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St Enoder

The parish of St Enoder, (Cornish: Eglosenoder), is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Pydar. It is bounded on the north by St Columb Major, on the east by St Dennis and St Stephen-in-Brannel, on the south by Ladock, and on the west by St Newlyn East and Colan.

Standing on the site of St Enoder Church over 2000 years ago, early man would have looked down on wooded slopes and shallow lakes. Millions of fresh water shells have been dredged up at Penhale showing these lakes to have existed for thousands of years before the first human beings even came to the area. St Enoder parish is south of St Columb Major and Newquay, but nothing is known about the saint to whom the local church is dedicated. At a busy road junction near the A30 is the village of Summercourt, which has one of the longest established fairs in the country. In the past this was an important venue where sheep, cattle and horses were bought and sold.

The once bustling village of St Enoder Churchtown no longer exists. All the smaller houses have long since become ruins and disappeared. Only the more substantial of the foundations are left and these form boundaries of fields and have become Cornish hedges. The once 'Nelson Arms' public house still stands but is now a private house. Glebe Farm, built from the stone of a row of arms houses adjacent to Narrow Lane years ago, is still a working farm and the old back part of the Rectory has been pulled down and the house made more compact. The rubble from the old building was carried and dumped in the field below the Church. The recent development of the area has not helped the development of the village. First, St Enoder was by-passed by a new road and then Summercourt was developed. Now the new A30 runs between the two. The new roads have cut across ancient pathways and St Enoder Church appears marooned and separated from its people. But the old building still has the ability to draw people to it. For centuries men, women and children have been coming to this site and now once again they are making the journey and are finding peace and comfort within the walls of this lovely old building. The manor and borough of Mitchell is partially in this parish. From 1552 until the Reform Act of 1832, Mitchell sent two members to Parliament. In 1592, Sir Walter Raleigh was an MP for the borough, and Richard Carew, the noted Cornish historian, was MP in 1620.

Besides the Churchtown, the principal villages are Fraddon, Penhale, Summercourt, St. Columb Road, Indian Queens, and Trevarren.

Cemeteries

• There is a graveyard in the parish church grounds, plus a small cemetery plot adjacent to the churchyard itself. The parish also has a later cemetery too. Some gravestone inscriptions at St Enoder have been transcribed by the OPC.
• Some transcriptions from the St Enoder churchyard are available on the Cornish Cemeteries site.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions on-line for the Parish Church - 369 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 Enoder (HO107/150), Enumeration Districts 6 and 7, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of St Enoder (HO107/1905), Enumeration Districts 4a & 4b, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of St Enoder (RG9/1544), Enumeration Districts 1 and 2, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of St Enoder (RG10/2257), Enumeration Districts 1 and 2, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of St Enoder (RG11/2298), Enumeration Districts 1 and 2, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of St Enoder (RG12/1820), Enumeration Districts 5 and 6, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

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Church History

• Anglican. Within the Parish of St. Enoder there are three churches: that of St. Enoder itself, St. Francis at Indian Queens, and St. Constantine at Pedna Carne.
  • The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW8956 and was dedicated to St Enodorus. It comprises a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, and a short north transept. The south chancel arcade has three obtuse arches; the north chancel arcade has three four-centred pointed arches. The south arcade of the nave has four pointed arches on piers; the north arcade has four four-centred arches on pillars. The south porch is buttressed on the square, and finished with battlements and pinnacles; there is a north door and a priest's door. The tower is of three stages, buttressed at the angles, and surmounted with battlements and pinnacles; it contains five bells.
    St Enoder Church still stands overlooking rolling farmland and trees.
    The first Christian Chapel may have been built on the site as early as the 5th Century AD. The dedication is uncertain as Enoder is not a name well known as a Celtic saint. It is possible that he was St. Cyndr whose feast day is on the 27th April as St. Enoder feast has been traditionally kept on the Sunday nearest to the last Thursday in April, and the name sounds very similar. St. Cyndr came from Breckonshire where he founded two churches and travelled on to Brittany in about 547-550 AD. It is however more likely that 'Enoder' was Tinidor or Tenenen who travelled with St. Crantock.
    Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. There was a Bible Christian chapel at Fraddon and Summercourt; the Wesleyan Methodists also has a chapel at Summercourt.

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Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for St Enoder are: C0331231/2. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1571 - 1875; it is NOT believed to be fully included in the LDS Church's International Genealogical Index (IGI).
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1570 - 1931, Burials 1570 - 1945, Marriages 1571 - 1974, Boyd's Marriage Index 1571 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1800 - 1812.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1570 to 1911 are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC has published baptisms for the parish which are on-line as follows:

    1570 to 1604. 1605 to 1625. 1626 to 1640. 1641 to 1655. 1656 to 1670. 1671 to 1685. 1686 to 1695. 1696 to 1705.

    1706 to 1717. 1718 to 1742. 1743 to 1762. 1763 to 1782. 1783 to 1792. 1793 to 1802. 1803 to 1812. 1813 to 1823.

    1824 to 1833. 1834 to 1843. 1844 to 1853. 1854 to 1861. 1862 to 1870. 1871 to 1878. 1879 to 1886. 1886 to 1899.

