City of Truro

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Truro, St Mary

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Cemeteries

There was originally a church burial ground but this was very small. A new cemetery at the northern extremity of the borough was consecrated on 15th July 1780, to which an addition was made in 1805. The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for St Mary's Parish Church - 2986 entries. St Mary's cemetery no longer exists, and a municipal burial ground was opened in the 19th century (see Truro City).

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 Truro, St Mary (HO107/148), Enumeration Districts 1 to 3 [including schools], 4 and 5 [including Workhouses], is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Truro, St Mary (HO107/1910) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
    • Enumeration Districts 4a and 4b.
    • Enumeration Districts 4c, 4d [including schools], and 4e [including Workhouses].
  • The New Zealand Society of Genealogists have compiled separate surname indexes of the 1851 Census for each Cornish registration district; Truro, St Mary is listed in Volume 19. 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 Truro, St Mary, (RG9/1558) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 12 and 13 [including schools].
  • Enumeration Districts 14 to 16 [including Reform schools].
• 1871 The 1871 Census of Truro, St Mary (RG10/2282), is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • RG10/2281. Enumeration District 12
  • RG10/2282. Enumeration Districts 13 to 16 [and Workhouses and Shipping].
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Truro, St Mary, (RG11/2311) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 12, 13, 13A, 14 and 14A.
  • Enumeration Districts 15, 15A, 16, 16A and Merchant Shipping.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Truro, St Mary, (RG12/1829) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 12 and 13.
  • Enumeration Districts 14 to 16.

Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW8244 and was dedicated to St Mary. The church was first consecrated on 28th September 1259 by Bishop Bronescombe, and on 6th November 1328, Bishop Grandisson dedicated a major rebuilding. The church was rebuilt again and completed around 1518. The 16th century church had comprised a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, an organ loft, a Grammar School gallery, a north gallery and a vestry. The church was dismantled in 1880 when the construction of Truro Cathedral was begun, the new building was grafted onto St Mary's Church. The remains of the church, incorporated into the Cathedral, are now known as St Mary's aisle. The Cathedral's three spires soar over the city and are now a well-known landmark.
  Details about the plans of St Mary's church (Catherdral) are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel in Union Place in 1830. (see also entries under Truro City).

Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Truro are: St Mary E009631, M009631, P009631, Bethesda Chapel Independent C065441, Bible Christian C065461, Ebenezer Chapel, Lady Huntingdon Methodist New Connexion C045791, St Marys Wesleyan Methodist C065451, Kenwyn Street Calvinistic Baptist C091071. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of Truro, St Mary is 1597 - 1875.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1597 - 1946, Burials 1597 - 1943, Marriages 1597 - 1968, Boyd's Marriage Index 1597 - 1839, Pallot's Marriage Index 1790 - 1812, Non-Conformist records 1760 - 1837.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1607 to 1751 and 1833 to 1835 in this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • Marriages 1813 to 1819 and 1837 to 1901 in this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Burials. Burials 1780 to 1833 in this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).

Civil Registration

Although originally Truro, St Mary was treated as its own parish, it became subsumed under the civil administrative arrangement of the City of Truro during the 19th century.

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.

Land & Property

• The parish and town tithe maps, and accompanying survey books of c1840, provide a fascinating snap-shot of land use and ownership in the 19th century. In order to preserve the documents and improve access to them, the Cornwall Record Office are digitising these maps and survey books. The CD ROM tithe package include a map and survey books, together with a reader, for this town; it is now available from the Cornwall Record Office. Details are on their website.

Maps

• Map of the Truro Registration District in which the parish lies.
• An old map of the parish of Truro, St Mary in the 19th century is also available.
• An old map of the parishes of Kenwyn, St Clement and Truro (St Mary) in 1835 is available on-line from GENMAPS.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Truro St Mary parish was part of the Truro Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

Population

Truro St Mary is the original ancient parish of Truro. Population figures are listed under Truro City, which was known as Truro Urban District. The following figures are the population of the parish of St Mary's which are part of that total:

Statistics

The parish of Truro St Mary comprised 51 acres of land.

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