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Tuckingmill

Tuckingmill, (Cornish: Melindrukkya), is in the Hundred and Deanery of Penwith. It is located in a suburb of Camborne, close to Pool, and was created from neighbouring central portions of Camborne and Illogan parishes in 1845. A Tucking Mill was the west-country term for a fulling mill, i.e. where the homespun cloth was dipped, cleansed and dressed. It was here that William Bickford invented and produced the well-known safety fuse for conveying fire to the charge in blasting the explosives used in mining and elsewhere.

The Camborne Gas Works used to be located within this parish. The main centre of population is Pool.

Cemeteries

• Some memorial inscriptions from the Tuckingmill cemeteries, and recorded by the CORNWALL INSCRIPTIONS PROJECT, are available on-line. Memorials may be found in the church, in the large churchyard as well as in several chapels. The parish war memorial is located in the churchyard. There are the inevitable miscellaneous public memorials around the parish.
• War Memorial inscriptions for Tuckingmill parish (1914-1918 and 1939-1945 Wars) are available on-line
• Monumental Inscriptions at Tuckingmill are on-line as follows:
  • Surnames A-C.
  • Surnames D-H.
  • Surnames I-O.
  • Surnames P-S.
  • Surnames T-Y.

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Census

Census information for this parish (1851 - 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. In the 1841 Census, Tuckingmill was enumerated as part of Camborne.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Tuckingmill is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • HO107/1915. Illogan Enumeration Districts 1a and 1b.
  • HO107/1916. Camborne Enumeration District 1f.
• 1861.The 1861 Census of Tuckingmill (RG9/1584) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 7 and 10.
  • Enumeration District 11.
• 1871. In the 1871 Census, Tuckingmill was enumerated under:
  • RG10/2320. As part of Illogan civil parish.
  • RG10/2324. As part of Camborne civil parish. Enumeration District 7 (All Saints, Tuckingmill).
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Tuckingmill is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • RG11/2332. Enumeration Districts 6 and 7.
  • RG11/2336.
    • Enumeration District 15.
    • Enumeration Districts 16 to 18.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Tuckingmill (RG12/1848), Enumeration Districts 6 and 7, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

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Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in Pendarves Street, Camborne (OS Grid Square SW6540) and is dedicated to All Saints. The church was built of stone in the 'Mock Norman Style' in 1845 by the Basset family. It has the largest arch in Cornwall (outside Truro Cathedral). The church is a spacious and impressive building consisting of a nave, chancel, south aisle, north porch and a western tower containing one bell. The font bowl dates from 12th century, so was clearly brought from elsewhere. The windows above the main altar on the east side depict the birth, crucifixion and ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. Sadly, there has been considerable damage in recent years to the north and south windows. The registers date from 1845.
  Another Mission Church in this parish was built at Brea in 1888; details about the plans of these churches are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. There were chapels in the parish for the Wesleyan Methodists, United Methodist Free Church, and the Primitive Methodists.

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Church Records

• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1845 - 1930, Marriages 1845 - 1976 and Burials 1845 - 1967.
• On-line Baptism Records.
  • Baptisms in the parish (1845 to 1901) are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC has made the following Tuckingmill baptisms available on-line:

    Baptisms 1845 to 1850. Baptisms 1851 to 1856. Baptisms 1857 to 1861. Baptisms 1862 to 1867.

    Baptisms 1868 to 1873. Baptisms 1874 to 1878. Baptisms 1879 to 1883. Baptisms 1884 to 1887.

    Baptisms 1888 to 1890. Baptisms 1891 to 1894. Baptisms 1895 to 1898. Baptisms 1899 to 1902.

• On-line Marriage Records.
  • Marriages in the parish (1845 to 1901) are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC has made the following Tuckingmill marriages available on-line:

    Marriages 1845 to 1848. Marriages 1849 to 1852. Marriages 1853 to 1854. Marriages 1855 to 1856.

    Marriages 1857 to 1860. Marriages 1861 to 1864. Marriages 1865 to 1869. Marriages 1870 to 1876.

    Marriages 1877 to 1882. Marriages 1883 to 1888. Marriages 1889 to 1896. Marriages 1897 to 1900.

• On-line Burial Records.
  • Burials in the parish (1845 to 1901) are available on-line through the OPC Search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The OPC has made the following Tuckingmill burials available on-line:

    Burials 1845 to 1850. Burials 1851 to 1855. Burials 1856 to 1859. Burials 1860 to 1862. Burials 1863 to 1865.

    Burials 1866 to 1869. Burials 1870 to 1873. Burials 1874 to 1878. Burials 1879 to 1882. Burials 1883 to 1886.

    Burials 1887 to 1890. Burials 1891 to 1894. Burials 1895 to 1898. Burials 1899 to 1900.

• Other Non-Conformist Records. OPC Coverage of Non-Conformist records of this parish is available.

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Civil Registration

• The parish of Tuckingmill is in the Registration District of Camborne-Redruth, as part of Camborne, and has been since its creation in 1845. There were sub-districts at Camborne, Gwennap, Illogan, Phillack and Redruth which have been abolished. Parishes in this registration district are: Camborne, East Phillack, Gwennap, Gwinear, Gwithian, Illogan, Phillack, Redruth, St. Sithian's, West Phillack.
  
  The address of the Superintendant Registrar of Camborne-Redruth is: Roskear, Camborne, TR14 8DN. Tel: 01209 612924.

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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 Tuckingmill are available on-line.

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Directories

• An extract from Kelly's 1873 Directory of Tuckingmill is available.

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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 produced a genealogical website for the Town of Camborne (including Tuckingmill).

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Maps

• Map of the Camborne and Redruth Registration district in which the parish lies.
• An old map of the parish of Tuckingmill in the 19th century is also available.

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Tuckingmill parish became part of the Redruth Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief on its creation.

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Population

The parish was created from part of Camborne parish in 1845. Population figures before this date are with Camborne.

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Religion & Religious Life

• Vicars of Tuckingmill for the period 1845 - 1904 are listed and available on-line.

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Statistics

The parish comprises 000 acres of land.

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