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Lanner (Lannarth)

The name 'Lanner' originates from Lannergh, meaning 'a clearing' in the Cornish language; it has also been well-known as 'Lannarth'. The parish sprawls up the long slopes of a wide valley and is shielded by hills. It is a former tin and copper mining parish south-east of Redruth on the main road to Penryn which had grown rapidly in the 19th century; at the beginning of that century it only had 6 cottages. In the 13th century the Bishop of Exeter enclosed some woodland here to create a deer park. There is a disused quarry at Carn Marth.

Today most residents work in nearby towns, and local disused industrial sites have been tranformed into local assets such as walkways and playing fields.

Lanner was created as an ecclesiastical parish from part of the civil parish of Gwennap in 1844. Tresavean is a village in Lanner parish.

Cemeteries

• Monumental inscriptions of Lanner have not yet been recorded.
• War Memorial inscriptions for Lanner parish (1914-1918 and 1939-1945 Wars) are separately available.

Census

Census information for this parish (1851 - 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 1841 Lanner (Lannarth) was enumerated as part of Gwennap.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Lannarth is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 2q and 2s.
  • Enumeration Districts 2v, 2w, 2 [Schools] and 2z.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Lannarth is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • RG9/1577.
    • Enumeration District 15.
    • Enumeration District 16.
  • RG9/1578. Enumeration Districts 20 to 23.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Lanner is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • RG10/2313. Enumeration Districts 17 and 18.
  • RG10/2314. Enumeration Districts 19 and 20.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Lanner (RG11/2329) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration District 17.
  • Enumeration Districts 18 and 19.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Lanner (RG12/1845) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration District 13.
  • Enumeration Districts 14 to 16.

Church History

• Anglican. The ecclesiastical district of Lanarth (Lanner) was gazetted in 1844. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW7139; it is dedicated as: Christ Church. The church was erected in 1845, and is uglier, though less obtrusive, than that of St Day. It is a small stuccoed building consisting of a chancel, nave, south aisle, vestry, north porch and a turret containing one bell. It was consecrated on St Swithin's Day 1845, and was restored in 1883. The registers date from 1839.
  Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. [Pictures are provided courtesy of the OPC].
  • There is a large Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Lanner.
  • There is also a Methodist Church at Carharrack, to which is attached a Sunday School.
  • There was also a Bible Christian chapel, which is now used as the Village Hall.
  • There was a Primitive Methodist chapel here, which is now used as a Band Room.

  Church Records

  • The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1845 - 1975, Burials 1846 - 1952, Marriages 1845 - 1966.
  • Cornwall Legacy have also published on CD, baptisms (1837 to 1862) of the Falmouth Bible Christian Circuit. The area covers Falmouth, Camborne, Lanner, Penryn, Gwennap, St Agnes, and Kenwyn.
  • Cornwall Legacy have also published on CD, baptisms (1843 to 1900) of the Falmouth, Redruth & Camborne Bible Christian Circuit. The area covers Falmouth, Redruth, Camborne, Lanner, St Agnes, and Kenwyn.

  Civil Registration

  The parish of Lanner is in the Registration District of Camborne and has been continuously from its creation. Parishes in this registration district are: Camborne, East Phillack, Gwennap, Gwinear, Gwithian, Illogan, Phillack, Redruth, St. Sithian's, West Phillack.
  
  The address of the Superintendant Registrar is: Roskear, Camborne, TR14 8DN. Tel: 01209 612924.

  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 Lanner 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 Camborne and Redruth Registration district in which the parish lies.
  • An old map of the parish of Lanner in the 19th century is also available.

  Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

  Lanner parish became part of the Redruth Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief on its creation.

  Population

  Lanner was created from part of Gwennap parish in 1845. Population figures before this date are with that parish. Latterly, Lanner has been enumerated with St Day.

  Population in 1851 - 2710 persons Population in 1861 - 2615 persons Population in 1871 - 2348 persons Population in 1881 - 1813 persons Population in 1891 - 2055 persons Population in 1901 - 1801 persons Population in 1911 - 1895 persons Population in 1921 - 1756 persons

  Population in 1931 - 3785 persons Population in 1951 - 3758 persons Population in 1961 - 3517 persons Population in 1971 - 4364 persons Population in 1981 - 2090 persons Population in 1991 - 2145 persons Population in 2001 - 2493 persons

  Statistics

  The parish comprises 1460 acres of land.

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