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Crantock

The parish of Crantock (Cornish: Lanngorrek) is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Pydar. It is bounded on the north and west by the sea and St Columb Minor, on the east by Newlyn East, and on the south by Cubert. Crantock was founded by St.Carantacus in the 5th century. The son of a Welsh chieftain, he went to Ireland where he met St. Patrick, and they studied together. They went their separate ways and St. Carantoc (as he was now known) came to Cornwall in his 'coracle' (which was presumably an Irish 'currah', or leather skinned, long open canoe) in which he brought an altar stone and a pet dove, and he came to rest in the Gannel. The dove picked up a stick in its beak, and upon the spot where it dropped the stick St. Carantoc established his church; the present church is upon the same site.

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Langoroch' (meaning dwelling of the monks). Besides the Churchtown, the villages are Trevemper and Trevelveth.

Cemeteries

• The Parish Church - 419 entries.
• Methodist Chapel - 123 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 Crantock (HO107/149), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Crantock (HO107/1905), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Crantock (RG9/1544), Enumeration District 6 [including Merchant Shipping], is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Crantock (RG10/2257), Enumeration District 6, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Crantock (RG11/2298), Enumeration District 6, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Crantock (RG12/1820), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW7960 and was dedicated to St Carantock. It comprises a chancel, north and south chancel aisles, north and south transepts, and a nave. The arcades have pointed arches of Newquay sand-stone, supported on octagonal pillars of the same material. The eastern end of the north aisle is used as a vestry. There is a south porch and a priest's door. The tower is of three low tapering stages, with Early English buttresses; the parapet is embattled. It contains six bells.
  A church existed here before the Norman conquest of 1066. UIt is certain that in 1283, the church of St Columb Minor was appropriated to Crantock. In 1412 it is recorded that the belfry of the collegiate church fell upon the nave and reduced it to ruins. Bishop Edmund Stafford, on the 11th August of the same year, invited the faithful to assist in its restoration. In 1417, the chancel was recorded as being in a ruinous state.
  Details about the plans of the existing church are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. There were two Wesleyan Methodist chapels in the parish.

Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Crantock are: C052741, E0052741, M052741, M866944, P006431. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1608 - 1772.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1620 - 1903, Burials 1559 - 1970, Marriages 1559 - 1983, Boyd's Marriage Index 1559 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1800 - 1812.
• Baptisms.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD baptisms 1722 to 1851 for this parish.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published Baptisms of St Agnes Wesleyan Circuit 1837 - 1900 on CD. The Circuit covers St Agnes, Perranzabuloe, Cubert, St Columb Minor, Newlyn East, Crantock and Mithian. Blackwater Chapel baptisms (1839-1900) and Mount Hawke Chapel baptisms (1850 - 1867) are also included.
  • Cornwall Legacy have published on CD, baptisms (1838 to 1900) of the Newlyn East Wesleyan Circuit. The Circuit covers Newlyn East, St Allen, Crantock, St Columb Minor, St Enoder, and Perranzabuloe.
• Marriages. The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1559 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
• Burials. The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.

Civil Registration

The parish of Crantock was originally in the St Columb Registration District. There were sub-districts at Newlyn, Padstow and St Columb Major, but these have now been abolished. It is now in the Registration District of St Austell. Parishes within the old St Columb district were: Colan, Crantock, Cubert, Little Petherick, Mawgan in Pyder, Newlyn, Newquay, Padstow, St. Breock, St. Columb Major, St. Columb Minor, St. Enoder, St. Ervan, St. Eval, St. Issey, St. Merryn, St. Wenn.

The Superintendant Registrar of St Austell can be contacted at: 12 Carlyon Road, St Austell, PL25 4LD. Tel: 01726 68974. Fax: 01726 68974.

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).
• Pictures of Crantock are available on-line.
• There is a further description of Crantock available.

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.

Historical Geography

• Crantock (Langorroc, Langoroch), Grid Reference 790605.

Maps

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

Occupations

Apprenticeship Indentures for Crantock (1803 - 1829) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• Crantock parish was part of the St Columb Major Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1740 to 1778), Settlement Papers (1817 to 1847) and Bastardy Bonds (1809 to 1838) are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

Population

Statistics

The parish comprised 2438 acres of land.

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