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Minster

The parish of Minster, (Cornish: Talkarn), is situated in the Deanery of Trigg Minor, and Hundred of Lesnewth. It is bounded on the north by St Juliot, on the east by St Juliot, Lesnewth, and Davidstow, on the south by Lanteglos-by-Camelford, and on the west by the detached part of Lanteglos, Tintagel, Trevalga and Forrabury. The manor, honour and borough of Botreaux Casle is now called 'Boscastle'. The town of Boscastle in north Cornwall was divided into two parishes by the River Jordan: Forrabury and Minster. However, these parishes become united by Act of Parliament in 1779.

The attractive wooded inland parish of Minster is in the valley of the River Valency and contains the mother church of the town of Boscastle.

Cemeteries

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 416 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. The 1841 Census of Minster (HO107/140), Enumeration District 8, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Minster (HO107/1898), Enumeration Districts 4a and 4b, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The New Zealand Society of Genealogists have compiled separate surname indexes of the 1851 Census for each Cornish registration district; Minster is listed in Volume 4. 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. The 1861 Census of Minster (RG9/1515), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Minster (RG10/2218), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Minster (RG11/2272), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Minster (RG12/1799), Enumeration District 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX1190; it is dedicated to St Merteriana. It comprises a chancel, nave and south aisle. The arcade has five four-centred arches supported on monolith granite pillars. The chief entrance is a south porch. The tower was lowered in the 19th century to one stage, and was covered with a saddle-back roof; it contained a single bell, which was removed from Bodmin church in 1814. The church was badly damaged by flooding in 2004.
  The priory of Talkarne is supposed to have stood here but ceased to exist in 1407 because of a seizure made by Parliament.
  Details about the plans of the existing church are available on-line. The parish is now part of Boscastle-with-Davidstow ecclesiastical parish.
• Non-Conformist. There were chapels at Boscastle for the Bible Christians and the United Methodist Free Church.

Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Minster are: E049391, C049391, M049391. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage for this parish is 1676 - 1812.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1679 - 1978, Burials 1678 - 1979, Marriages 1682 - 1958, Boyd's Marriage Index 1616 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1790 - 1812, BTs 1616 - 1632.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials
• Churchwardens accounts for Minster (1756-1788) are available in the Lambeth Palace Library.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms in this parish 1678 to 1901, are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1710 to 1850 for this parish.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD baptisms (1863 to 1900) of the Camelford United Methodist Circuit. Areas include: Camelford, Boscastle, Tintagel, St Gennys, St Teath, St Kew, St Minver, St Mabyn, Michaelstow, St Endellion, Altarnun, St Breward, St Tudy, Advent, Lanteglos, Minster and Wadebridge.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD, baptisms (1869 to 1900) of the Michaelstow Bible Christian Circuit. The Circuit covers Michaelstow, Blisland, St Teath, Minster, Advent, Tintagel, St Breward, Forrabury, Lanteglos, St Endellion, Trevalga, St Neot, Temple, St Minver, Altarnun, Lesnewth, St Tudy, Davidstow, and Camelford.
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1611 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1676 to 1812, and parish transcriptions 1838 to 1899 and 1754 to 1900, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, marriages 1682 to 1850 for this parish.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1813 to 1903 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD, burials (1805 to 1900) of the Camelford Wesleyan Chapel. The area covers Camelford, Michaelstow, St Teath, Minster, Tintagel, St Juliot, Blisland, St Breward, Forrabury, Advent, Trevalga, St Kew, Lanteglos and St Endellion.

Civil Registration

Although originally in the Camelford Registration District, the parish of Minster is now in the Bodmin Registration District; there were sub-districts at Boscastle and Camelford. Parishes within the Camelford district were: Advent, Davidstow, Forrabury, Lanteglos, Lesnewth, Michaelstow, Minster, Otterham, St. Breward, St. Clether, St. Juliot, St. Teath, Tintagel, Trevalga.

The Superintendant Registrar of Bodmin can be contacted at: Lyndhurst, 66 Nicholas Street, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 2AG. Tel: 01208 73677.

Description & Travel

• The The Parochial and Family History of the Parishes of Forrabury and Minister is available on-line, courtesy of the Old Cornwall Society. It was published by Sir John Mclean in 1873.
• 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).

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.

Historical Geography

• Minster (Talcar), Grid Reference 111905.
• Worthyvale (Gurdaualan, Gverdevalan), Grid Reference 107860.

Maps

• Map of the Camelford Registration District in which the parish originally lay.
• An old map of the parish of Minster in the 19th century is also available.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Minster parish was part of the Camelford Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1688 to 1744) are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

Population

Minster became united with Forrabury parish in 1779 and, therefore, Minster's population figures are included there.

Statistics

The parish comprised 3342 acres of land.

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