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St Columb Minor

The parish of St Columb Minor, (Cornish: Sen Kolomm Vyghan), is in the Deanery and Hundred of Pydar. It is bounded on the north by Mawgan-in-Pydar, on the east by St Columb Major and Colan, on the south by Newlyn East, and on the west by the Bristol Channel. A whole area of North Cornwall bears the name of St Columb; it is divided between the parishes of St Columb Major and St Columb Minor. Until relatively recently these were known as Higher and Lower St Columb. These parishes are both named after their patron, Saint Columba. Another old name used for St Columb Minor was Nether St Columb.

In 1960, the civil parish of St Columb was subsumed by Newquay of which St Columb Minor is now a suburb. Villages in this parish were: Trencreek, Chapel, Porth, Lane, Shop, Trenance and the Churchtown.

Bibliography

"St Columb Minor - Memories and Parish History" has been published by the St Columb Minor Parish Map Project Committee, 2000. It is available from Quintdown Press, Trevena House, 11 Trevena Terrace, Newquay, Cornwall TR7 1LJ.

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Cemeteries

• A cemetery of half an acre was formed in the parish in 1874 to supplement that in the parish churchyard.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 908 entries.

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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 Columb Minor (HO107/149), Enumeration Districts 7 to 9, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of St Columb Minor (HO107/1905), Enumeration Districts 5a, 5b and 5c, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of St Columb Minor is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • RG9/1542. Enumeration District 5 [including Merchant Shipping].
  • RG9/1543. Enumeration Districts 6 and 7.
• 1871.
  • The 1871 Census of St Columb Minor (RG10/2256) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
    • Enumeration Districts 5G [including Schools] and 6D.
    • Enumeration District 7D.
  • The 1871 Census of St Columb Minor is also available from the Cornwall Family History Society.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of St Columb Minor is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • RG11/2296. Enumeration Districts 6 and 7.
  • RG11/2297. Enumeration Districts 1 and 2, and Merchant Shipping.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of St Columb Minor (RG12/1819) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 7 and 8.
  • Enumeration District 9.

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Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW8362 and is supposed to be dedicated to St Columba, but there is no written record of this. Adjacent to the parish is the larger parish of St Columb Major. It is not known whom St Columba was, but some historians believe she may have been a French saint.
  The site of the church is probably that of an Iron Age barrow where pagan rites were celebrated and was originally circular in shape. The church is sheltered from the strong Atlantic winds and looks down on the Rialton valley. The first church was probably replaced more than once, until about 1100 when a Norman Church was built. Its outline has been traced from the present chancel step to about a metre from the belfry door. It had North and South walls exactly where nave arches stand today. Part of these Norman foundations can be seen around the pillars. It would have had small windows, perhaps with trancepts and low arches leading to an apse.
  About the middle of the 12th century, another church was erected in place of the Norman one. This had aisles which terminated at the chancel. Nothing is known about the building of this church, except in 1283 is was referred to as a chapelry to the College of Crantock. By 1417 it had been reported that the chancel was in a ruinous state and the whole church needed rebuilding. About 1430, the Nave arcades were reconstructed. Two of the original pillars of Beer stone were left but the other pillars are of Cornish granite. About 1470, the East walls of both transepts were taken down and the aisles extended to the length of the chancel, the side walls of the chancel being pierced with arcades.
  The present church consists of a chancel, nave, and north and south aisles. The arcades are of six arches each, the chancel arches being obtuse, and the nave arches are pointed. The tower arch is plain; there is a north door, a south porch (within it is the date 1669), and a priest's door. The Tower, which is the second highest in Cornwall, is 115 feet in height and was built in the 15th Century; originally it could have been seen from every point in the parish. It is battlemented and finished with pinnacles.
  The church has undergone two major restorations: one in 1795 and again in 1884.
  Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. There are chapels here for the Baptists, Wesleyans, Bible Christians and Primitive Methodists.

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Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for St Columb Minor are: C023441/2/3, E023441, M023441. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1560 - 1875.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1560 - 1960, Burials 1560 - 1957, Marriages 1560 - 1950, Boyd's Marriage Index 1560 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1781 - 1812, Non-Conformist records 1795 - 1837.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1560 to 1783, and 1850 to 1911 (parish transcripts) and 1676 to 1772 (Bishop's transcripts), for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP). For Non-Conformist baptisms in St Columb Minor , see under St Columb Major.
  • 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.
• Banns. Banns 1754 to 1812 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1560 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Marriages in the parish church 1560 to 1812 (Phillimore's), 1876 to 1772 (Bishop's transcripts), and 1725 to 1903 are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Phillimore's Marriages of St Columb Minor 1560 to 1812 are also available on-line from UK Genealogy Archives.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1569 to 1803 and 1873 to 1911 (parish transcripts), and 1676 to 1772 (Bishop's transcripts), 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 or CD formats.
• Other Non-Conformist Records. OPC Coverage of Non-Conformist records of this parish is available.

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Civil Registration

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

The Superintendant Registrar of St Austell can be contacted at: 12 Carlyon Road, St Austell, PL25 4LD. Tel: 01726 68974. Fax: 01726 68974.

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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 Columb Minor are available on-line.
• Pictures of St Columb Minor are available.

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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 by email.
• Susan Old is undertaking the reconstruction of parishes in the Hundred of Pydar.
• British-Genealogy have a mailing list for those wanting to discuss ancestry in St Columb Minor.

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Historical Geography

• Rialton (Rieltona, Rieltone), Grid Reference 850619.
• Treloy (Trelloi), Grid Reference 858624.
• Treninnick (Trinconet, Trinnonec, Trinnonech), Grid Reference 819607.

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Maps

• Map of the St Austell Registration district in which the parish lies.
• An old map of the parish of St Columb Minor in the 19th century is also available.

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• St Columb Minor parish was part of the St Columb Major Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1729 to 1779) for this parish are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

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Population

From 1960, the population figures were included in those for the civil parish of Newquay.

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Statistics

The parish comprises 5779 acres of land.

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