1861.
- The 1861 Census of Egloskerry (RG9/1518) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project. The enumeration districts of the parish for this census cannot be determined.
- The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: 1861 Census for this parish, which is available in Book format.
- 1871.
- 1881. The 1881 Census of Egloskerry (RG11/2275), Enumeration
Districts 4 and 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census
project.
- 1891. The 1891 Census of Egloskerry (RG12/1802), Enumeration
Districts 4 and 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census
project.
- Anglican. The parish
church is located in OS Grid Square SX2786 and was originally dedicated to
St Ide and St Lydy on 14th September 1260. It was rededicated to St Keria in
1506. The church comprises a chancel, nave, south aisle, and north transept.
The arcade has five four-centred arches of granite with monolith pillars. There
is a south porch and a blocked north door. The tower, the door of which is
dated 1691, is of three stages, and finished with battlements and pinnacles; it
is 59 feet in height.
- Non-Conformist. There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the
Churchtown.
- LDS Church Records
- The LDS Church batch numbers for Egloskerry are: C022531/2/3, E022532, M022532. These are searchable by surname.
- The IGI coverage of this parish is 1576 - 1875; it is
NOT believed to be fully included in the LDS Church's International
Genealogical Index (IGI).
- The Cornwall
Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1576 - 1874, Burials 1573 - 1909,
Marriages 1574 - 1837, Boyd's Marriage Index 1574 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1790 - 1812.
- Baptisms.
- The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1684 to 1845 for this parish.
- Cornwall Legacy have also published on CD, records of the Launceston wesleyan Circuit. These include baptisms (1837-1900); the areas cover Launceston, South Petherwin, Lewannick, North Hill, Altarnun, Linkinhorne, St Stephens, Lezant, Egloskerry, Egloskerry, Treneglos, Stoke Climsland, Laneast and Lawhitton.
- Marriages.
- Burials.
- The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.
- Cornwall Legacy have also published on CD, records of the Launceston wesleyan Circuit. These comprise burials (1818-1880) and St Thomas Wesleyan Burials (1842- 1892). The areas cover Launceston, South Petherwin, Lewannick, North Hill, Altarnun, Linkinhorne, St Stephens, Lezant, Egloskerry, Egloskerry, Treneglos, Stoke Climsland, Laneast and Lawhitton.
The parish of Egloskerry is in the Launceston
Registration District and has been since 1st July 1837. There were
sub-districts at Altarnun, Launceston, North Hill, North Petherwin and St
Stephen-by-Launceston, but these are now all closed. Parishes within the district were: Altarnun, Boyton, Egloskerry, Laneast, Launceston, Lawhitton, Lewannick, Lezant, Northill, St. Mary Magdalene, St. Stephens by Launceston, St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Thomas Street, South Petherwin, Stokeclimsland, Tremaine, Treneglos, Tresmeer, Trewen, Warbstow.
The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: Hendra, Dunheved Road, Launceston, PL15 9JG. Tel: 01566 772464.
Pictures of Egloskerry are available on-line.
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 Domesday Settlements of Cornwall, a study undertaken by the Cornwall Branch of the Historical Association, has identified and located settlements listed in the Exeter and Exchequer Domesday Survey of AD 1086. The following places have been identified in Egloskerry ecclesiastical parish:
Apprenticeship Indentures for Egloskerry (1687 - 1820) can be found in the
Cornwall
Record Office.
- Egloskerry parish was part of the Launceston
Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
- Overseers' Accounts
(1682 to 1683, 1714 to 1733 and 1742), Settlement Papers (1713 to 1801) and
Bastardy Bonds (1627 to 1774), are available in the Cornwall
Record Office.
- Population in 1801 - 307 persons
- Population in 1811 - 395 persons
- Population in 1821 - 436 persons
- Population in 1831 - 537 persons
- Population in 1841 - 552 persons
- Population in 1851 - 534 persons
- Population in 1861 - 532 persons
- Population in 1871 - 431 persons
- Population in 1881 - 433 persons
- Population in 1891 - 470 persons
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- Population in 1901 - 406 persons
- Population in 1911 - 366 persons
- Population in 1921 - 366 persons
- Population in 1931 - 378 persons
- Population in 1951 - 333 persons
- Population in 1961 - 292 persons
- Population in 1971 - 293 persons
- Population in 1981 - 275 persons
- Population in 1991 - 337 persons
- Population in 2001 - 374 persons
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The parish comprises 3253 acres of land and 9 acres water.
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