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Lesnewth

The parish of Lesnewth, (Cornish: Lysnowydh), is situated in the Deanery of Trigg Minor, and in the Hundred of Lesnewth. It is bounded on the north by St Juliot, on the east by St Juliot and Davidstow, on the south by Davidstow, and on the west by Minster. This small thinly populated parish is about six miles east of Tintagel Head. The manor of Lesnewth is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086. Lesnewth is a small hamlet with few houses, farms and has a church. It is surrounded by farmland and so very peaceful.
Besides the Churchtown, other places include Penpol.

Cemeteries

• Some memorial inscriptions from the Lesnewth cemeteries, and recorded by the CORNWALL INSCRIPTIONS PROJECT, are available on-line. The survey by CIP was carried out in September 2004 when 88 memorials were recorded; in addition, Maclean recorded a headstone in 1873 which was not found during this CIP survey.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 103 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 Lesnewth (HO107/140), Enumeration District 1, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Lesnewth (HO107/1898), Enumeration District 2, 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; Lesnewth 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 Lesnewth (RG9/1515), Enumeration District 2, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Lesnewth (RG10/2218), Enumeration District 2, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Lesnewth (RG11/2272), Enumeration District 2, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Lesnewth (RG12/1799), Enumeration District 2, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX1390 and is now dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. It has been previously dedicated to St Knet. Having become considerably dilapidated, it was taken down and rebuilt in 1866; the characteristic features of the old church - Norman, Early English, and Perpendicular, being carefully preserved. The old church had consisted of a chancel, nave, and north and south transepts. The new church has a chancel, nave, and vestry only. The vestry is separated from the church by a Norman arcade supported on two massive circular piers. The tower is of three stages, and is finished with battlements and pinnacles. The belfry consists of five bells.
  Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. There was a Bible Christian chapel at Treworrell.

Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Lesnewth are: C026381, E026381, M026381. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1569 - 1811.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1577 - 1979, Burials c1563 - 1980, Marriages 1569 - 1932, Boyds Marriage Index 1569 - 1812.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials.
• Baptisms.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1725 to 1900 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.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1569 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats. Phillimore's marriages 1569 to 1812 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Burials. The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.

Civil Registration

Although it was originally in the Camelford Registration District, the parish of Lesnewth is now in the Bodmin Registration District; there were sub-districts at Boscastle and Camelford. 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

• Lesnewth (Lisinwen), Grid Reference 131903.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

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

Population

Statistics

The parish comprises 2024 acres of land.

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