouse was located at Trescobeas, within the parish of Budock.
• Overseers' Accounts for Budock(1765 to 1782 and 1790 to 1793), Settlement Papers (1827 to 1859) and Bastardy Bonds (1779 to 1819), are available in the Cornwall Record Office

Population

Religion & Religious Life

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 Budock are available on-line.

Statistics

The parish comprises 3589 acres of land, 13 acres of tidal water and 67 acres of foreshore.

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