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Trevalga

The parish of Trevalga (also spelled as Trevelga), (Cornish: Trevelgi), is situated in the Hundred of Lesnewth and Deanery of Trigg Minor. It is bounded on the north by the sea and Forrabury, on the east and south by Minster, and on the west by Tintagel.

The village of Trevalga nestles on the seaward side of the road from Boscastle to Tintagel and is a remarkable 'time capsule'. The village is unusual in that it belongs to Marlborough College: it was left to his old school by the last Lord of the Manor Mr. Gerald Curgenven, to preserve its character-in which he has been admirably successful. The Manor of Trevalga is mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086. Clusters of slate roofed cottages huddle the road, every little angle and opportunity for plants, driftwood and sculpture - for which the villagers seem to have a particular talent. At the heart of the cottages a narrow track leads to the parish church.

Cemeteries

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 256 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 Trevalga (HO107/140), Enumeration District 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Trevalga (HO107/1898), Enumeration District 6, 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; Trevalga is listed in Volume 4. 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 Trevalga (RG9/1515), Enumeration District 7, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871 The 1871 Census of Trevalga (RG10/2218), Enumeration District 7, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Trevalga (RG11/2272), Enumeration District 7, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Trevalga (RG12/1799), Enumeration District 6, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX0890 and was dedicated to St Petroc. It is an ancient building of stone which comprises a chancel, nave, and north transept, which was very dilapidated. The whole church was repaired in 1854. There is a south porch and a north door. The tower has three stages, and is finished with battlements; it contains three bells. The church at Trevalga is dedicated to one of Cornwall's greatest Saints of the 6th Century - Petroc, and incidents of his life are recorded in the panels to the pulpit: the stag - his emblem; the Saint being woken by an angel and commanded to go to Brittany, and his sheepskin and staff - guarded by a wolf! Whilst most of what is to be seen today is 13th and 15th Century there is still much evidence of the Norman church. The western tower is plain and unbuttressed, faces the ocean's gales; it was built in the 13th Century and remodelled two hundred years later.
  Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. The Bible Christians also had a chapel here, and there was a small United Methodist chapel, which seated 84, and erected in 1872.

Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Trevalga are: C025251, E025251, M025251. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1539 - 1812.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1538 - 1975, Burials 1691 - 1977, Marriages 1539 - 1933, Boyd's Marriage Index 1539 - 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 1538 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 1720 to 1850 for this parish.
  • 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.
• Marriages.
  • Phillimore marriages 1539 to 1812, and parish transcriptions 1695 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: Marriages in the Parish 1539 to 1838, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, marriages 1693 to 1838 for this parish.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1691 to 1936 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Marriages in the Parish 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD, burials (1805 to 1900) of the Camelford Wesleyan Chapel. The area covers Camelford, Michaelstow, St Teath, Minster, Tintagel, St Juliot, Blisland, St Breward, Forrabury, Advent, Trevalga, St Kew, Lanteglos and St Endellion.

Civil Registration

Although originally in the Camelford Registration District, the parish of Trevalga is now in the Bodmin Registration District; there were sub-districts at Boscastle and Camelford but these are now abolished. Parishes within the Camelford district were: Advent, Davidstow, Forrabury, Lanteglos, Lesnewth, Michaelstow, Minster, Otterham, St. Breward, St. Clether, St. Juliot, St. Teath, Tintagel, Trevalga.

The Superintendant Registrar of Bodmin 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).

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

• Trevalga (Melleda', Melledham), Grid Reference 081900.

Maps

• Map of the Camelford Registration District in which the parish originally lay.
• An old map of the parish of Trevalga in the 19th century is also available.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Trevalga parish was part of the Camelford Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

Population

Statistics

The parish comprises 1325 acres of land

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