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St Endellion

St Endellion (aka St Endillyon), commonly called Endellion, (Cornish: Sen Endelyn), is situated in the Deanery of Trigg Minor and the Hundred of Trigg. It is bounded on the north by the sea, on the east by St Teath, on the south by St Kew and St Minver, and on the west by St Minver. There are many legends about the saint which gave her name to this church and parish. One is that she was the daughter of the Welsh king Broccan, another that she was the god-daughter of King Arthur, who helped her when a local lord killed her cow. It is the only church known to be dedicated to this saint. The parish is on the north coast of Cornwall south of Port Isaac. The high ground upon which the church stands renders its tower a conspicuous object at a considerable distance, and was a landmark from the sea.

Port Isaac, or more properly Portissuk, is a Saxon port and a village within this parish, but about a mile and a half from the Churchtown. Port Isaac was created a separate parish in 1913. Besides the Churchtown, the other villages are Trelights, and Trewetha (Trewether). Besides fishing activities, other occupations included mining and agriculture.

Cemeteries

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions on-line for the Parish Church - 1305 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. The 1841 Census of St Endellion (HO107/152), Enumeration Districts 4 and 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of St Endellion (HO107/1904), Enumeration Districts 2a and 2b, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of St Endellion (RG9/1538), Enumeration Districts 4 and 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of St Endellion (RG10/2251), Enumeration Districts 4 and 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of St Endellion (RG11/2293), Enumeration Districts 4 and 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of St Endellion (RG12/1817), Enumeration District 4 and 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW9978 and was dedicated to St Endelienta. It comprises a chancel, nave, and north and south aisles. The arcades are each of five four-centred arches with monolith pillars, all of granite; they are held together by roughly carved tie beams. There is a south porch and a priest's door. The tower is believed to have been built from granite brought from Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel. It is of three stages and finished with battlements and pinnacles. It contains six bells.
  The church is first recorded in Bishop Brantyngham's registers, circa 1380. A history of Endellion Church is available.
• Non-Conformist. The Wesleyan Methodists and the Bible Christians built chapels in Trelights.

Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for St Endellion are: C002371/2/3, M002371, P002371. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1684 - 1812.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1732 - 1967, Burials 1738 - 1968, Marriages 1735 - 1970, Boyd's Marriage Index 1614 - 1812, BTs 1614 - 1673.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials
• Baptisms.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1740 to 1850 for this parish.
  • St Endellion/Port Isaac United Methodist Free Church Baptisms 1868 - 1900.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD baptisms (1863 to 1900) of the Camelford United Methodist Circuit. Areas include: Camelford, Boscastle, Tintagel, St Gennys, St Teath, St Kew, St Minver, St Mabyn, Michaelstow, St Endellion, Altarnun, St Breward, St Tudy, Advent, Lanteglos, Minster and Wadebridge.
  • Cornwall Legacy have also published on CD, baptisms (1836 to 1900) of the Camelford Wesleyan Circuit. Areas include: Camelford, Advent, St Teath, Lanteglos, St Breward, Wadebridge, Boscastle, Port Isaac, St Breock, St Minver, St Endellion and St Mabyn.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD, baptisms (1869 to 1900) of the Michaelstow Bible Christian Circuit. The Circuit covers Michaelstow, Blisland, St Teath, Minster, Advent, Tintagel, St Breward, Forrabury, Lanteglos, St Endellion, Trevalga, St Neot, Temple, St Minver, Altarnun, Lesnewth, St Tudy, Davidstow, and Camelford.
• Marriages. The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1614 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
• Burials.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book or CD formats.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD, burials (1805 to 1900) of the Camelford Wesleyan Chapel. The area covers Camelford, Michaelstow, St Teath, Minster, Tintagel, St Juliot, Blisland, St Breward, Forrabury, Advent, Trevalga, St Kew, Lanteglos and St Endellion.

Civil Registration

The parish of St Endellion is in the Bodmin Registration District and has been since 1st July 1837; there were sub-districts are Bodmin, Egloshayle, Lanlivery and St Mabyn but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the district are: Blisland, Bodmin, Bodmin Borough, Cardinham, Egloshayle, Endellion, Helland, Lanhydrock, Lanviet, Lanlivery, Lostwithiel, Luxulion, St. Kew, St. Mabyn, St. Minver Highlands, St. Minver Lowlands, St. Tudy, St. Winnow, Temple, Wadebridge, Warleggon, Withiel.

The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: Lyndhurst, 66 Nicholas Street, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 2AG. Tel: 01208 73677.

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).
• There is a parish website also available.

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.

Historical Geography

• Roscarrock (Roscaret, Hroscarec), Grid Reference 987804.
• Trefreock (Trefrioc), Grid Reference 993799.
• Trewethart (Trenant), Grid Reference 016806.

Maps

• Map of the Bodmin Registration District in which the parish lies.
• An old map of the parish of St Endellion in the 19th century is also available.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

The parish of St Endellion was part of the Bodmin Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

Population

The parish of Port Isaac was created from part of this parish in 1913.

Statistics

The parish comprises 3776 acres of land, one acre of water and 12 acres of foreshore.

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