Cornwall

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St Pinnock

The parish of St Pinnock is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of West. It is bounded on the north by St Neot and Liskeard, on the east by Liskeard and Duloe, on the south by Lanreath, and on the west by Bradock (Broad Oak). There is a reference to a St Pynnock in 1395 but not much else is known of this saint who gave his name to this parish west of Liskeard.

The small village of St Pinnock is south of the A38 between Liskeard and Lostwithiel. The villages are the Churchtown, East Taphouse, and Penfrane or Penvrane.

Cemeteries

• The Gravestone Photographic Resource project have recorded the following:
  • St Pinnock Churchyard.
  • Connon Methodist Cemetery, St Pinnock.
• Some transcriptions from the St Pinnock churchyard are available on the Cornish Cemeteries site. The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for:
  • The Parish Church - 475 entries
    
  • Connon Methodist Chapel - 307 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 Pinnock (HO107/153), Enumeration Districts 16 and 17, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of St Pinnock (HO107/1902), Enumeration Districts 5a and 5b, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of St Pinnock (RG9/1530), Enumeration Districts 16 and 17, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of St Pinnock (RG10/2240), Enumeration District 17, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of St Pinnock (RG11/2286), Enumeration District 16, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of St Pinnock (RG12/1811), Enumeration Districts 16 and 17, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX2063 and was dedicated to St Pinnock (Pynocus). It consists of a chancel, nave, north aisle, and south transept. The arcade has four four-centred arches supported on monolith granite pillars with caps of Pentewan stone. The entrances are a south porch and a priest's door. The tower has three low stages, is buttressed on the square, and terminates with battlements and pinnacles; it contains four bells. The churchyard is entered through a lych gate.
  Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. There was a Bible Christian chapel at Bethel, and a United Methodist Free Church chapel at Connon.

Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for St Pinnock are: P021791. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1682 - 1772.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1566 - 1978, Burials 1546 - 1896, Marriages 1539 - 1948, Boyd's Marriage Index 1597 - 1673, BTs 1597 - 1673.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • 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 Parish Chest have published on CD baptisms 1738 to 1840 for this parish.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD, records of the Liskeard Bible Christian Circuit. These comprise baptisms (1837 to 1863). The areas cover Liskeard, St Ive, St Cleer, Altarnun, Menheniot, St Neot, Broadoak, St Pinnock and certain other parishes.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD, records of the Liskeard Wesleyan Circuit. These comprise baptisms 1834 to 1900. The areas cover Liskeard, Boconnoc, Broadoak, Callington, Linkinhorne, Looe, Menheniot, Morval, Pelynt, Quethiock, St Germans, St Ive, St Martins, St Neot, St Pinnock, St Veep, St Winnow, South Hill and Talland.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD, records of the Looe Bible Christian Circuit. These comprise baptisms 1848 to 1900. The areas cover Looe, St Keyne, St Pinnock, Lansallos, Talland St Veep, Duloe, Liskeard, Lanreath, Boconnoc, Pelynt, St Martins, and Polperro.
• Banns. Banns 1835 to 1911 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • Callington Area Heritage Centre have placed on-line marriage records for St Pinnock parish 1813 to 1837.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1539 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1813 to 1896 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.

Civil Registration

The parish of St Pinnock has always been in the Liskeard Registration District. There were sub-districts at Callington, Lerrin, Liskeard and Looe, but these closed in the 1930s. Parishes within the district are: Boconnoc, Broadoak, Callington, Calstock (1837-60), Duloe, East Looe, Lanreath, Lansallos, Lanteglos, Linkinhorne, Liskeard, Liskeard Borough, Menheniot, Morval, Pelynt, St. Cleer, St. Dominick, St. Ive, St. Keyne, St. Martin's, St. Neot, St. Pinnock, St. Veep, Southill, Talland and West Looe. The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: Graylands, Dean Street, Liskeard, PL14 4AH. Tel: 01579 343442.

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 Pinnock are available on-line.

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

• Bosent (Bocent, Bvchent), Grid Reference 217635.
• Trevillis (Trefilies), Grid Reference 186616.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

St Pinnock parish was part of the Liskeard Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

Population

Statistics

The parish comprises 3486 acres of land and 2 acres of water.

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