Cornwall

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Carbis Bay

Carbis Bay, (Cornish: Karrbons), is generally accepted as being part of Lelant; it is located in a romantic wooded gorge, running from the road down to the shore and is a holiday resort. In this spot several good dwelling-houses and hotels were built for visitors to the neighbourhood. The best view of the valley is had from the beach, looking upwards. The bay with its broad sands, is a nice spot for a quiet walk or read, and is more retired than the beach of Porthminster.
The railroad crosses the valley by a stone viaduct, and near at hand is the little Carbis Bay station. The train always stops here, for the convenience of those who like to walk back to town of St Ives, or from that town to Carbis Bay, returning by train.
Hawke's Point is a headland a short distance beyond Carbis Valley. The beauty of its scenery has a great attraction for tourists. Here is a pretty shaded garden and places in which visitors may have refreshments.

The ecclesiastical parish is named after the farm, which gave its name to the actual bay. The Cornish name for the bay is 'Barrepta Cove'. The word Carbis may be derived from the Cornish for 'causeway'.

Cemeteries

• Barnoon, is St. Ives oldest cemetery. It is an area of St. Ives on a steep hill above Porthmeor beach. The cemetery is located on the hill itself behind the Tate Gallery. All burials prior to Barnoon for St Ives were in local parishes. When all the plots at Barnoon were full or purchased, the next cemetery used from late 1950s was Longstones Cemetery at Carbis Bay. There is no church situated at either Barnoon or Longstones; however at Longstones there is a small chapel where services can be held.
• Transcriptions from Barnoon and Longstones cemetery, in St Ives, are available on Christine Uphill's Cornish Cemeteries site.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions on-line for the Parish Church - 49 entries.
• Some monumental inscriptions for Lelant, Longstones cemetery at Carbis Bay are available on-line courtesy of West Penwith Resources.

Census

Census information for Lelant (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:

• Carbis Bay has generally been enumerated as part of Lelant.
• 1871. A transcription of the 1871 Census of Cornwall is available on-line.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of the UK can be searched on-line courtesy of familySearch.org.

Church History

• Anglican. A mission church was first erected here in 1913, following the separation from Uny-Lelant. The parish church, which was built in 1929, is located in OS Grid Square SW5238; it is dedicated to St Anta and All Saints. The parish is now again united with Uny-Lelant.
• Non-Conformist. There were chapels here for the Wesleyans and United Methodists.

Church Records

The earliest Registers for Carbis Bay started in 1934, although there are some entries from 1929. The Anglican registers are all held in the church; none are at the Cornwall Record Office.
Details about the plans of the existing church are available on-line.

Civil Registration

The parish of Carbis Bay has been in the Penzance Registration District since it was created in the early 20th century from Uny-Lelant. There were originally sub-districts at Marazion, Penzance, St Buryan, St Just, St Ives and Uny-Lelant but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the district are: Gulval, Ludgvan, Madron, Marazion, Morvah, Penzance, Perranuthnoe, St. Buryan, St. Erth, St. Hilary, St. Ives, St. Just in Penwith, St. Levan, St. Michael's Mount, St. Paul, Sancreed, Sennen, Towednack, Uny-Lelant, Wolfe Rock Lighthouse, and Zennor. The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: Alphington House, Alverton Place, Penzance, TR18 4JJ. Tel: 01736 330093.

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 Carbis Bay are available on-line.

Directories

Kelly's Directory of Cornwall 1893 covering Lelant (including Carbis Bay).

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.
  • The OPC has produced a genealogical website which covers the parish.
• Other links to more information which may help those researching their family histories in the parish are also available.

Maps

• Map of the Penzance Registration District in which the parish lies.
• An old map of the parish of Carbis Bay in the 19th century is also available.
• A map showing Carbis Bay in the context of its neighbours is available.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Carbis Bay parish was part of the Penzance Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

Population

Carbis Bay has always been enumerated with, and as part of, Lelant.

Statistics

The parish comprises 1957 acres of land. (In 1971, Lelant and Carbis Bay occupied 792 Hectares of land).

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