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Penponds

Penponds, (Cornish: Pennpons), is in the Hundred of Penwith and Deanery of Carnmarth. The parish of Penponds stretches from the north coast of Cornwall to the north-west suburbs of the town of Camborne. It was created out of Camborne parish in 1857 because of its increasing population; it was the most agricultural area of that parish. The principal villages in Penponds are: Kehelland, Barripper and Ramsgate.

Penponds is now again administered as part of Camborne town.

Cemeteries

• Transcriptions from Penponds cemetery are available on Christine Uphill's Cornish Cemeteries site.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 800 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. In the 1841 Census, Penponds was enumerated as part of Camborne.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Penponds (HO107/1916) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 1g and 1h.
  • Enumeration Districts 1n and 1o.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Penponds (RG9/1584) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 7 and 9.
  • Enumeration Districts 15 and 16.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Penponds is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • RG10/2324. Enumeration District 7 (St Martin's, Tuckingmill - All Saints, and Penponds).
  • RG10/2325. Enumeration Districts 8 and 9.
  • RG10/2326. Enumeration District 15. (It should be noted that this Enumeration District includes parts of Treslothan and Camborne parishes).
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Penponds is available on-line from the Cornwall On-line Census project as follows:
  • RG11/2335. Enumeration District 11.
  • RG11/2336. Enumeration Districts 12 to 14.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Penponds (RG12/1851) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 11 to 14.
  • Enumeration Districts 15 and 16.
  • Enumeration Districts 17 and 18.

Church History

• Anglican. The ecclesiastical parish of Penponds was formed in 1846 from Camborne civil parish. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW6339 and was dedicated to: The Holy Trinity. This was built in 1854 out of stone with granite quoins in the early English style. It comprises a chancel, nave, north aisle, vestry. The arcade is of four arches, and there is a stone bell-cote, pierced for two bells. The registers date from 1854, although the parish was not gazetted until 1 January 1857. In 1901, the church was restored and decorated.
  Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.
  The ecclesiastical parish is now linked to Crowan parish.
• Non-conformists. The Bible Christians had a chapel at Penponds, the United Methodists had a chapel at Barripper, and the Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel at Kehelland.

Church Records

The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1854 - 1997, Burials 1854 - 1998, Marriages 1854 - 1989.

Civil Registration

The parish of Penponds is in the Registration District of Camborne-Redruth and has been since its creation.

The address of the Superintendant Registrar is: Roskear, Camborne, TR14 8DN. Tel: 01209 612924.

Directories

• Kelly's 1873 Directory of Penponds.

Genealogy

• 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 for the Town of Camborne.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Penponds parish was part of the Redruth Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

Population

The parish of Penponds was created from Camborne parish in 1857. Population figures before this date are with that parish.

Statistics

The parish consists of 1956 acres of land.

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