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Temple

The parish of Temple, (Cornish: Tempel), (Temple-Grafton, alias St Catharine's), is situated in the Deanery of Trigg Minor, and the Hundred of Trigg. It is bounded on the north and west by Blisland, on the east by St Neot, and on the south by Warleggan and Cardinham. The village of Temple is on moorland just off the A30 between Bodmin and Launceston. The Knights Templars, who were dedicated to helping pilgims travel to Jerusalem, possessed land here in the 12th century, and left a lasting reminder in the present name.

In the 18th century the church achieved some notoriety as a place where couples could marry without a license or banns. By the middle of the 19th century Temple was practically a deserted village with an ash tree growing in the floor of the church. In the 1870s, china clay mining attracted population into Temple, and the adjoining parishes of Blisland and Cardinham. About 1883, because of this increasing population in the area, the small church was virtually rebuilt. However, the separate parish did not prove viable, and in 1934, the parish was incorporated into the neighbouring Blisland parish.

Cemeteries

• Some memorial inscriptions from the Temple cemetery, and recorded by the CORNWALL INSCRIPTIONS PROJECT, are available on-line. The CIP survey found 34 headstones plus other memorials with 133 names.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 56 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 Temple (HO107/152), Enumeration District 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Warleggan & Temple (HO107/1904), Enumeration District 2, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Warleggan & Temple (RG9/1535), Enumeration District 10, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Temple (RG10/2248), Enumeration District 10, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Warleggan & Temple (RG11/2290), Enumeration District 10, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Temple (RG12/1815), Enumeration District 10, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1901. The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: 1901 Census of the parish, which is available in Book format.

Church History

• Anglican. The Knights Templars possessed land here in the 12th century. On 26th August 1335, Bishop Grandisson certified to King Edward III that the prior and brethren of St John of Jerusalem then held the parish; these Knights Templar left a lasting reminder of their order in the present name. In 1314 the order was suppressed and the Knights Hospitallers took over their land and property. In 1340 the community at Temple consisted of the Preceptor, one brother and two male servants. Temple was confiscated by Henry VIII in the Reformation, and in the 18th century the church became a notorious place where marriages could be preformed without Banns or License. In 1744 it was given the glebe from Queen Anne's bounty and became an ecclesiastical parish.
  In the middle of the 19th century Temple was practically a deserted village with an ash tree growing in the floor of the church.
  The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX1473 and was dedicated to St Catherine. It comprised a chancel, nave and north transept. By the mid 19th century, only the first stage of the tower remained. About 1883, when the population was increasing in the area, the small church was virtually rebuilt.
  Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line. Further information on the church is also available.
• Non-Conformists. Bible Christians in the parish used a chapel in the neighbouring parish of Helland.

Church Records

• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1884 - 1960, Marriages 1884 - 1960.
• Baptisms. 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.

Civil Registration

The parish of Temple was 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.

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 Temple 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.
• 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.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Temple parish was part of the Bodmin Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

Population

Temple was incorporated into the parish of Blisland in 1934.

Statistics

The parish comprises 822 acres of land.

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