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Newlyn East

The parish of St Newlyn East, , (Cornish: Eglosniwlin),(usually abbreviated to Newlyn or Newlyn East) is about five miles south of Newquay. It is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Pydar. It is bounded on the north by St Columb Minor and Colan, on the east by St Enoder, on the south by Ladock, St Erme and St Allen, and on the west by Perranzabuloe, Cubert and Crantock. The parish is named after the patron saint of the church, who was believed to have been martyred by her father. In the 19th century it was a thriving mining community whose history was marred by a disaster in 1846 at the East Wheal Rose mine. An unusually heavy thunderstorm on 9th July, lasting an hour and a quarter, flooded the mine and thirty-nine of the miners - chiefly inhabitants of the churchtown and its immediate vicinity, were drowned. The miners dug a 'Pit' in the village as a memorial and as a gesture of thanksgiving. This is still used today for special occasions such as tea treats. The mine was eventually closed in 1881.

The ancient Borough of Mitchell (St Michael) lies partly in this parish and partly in St Enoder. There is an imposing manor house at Trerice, supposed to have been built in 1570. It is a small Elizabethan manor house, about 4 miles south of Newquay, which was once the home of a younger branch of the Arundells; now it is owned by the National Trust and is open to the public. Trerice was once part of the manor of Degimbris which was owned by the Arundells and was once the Domesday manor of Tregedei.
The village is thriving today and has a school, shops and a sub-post office. A considerable portion of the village of Mitchell, formerly a borough, was in this parish. The chief villages are the Churchtown, Mitchell and Fiddler's Green.

Bibliography

St Newlyn East - A History of the Parish was published by the St Newlyn East Local Studies Group in 2000 (ISBN 0 9525692 1 3).

Cemeteries

• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions on-line for the Parish Church - 280 entries.
• A separate cemetery of one acre was formed in 1882.

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 Newlyn East (HO107/150), Enumeration Districts 3 to 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Newlyn East (HO107/1905), Enumeration District 3a and 3b, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • Ray Woodbine has compiled the 1851 Census for many Cornish parishes. Entries for St Newlyn East are contained in Volume 5-5. This is available in the Library of the Cornwall Family History Society from which it can be purchased.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Newlyn East (RG9/1544), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871.
  • The 1871 Census of Newlyn East (RG10/2257), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The 1871 Census of St Newlyn East is also available from the Cornwall Family History Society.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of St Newlyn East (RG11/2298), Enumeration Districts 3 and 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of St Newlyn East (RG12/1820), 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 SW8256 and was dedicated to St Newlyn the Virgin ( St Newelina) on "the Friday after St. Matthew" in September 1259. It consists of a chancel, nave, south aisle, south transept or Tresillian aisle, and north transept or Cargol manor aisle. The arcade consists of five four-centred arches, and three lesser pointed arches. The church contains the family vault of the Arundells of Trerice. There is a south porch and a north door. The tower is of three stages, is buttressed on the square, and finished with battlements and pinnacles; it contains five bells. The church was re-roofed in 1846, and a major renewal took place in 1883.
  Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. In this parish were four Wesleyan chapels: one in the Churchtown, one at Mitchell, one at Rejerrow and one at Kestle Mill.

Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for East Newlyn (sic) are: C0022521/2/3/4, E022522, M022521/2/3/5. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1559 - 1876.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1559 - 1900, Burials 1559 - 1900, Marriages 1559 - 1812, Boyd's Marriage Index 1559 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1800 - 1812.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1764 to 1812 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Parish Chest have published on CD, baptisms 1715 to 1830 for the parish of Newlyn East.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1715 to 1850 for this parish.
  • UK Genogold have produced a searchable list of some baptisms recorded for Newlyn East parish by the OPC.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published Baptisms of St Agnes Wesleyan Circuit 1837 - 1900 on CD. The Circuit covers St Agnes, Perranzabuloe, Cubert, St Columb Minor, Newlyn East, Crantock and Mithian. Blackwater Chapel baptisms 1839-1900) and Mount Hawke Chapel baptisms 1850 - 1867 are included.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD, baptisms (1838 to 1900) of the Newlyn East Wesleyan Circuit. The Circuit covers Newlyn East, St Allen, Crantock, St Columb Minor, St Enoder, and Perranzabuloe.
• Marriages. The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1559 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1716 to 1901 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC has placed on-line burials at Newlyn East, as follows:
    • 1764 through 1813 - A through L.
    • 1764 through 1813 - M through Z.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in CD or Book formats.
  • UK Genogold have produced a searchable list of some burials recorded for Newlyn East parish by the OPC.
• Other Non-Conformist Records. OPC Coverage of Non-Conformist records of this parish is available.

Civil Registration

The parish of Newlyn East was originally in the St Columb Registration District. It is now in the Truro Registration District. There were sub-districts at Newlyn, Padstow and St Columb Major, but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the old St Columb district were: Colan, Crantock, Cubert, Little Petherick, Mawgan in Pyder, Newlyn, Newquay, Padstow, St. Breock, St. Columb Major, St. Columb Minor, St. Enoder, St. Ervan, St. Eval, St. Issey, St. Merryn, St. Wenn.

The address of the Superintendant Registrar in Truro is: Dalvenie House, New County Hall, Truro, TR1 3AY.
Tel: 01872 322241.

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 Newlyn East are available on-line.

Directories

• Kelly's 1873 Directory of St Newlyn East.
• Kelly's Trades Directory of Newlyn East - 1910. (This includes the names of parishioners).

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 for Newlyn East is Blanche Charles, who has produced a genealogical website for St Allen, Newlyn East, Perranzabuloe and Withiel parishes, and who offers look-ups of parish register, census and Directory information of the parish.

Historical Geography

• Cargoll (Cargau, Cargav), Grid Reference 819564.
• Trenhaile (Trenhal), Grid Reference 821590.

Maps

• Map of the Truro Registration District in which the parish lies.
• An old map of the parish of Newlyn East in the 19th century is also available.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Newlyn East parish was part of the St Columb Major Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

Population

Statistics

The parish comprises 8371 acres of land.

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