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Stithians

The parish of Stithians (or Stythians), (Cornish: Sen Stedhyans), is in the Deanery and Hundred of Kerrier. It is bounded on the north by Gwennap, on the east by Perranarworthal and St Gluvias, on the south by Mabe and Constantine, and on the west by Wendron. The name is taken from the dedication of the church to St Stithian. The little River Kennel (Tretheage) rises near Carn Meneles and intersected the parish. In the 19th century, the river worked a number of flour mills, and machinery at a foundry and paper works. On its course into Restronguet Creek, it was thought to have turned forty water wheels.

Stithians is bordered in the north by the old tin mining area of Camborne and Redruth, to the south by stone quarries and to the west by the large 300-odd acre Stithians Reservoir. The parish is mainly an agricultural one which is located south of the Gwennap mining area and north of the quarrying areas of Rame and Longdown. About three hundred acres of Stithians Reservoir lie to the west of the village and now offers recreation such as fishing, sailing and bird watching. Stithians is well known for the annual Agricultural Show held in mid-July.

The principal villages are the Churchtown, Crellow, Carnmeor, Menerdue, Penhalurick, Penhalvean, Tregolls, Trembroath, Tresevern, Foundry, and Goonlaze.

Cemeteries

• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 662 entries.
• War Memorial inscriptions for Stithians parish (1914-1918 and 1939-1945 Wars) are separately available.

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Census

Census information for parishes in this town (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 Stithians (HO107/139), Enumeration Districts 26 to 29, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Stithians (HO107/1914), Enumeration Districts 1, 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The New Zealand Society of Genealogists have compiled separate surname indexes of the 1851 Census for each Cornish registration district; Stithians is listed in Volume 34. The booklets are available in Cornwall at the Cornwall Centre, (formerly known as the Cornish Studies Library), and is also available in the Cornwall FHS Library.
• 1861.
  • The 1861 Census of Stithians (RG9/1578), Enumeration Districts 24 to 27, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: the 1861 census of the parish, which is available in CD format.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Stithians (RG10/2314) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration District 21.
  • Enumeration Districts 22 to 24.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Stithian (RG11/2329), Enumeration Districts 21 to 24, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Stithian (RG12/1845), Enumeration Districts 17 to 20, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

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Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW7337 and was dedicated to St Stithians (Stedianus). It comprises a chancel, nave, and north and south aisles. The chancel was restored in 1862. The south arcade has six four-centred arches, supported on monolith granite pillars; the north has five segmental arches on low monolith granite pillars. The entrances are a north porch, a south door and a priest's door. The tower is built of granite ashlar. It has three stages, is buttressed and embattled, and surmounted at the angles by panelled, embattled, and crocketed pinnacles, which spring from angel corbels. The belfry contained four bells.
  There were two Wesleyan Methodist chapels near the Churchtown, one of which had a cemetery, and another at Penhalvean. The United Methodist Free Church had a chapel near the Churchtown and another at Foundry.
  The parish of Stithians has been linked with the village of Perran-ar-worthal since the 12th century and although they are only one parish they operate as two, both serving populations in excess of two thousand souls. In the late 1970s the parish of Gwennap was added to the benefice, and the three churches are now served by a Vicar, a NSM Curate, a lay reader and a retired priest.
  Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. There were Wesleyan and Free Methodist chapels in this parish.

