Penzance Borough

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Penzance, St John

The parish occupies the south-eastern part of the town of Penzance. This parish, (Cornish: Pennsans Sen Jowann), was created in 1882 from Penzance, St Mary parish. The civil parish of St John is now but a part of Penzance Borough.

Cemeteries

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 49 entries.

Census

This parish was formed in 1882. Census information for this parish (1891) 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:

• 1891. The 1891 Census of Penzance, St John is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • RG12/1857.
    • Enumeration District 14.
    • Enumeration Districts 15 to 16.
  • RG12/1858. Enumeration District 17.

Church History

Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW4730 and was dedicated to St John the Baptist. The parish was formed from St Mary's parish in 1883 to serve the eastern part of Penzance. The church is sited at the top of Trewartha terrace; it is a building of moor stone, with granite dressings, in the Early English style. It was erected in 1881 at cost of £7,000, and consist of chancel, nave of four bays, transept, aisles, east and west porches and has one bell; there are sittings for 600 persons. The register dates from the year 1881.
Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.

Church Records

• CRO Records. The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1881 - 1900, Marriages 1882 - 1900. Penzance St. John Registers 1881-1992 (original + microfiche) CRO P181/1/1, 4-6.
• LDS Church Records. The LDS Church batch numbers for Penzance are: P002611, Bible Christian Circuit C065301, The Lower Meeting Independent, East Street C065281, Wesleyan Methodists C065291. These are searchable by surname.
• Baptisms. Baptisms 1881 to 1912 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).

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 Penzance Registration District in which the parish lies.
• An old map of the parish of Penzance in the 19th century is also available.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Penzance St John parish was part of the Penzance Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

Population

Population figures for this parish are included as part of Penzance Town. However, in 1901 the population for Penzance, St John is recorded as 1290 persons.

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