    1900 to 1911.

  • Other donated baptisms at St Enoder are available.
  • The Parish Chest have published on CD, baptisms 1713 to 1840 for the parish of St Enoder.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have also published on CD, baptisms 1713 to 1840 for this parish.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD: baptisms (1839 to 1900) of the St Columb Wesleyan Methodist Circuit. Areas include: St Columb, Summercourt, Newquay, Padstow, St Stephens, St Enoder, St Dennis, St Issey, St Wenn and Colan.
  • Cornwall Legacy have also published on CD baptisms (1838 to 1900) of the St Columb Bible Christian Circuit. Areas include: St Columb, St Dennis, St Stephens, St Enoder, Roche, St Mawgan, Ladock, Newquay, St Wenn, St Eval, St Merryn and Perranzabuloe.
  • 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.
  • Cornwall Legacy have also published on CD, baptisms (1838 to 1900) of the St Ervan Bible Christian Circuit. The Circuit covers St Ervan, St Breock, St Wenn, St Issey, Padstow, Roche, St Dennis, St Columb, St Merryn, St Eval, St Enoder, Little Petherick, Egloshayle, Wadebridge, Mawgan-in-Pydar and Colan.
• Banns. Banns 1857 to 1895 are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • Phillimore's marriages at St Enoder are available on-line, courtesy of the OPC, as follows:

    1571 to 1615. 1616 to 1650. 1651 to 1700. 1700 to 1725.

    1726 to 1750. 1751 to 1775. 1776 to 1812.

  • The OPC has also published marriages for the parish 1813 to 1837.
  • Other donated marriages at St Enoder are available.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1571 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Church marriages 1571 to 1754 and 1813 to 1903, and Phillimore's marriages 1571 to 1812, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Burials.
  • The OPC has published burials for the parish which are on-line as follows:

    1718 to 1730. 1731 to 1745. 1746 to 1764.

    1764 to 1812. 1813 to 1901. 1901 to 1911.

• The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book or CD formats.
• Burials 1570 to 1936 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).

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Civil Registration

The parish of St Enoder was originally in the St Columb Registration District. It is now in the Registration District of St Austell. There were sub-districts at Newlyn, Padstow and St Columb Major, but these have now been abolished. 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 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).
• A history of St Enoder is available on-line.
• Photographs of St Enoder are available on-line.

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Directories

• A list of traders, taken from the 1856 Kellys Directory for St Enoder.
• A list of traders, taken from the 1873 Kellys Directory for St Enoder.
• A list of traders, taken from the 1883 Kellys Directory for St Enoder.
• A list of traders, taken from the 1893 Kellys Directory for St Enoder.
• A list of traders, taken from the 1910 Kellys Directory for St Enoder.
• A list of traders, taken from the 1923 Kellys Directory for St Enoder.
• A list of traders, taken from the 1939 Kellys Directory for St Enoder.

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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.
• There is a website for the parish to aid researchers.
• British-Genealogy have a mailing list for those wanting to discuss ancestry in St Enoder.

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Historical Geography

• Arrallas (Arganlis), Grid Reference 883539.
• Burthy (Brethei), Grid Reference 910556.
• St Enoder (Hecglosenuds, Hecglosenvder), Grid Reference 893569.

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History

A detailed history of St Enoder is available on-line.

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Land & Property

• The parish and town tithe maps, and accompanying survey books of c1840, provide a fascinating snap-shot of land use and ownership in the 19th century. In order to preserve the documents and improve access to them, the Cornwall Record Office are digitising these maps and survey books. The CD ROM tithe package include a map and survey books, together with a reader, for this parish; it is now available from the Cornwall Record Office. Details are on their website.

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Manors

The Manorial Documents Register (MDR) notes that St Enoder parish included the manors of: Arrallas (or Argallez), Burthy, Carvinack, Fraddon, Mitchell, Penhale and Trewynian. It is not possible to list in detail the surviving records for each of these manors; however, a brief indication of the locations can be given. Records relating to Arrallas, Carvinack, Penhale, Mitchell and Trewynian can be found in Cornwall Record Office, Old County Hall, Truro TR1 3AY (Email: CRO@cornwall.gov.uk). There are extensive collections for Arrallas, Mitchell and Penhale.

Further records for Arrallas are in the Duchy of Cornwall Office, 10 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6LA, and additional Penhale Manor records are at the British Library, Manuscript Collections, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB (Email: mss@bl.uk). Fraddon Manor records are also in the British Library, Manuscript Collections. The staff at these repositories can advise further. No records are noted for Burthy Manor.

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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 Enoder in the 19th century is also available.

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Military Records

• The 1569 Muster Roll for St Enoder is available on line, courtesy of the OPC.

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• St Enoder parish was part of the St Columb Major Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1805 to 1830) are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

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Population

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Probate Records

Some St Enoder Will transcripts are on-line.

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Religion and 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 Enoder are available on-line.
• Priests at St Enoder are listed on-line, courtesy of the OPC.

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Statistics

The parish comprises 6920 acres of land.

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Taxation

The Hearth Tax of 1664 for St Enoder parish has been published by the OPC.

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