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St Anthony-in-Roseland

The parish of St Anthony-in-Roseland, (Cornish: Sen Anta), is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Powder. It is bounded on the south by the English Channel, on the west by the estuary of Falmouth harbour, on the north by St Mawes creek, and on the east by Gerrans. It is believed that the parish was once an island. From the narrow isthmus by which it is joined to Gerrans, to the point of the entrance to Falmouth harbour, it is about two and a half miles long, by half a mile wide. The parish is named after St Anthony. The Roseland is thought to mean "the land of the promentory" Rhos being the old Cornish for 'Headland'.
The village is situated on the Roseland Peninsula to the east of the Carrick Roads and about 9 miles south-west of Tregony. It is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
St Anthony-in-Roseland Parish is in the Carrick district, near to the mouth of the River Fal and the Carrick Roads. The area is a rocky peninsula of mainly farmland with a prominent lighthouse, built in 1835 and still operating, and a former gun battery on its South Western promontory. The main family which has been associated with this parish was SPRY. There are very few houses in this small parish.

The parish no longer exists as a civic unit; it was incorporated into the parish of Gerrans in 1934.

Cemeteries

The OPC has transcribed and photographed all the Monumental inscriptions in St Anthony Church and burial ground. These are on-line.

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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 St Anthony-in-Roseland (HO107/147), Enumeration District 3 and Merchant Shipping, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of St Anthony-in-Roseland (HO107/1909), Enumeration District 5, 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; St Anthony in Roseland is listed in Volume 17. 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 St Anthony-in-Roseland (RG9/1553), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of St Anthony-in-Roseland (RG10/2274), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of St Anthony-in-Roseland (RG11/2307), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of St Anthony-in-Roseland (RG12/1827), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1901. The 1901 Census of St Anthony-in-Roseland (RG13/2217), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line courtesy of the OPC.
• 1911. The 1901 Census of St Anthony-in-Roseland (RG14/13814), Enumerations Districts 1 and 2, is available on-line courtesy of the OPC.

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Church History

• Anglican. During the 12th century, much of the land at St Anthony was owned by the Augustinian Priory at Plympton, Devon, and it was during this time that the Prior established the church here. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW8532 and was dedicated to St Antonius by Walter Bronescombe, Bishop of Exeter, on October 3rd, 1259, replacing an earlier Norman Church built about 1150. This church had, by 1860, become very dilapidated; the nave was in a ruinous condition, and the chancel and tower had gone altogether. This church was originally cruciformed, consisting of chancel, nave and transepts, with a central tower, supported on four acutely pointed arches. Whether the tower was removed by accident ior during the Reformation of Henry VIII, has not been determined. The chancel had never been rebuilt, so the church had become in the shape of the letter "T". It has been suggested that it was thought to be 'the best example in the county of what a parish church was like in the 12th and 13th centuries'.
  In the 1860's, the church was rebuilt and restored. It is situated on the border of a navigable creek which separates it from St Mawes, and near it formerly stood a small priory, subordinate to that of Plympton in Devon.
• Non-Conformist. There is a Wesleyan Chapel in the parish.

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Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for St Anthony-in-Roseland are: C022051/2/3, C053081/2, E022051, M022051/3. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1623 - 1875.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1660 - 1812, Burials 1678 - 1812, Marriages 1668 - 1983, Boyd's Marriage Index 1668 - 1700, BTs 1623 - 1638.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials.
• The OPC has placed on-line a "STRAYS" page relating to the activities of the parishioners of Gerrans & St Anthony in Roseland in other parishes.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms (1660 to 1901) are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Baptisms 1660 to 1813 Baptisms at St Anthony-in-Roseland are available on-line courtesy of the OPC.
  • Baptisms 1813 to 1906 Baptisms at St Anthony-in-Roseland are available on-line courtesy of the OPC.
  • The baptisms of the St Mawes Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, taken from LDS film 2276204, images 1789-1989 (courtesy of the Church of Latter Day Saints) are available on-line, courtesy of the OPC. These records relate to the whole of the Roseland Peninsula including St Mawes, St Just in Roseland, St Anthony in Roseland, Gerrans, Portscatho, Philleigh, Veryan, Ruan Lanihorne, etc.
  • Baptisms 1906 to 1986 are available off-line by contacting the OPC.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published Baptisms of St Mawes Wesleyan Circuit 1838 - 1900 on CD. The Circuit covers St Mawes, St Just-in-Roseland, Gerrans, Veryan, Ruan Lanihorne, Philleigh, and St Anthony.
• Banns. Banns 1825 to 1905 are available on-line through the OPC search Facility (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1623 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf formats.
  • Marriages 1668 to 1901 are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Marriages (by Groom) at St Anthony-in-Roseland 1686 to 1906 are available on-line courtesy of the OPC.
  • Marriages (by Bride) at St Anthony-in-Roseland 1686 to 1906 are available on-line courtesy of the OPC.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1678 to 1935, 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.
  • Burials at St Anthony-in-Roseland 1678 to 1811 are available on-line courtesy of the OPC.
  • Burials in Woollen 1768 to 1814 at St Anthony parish church.
  • Burials at St Anthony-in-Roseland 1813 to 1906 are available on-line courtesy of the OPC.

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Civil Registration

The parish of St Anthony-in-Roseland has been in the Truro Registration District continuously from 1st July 1837 until it was incorporated into the parish of Gerrans in 1934. There were sub-districts at Kea, Kenwyn, Probus, St. Agnes, St. Clement and St Just-in-Roseland, but these have now been abolished. Parishes in this registration district are: Cornelly, Cuby, Feock, Gerrans, Kea, Kenwyn, Ladock, Lamorran, Merther, Perranzabuloe, Philleigh, Probus, Ruan Lanihorne, St. Agnes, St. Allen, St. Anthony in Roseland, St. Clement, St. Erme, St. Feock, St. Just in Roseland, St. Michael Penkevil, Tregavethan, Tregony St. James, Truro St. Mary, Veryan.

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

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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 St Anthony-in-Roseland are available on-line.
• The OPC has placed on-line more pictures of St Anthony-in-Roseland. There is also a page of postcards covering views of Gerrans and St Anthony.

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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.

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Maps

• Map of the Truro Registration District in which the parish lies.
• An old map of the parish of St Anthony-in-Roseland in the 19th century is also available.

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Occupations

Apprenticeship Indentures for St Anthony-in-Roseland (1786 - 1800) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• St Anthony-in-Roseland parish was part of the Truro Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1728 to 1756), Settlement papers (1794) and Bastardy Bonds (1805), are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

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Population

Population figures from 1933 are included in those of Gerrans.

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Probate Records

Some Gerrans & St Anthony-in-Roseland Wills are available on-line.

Religion & Religious Life

In the May of 1641 it was agreed and ordered that every Member of the House of Commons and House of Lords should make a protestation (declaration of loyalty) to the crown. The Protestation was printed and then distributed by the Members to their counties. The Protestation was to be made by everyone and the Rectors, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor, had to appear before the Justices of the Peace in their Hundred to make their protestation and, on returning to their parishes, any two of them were to witness the taking of the Protestation Oath by all males over the age of 18 years. All names were listed and anyone who refused was to be noted.

The Protestation Returns of 1642 for St Anthony-in-Roseland are available on-line.

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Statistics

The parish comprised 753 acres of land and 101 acres of foreshore.

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Taxation

A transcription of the Hearth Tax returns for Gerrans & St Anthony is available on-line..

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