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Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Stithians are: C053251/2, E016841, M016841, P016841, Wesleyan Methodist chapel C065061. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1597 - 1875.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1656 - 1983, Burials 1658 - 1876, Marriages 1690 - 1982, Boyd's Marriage Index 1598 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1800 - 1812, BTs 1598 - 1673.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1676 to 1716 (Bishop's transcripts), and parish transcripts 1656 to 1779, 1780 to 1900, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC has provided baptisms at Stithians on line as follows:
    • Strays from Gwennap but baptised at Stithians.
    • 1676 to 1716 Bishop's Transcripts.
    • 1713 to 1739.
    • 1740 to 1774.
    • 1775 to 1807.
    • 1808 to 1840.
    • 1841 to 1859.
    • 1860 to 1900.
  • Baptisms at St Sithians in the Falmouth Circuit 1837-1861 is available.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD baptisms 1740 to 1840 for this parish.
  • Cornwall Legacy have also published on CD, baptisms (1838 to 1852) of the Falmouth Wesleyan Circuit. These include two registers from Pikes Hill Chapel - baptisms 1871 to 1900 and 1889 to 1900, which include a few marriages. The Circuit covers Falmouth, Budock, Mylor, Stithians, Mawnan, St Gluvias, Wendron and Constantine.
  • Cornwall Legacy have also published on CD, baptisms (1837 to 1900) of the Falmouth Wesleyan Circuit (Penryn Section), and Penryn Wesleyan Chapel marriages (1893 to 1899). The area covers Penryn, Mabe, Mawnan, Constantine, Budock, St Gluvias, Stithians, Flushing, Edgcumb and Mylor.
  • Cornwall Legacy have also published on CD, baptisms (1838 to 1900) of the Helston Bible Christian Circuit. Areas include: Helston, St Keverne, Constantine, Wendron, St Anthony-in-Meneage, Manacccan, St Martin-in-Meneage, Sithney, Stithians and Lizard.
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1598 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • The OPC has provided marriages at Stithians on line as follows:
    • Strays from other parishes who married at Stithians.
    • 1614 to 1812.
    • 1813 to 1837.
    • 1838 to 1900.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1614 to 1812, and parish transcripts 1813 to 1900, in this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Burials.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in CD or Book formats.
  • The OPC has provided burials at Stithians on line as follows:
    • Stithians parishioners buried in other parishes - Carnmenellis and Wendron.
    • 1676 to 1711 - Bishop's Transcripts.
    • 1813 to 1842.
    • 1843 to 1876.
    • 1877 to 1900.
  • Burials 1676 to 1711 (Bishop's transcripts), and 1710 to 1901, in this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).

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Civil Registration

The parish of Stithians was originally in the Redruth Registration District. There were sub-districts at Camborne, Gwennap, Illogan, Phillack and Redruth which have now been abolished. It is now part of the Falmouth Registration District. Parishes in this registration district were: Camborne, East Phillack, Gwennap, Gwinear, Gwithian, Illogan, Phillack, Redruth, St. Sithian's, West Phillack.

The Superintendant Registrar of Falmouth can be contacted at: Berkely House, 12-14 Berkeley Vale, Falmouth, TR11 3PH. Tel: 01326 312606.

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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 Stithians are available on-line.

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Directories

• Doidge's Directory of Redruth, Illogan, Gwennap and Stithians 1866.

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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.
• The OPC has provided a web page to assist researchers.

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Historical Geography

• The Domesday Settlements of Cornwall, a study undertaken by the Cornwall Branch of the Historical Association, has identified and located settlements listed in the Exeter and Exchequer Domesday Survey of AD 1086. The following places have been identified in Stithians ecclesiastical parish:
  • Tregoose (Tricoi, Trecut), Grid Reference 752371.

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Maps

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

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Military Records

• The 1522 Military Survey & Loan for the Cornish Parish of St Stithians, is available on-line, courtesy of the OPC.
• The 1535 Tinner's Muster Roll for the Cornish Parish of St Stithians, is available on-line, courtesy of the OPC.
• The 1569 Military Muster for the Cornish Parish of St Stithians, is also available on-line, courtesy of the OPC.

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Stithians parish was part of the Falmouth Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

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Population

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Probate Records

Wills & Admons for Stithian parish, 1665-1729 are available on-line.

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Religion & 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 Stithians are available on-line.

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Statistics

The parish comprised 4356 acres of land and 5 acres of water.

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Taxation

• The 1524/25 Subsidies for the Cornish Parish of St Stithians are available on-line, courtesy of the OPC.
• The Subsidy of 1543 for the Cornish Parish of St Stithians is available on-line.
• The 1660 Poll Tax Return for the Cornish Parish of St Stithians is available on-line, courtesy of the OPC.
• The 1662 - 1689 Hearth Tax List for the Cornish Parish of St Stithians, is also available on-line, courtesy of the OPC.

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Voting Registers

The 1834 List of Eligible Voters for the Cornish Parish of St Stithians is available on-line courtesy of the OPC.

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