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St Mabyn

The parish of St Mabyn, (Cornish: Sen Mabon), is situated in the Deanery of Trigg Minor and Hundred of Trigg. It is bounded on the north by St Tudy, on the east by Blisland and Helland, on the south by Egloshayle, and on the west by St Kew. According to legend St Mabon, after whom the parish is named, was one of the 24 children of King Broccan.

At Dinham's Bridge, there is an arched bridge over the River Laine, which separates this parish from St Kew. This river rises in the neighbourhood of Camelford; it runs parallel with the Camel, to which it is a tributary, for several miles before falling into that river in Egloshayle parish.

The parish and village of St Mabyn are about 3 miles east of Wadebridge, south of the A39. There are no other villages in the parish, but there are many small manor houses, including Tregarden, Tredethy, Helligan and Colquite, all built in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Cemeteries

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 252 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 Mabyn, (HO107/152), is available on-line as follows:
  • From the Cornwall Online Census project: Enumeration Districts 1 and 2.
  • From the St Mabyn Village website.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of St Mabyn (HO107/1904), Enumeration Districts 6a and 6b, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of St Mabyn (RG9/1535), Enumeration Districts 2 and 3, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of St Mabyn (RG10/2248), Enumeration Districts 2 and 3, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881.
  • The 1881 Census of St Mabyn (RG11/2290), Enumeration Districts 2 and 3, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The 1881 Census of St Mabyn (RG11/2290) is also available on-line from the St Mabyn Village website.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of St Mabyn (RG12/1815) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration District 6.
  • Enumeration District 7.

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Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX0473 and is dedicated to St Mabyn. It comprises a chancel, nave, and north and south aisles. The arcades each comprise seven four-centred arches of granite, supported on monolith granite pillars with sculptured capitals of St Stephens porcelain stone. There is a south porch, a north door, and a priest's door. The tower, which is 75 feet in height, has three stages. It has a parapet and pinnacles.
  Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. There was a chapel belonging to the Methodist Free Church in the Churchtown, which had a graveyard. The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel at Longstone.

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Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for St Mabyn are: C002056, M002951, P002051. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1562 - 1812.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1562 - 1846, Burials 1537 - 1890, Marriages 1562 - 1983, Boyd's Marriage Index 1562 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1790 - 1812.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1813 to 1911 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1717 to 1844 for this parish.
  • Baptisms of St Mabyn 1717 to 1824 are available on fiche from the Cornish Forefathers' Society.
  • 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 also published on CD baptisms (1837 to 1900) of the Bodmin Wesleyan Circuit, including Fletchers Bridge Chapel (1896 - 1900). Areas include: Bodmin, Lanlivery, Lanivet, Roche, Luxulyan, Cardinham, St Mabyn, Withiel, Egloshayle and St Breock.
• Marriages.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1562 to 1812 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1601 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Phillimore's Marriages at St Mabyn - 1562 to 1812 are available on-line from UK Genealogy Archives.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1813 to 1911 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 format.

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Civil Registration

The parish of St Mabyn 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 were: 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.

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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).
• Pictures of St Mabyn are available on-line.
• Further information and photographs on St Mabyn's people and village, past and present, are also available on-line.

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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.
• Mailing Lists. There is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical and or historical interest in Bodmin Moor and its surrounding villages. Villages covered are: Advent (Tresinney), Alternun, Blisland, Bodmin, Boventor, Camelford (Lanteglos), Cardinham, Davidstow, Egloshayle, Helland, Laneast, Lanteglos by Camelford, Launceston, Lewannick, Liskeard, Michaelstow, North Hill, St Breward, St Breock, St Cleer, St Clether, St Mabyn, St Neot, St Tudy, Temple, Tresinney, Trewen, Wadebridge (Egloshayle & St Breock), and Warleggan. This list is in support of the OnLine Parish Clerk system. You can also subscribe to the ENG-CON-BODMINMOOR-L for the List version, or ENG-CON-BODMINMOOR-D (digest) for the Digest version.

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Historical Geography

• Colquite (Chilcoit), Grid Reference 054708.
• Trethevy (Teuardeui, Tewardevi), Grid Reference 033738.
• Trevisquite (Trauiscoit, Trawiscoit), Grid Reference 046749.

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Maps

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

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Occupations

Apprenticeship Indentures for St Mabyn (1667 - 1824) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• St Mabyn parish was part of the Bodmin Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1672 to 1810), Settlement Papers (1675 to 1842) and Bastardy Bonds (1624 to 1825) are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

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Population

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Schools

The school log book from 1871 records all the admissions, absences, and details of all aspects of the day to day running of the school. Extracts from this log book, together with past photographs of the school, are available on-line.

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Statistics

The parish comprises 4088 acres of land and 13 acres of water.

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