Egloskerry

• Some transcriptions from the Egloskerry churchyard are available on the Cornish Cemeteries site.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line Monumental Inscriptions for the Tregeare Methodist Chapel - 202 entries.

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.

Specific census information for this parish is available as follows:

• 1841.
  • The 1841 Census of Egloskerry (HO107/134), Enumeration District 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The 1841 census for this parish has also been filmed by the LDS church - film No. 241258.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Egloskerry (HO107/1899), Enumeration Districts 4a and 4b, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861.
  • The 1861 Census of Egloskerry (RG9/1518) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project. The enumeration districts of the parish for this census cannot be determined.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: 1861 Census for this parish, which is available in Book format.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Egloskerry (RG10/2223), Enumeration Districts 4b and 5a, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Egloskerry (RG11/2275), Enumeration Districts 4 and 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Egloskerry (RG12/1802), Enumeration Districts 4 and 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX2786 and was originally dedicated to St Ide and St Lydy on 14th September 1260. It was rededicated to St Keria in 1506. The church comprises a chancel, nave, south aisle, and north transept. The arcade has five four-centred arches of granite with monolith pillars. There is a south porch and a blocked north door. The tower, the door of which is dated 1691, is of three stages, and finished with battlements and pinnacles; it is 59 feet in height.
• Non-Conformist. There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the Churchtown.

• LDS Church Records
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Egloskerry are: C022531/2/3, E022532, M022532. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1576 - 1875; it is NOT believed to be fully included in the LDS Church's International Genealogical Index (IGI).
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1576 - 1874, Burials 1573 - 1909, Marriages 1574 - 1837, Boyd's Marriage Index 1574 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1790 - 1812.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1576 to 1874 (erratically kept), are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1684 to 1845 for this parish and are available to purchase on Parish Chest.
• Banns. Banns 1755 to 1783 (Phillimore's) and 1824 to 1911, are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • Marriages 1574 to 1812 (Phillimore's), 1574 to 1837, are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1574 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Phillimore's Marriages of Egloskerry 1574 to 1812 is available on-line from UK Genealogy Archives.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1576 to 1909 (erratically kept in the 19th century), are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book format.

The parish of Egloskerry is in the Launceston Registration District, and has been since 1st July 1837. There were sub-districts at Altarnun, Launceston, North Hill, North Petherwin and St Stephen-by-Launceston, but these are now all closed. Parishes within the district were: Altarnun, Boyton, Egloskerry, Laneast, Launceston, Lawhitton, Lewannick, Lezant, Northill, St. Mary Magdalene, St. Stephens by Launceston, St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Thomas Street, South Petherwin, Stokeclimsland, Tremaine, Treneglos, Tresmeer, Trewen, Warbstow.

The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: Hendra, Dunheved Road, Launceston, PL15 9JG. Tel: 01566 772464.

Pictures of Egloskerry are available on-line.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Egloskerry to another place.

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.

The Domesday Settlements of Cornwall, a study undertaken by the Cornwall Branch of the Historical Association, has identified and located settlements listed in the Exeter and Exchequer Domesday Survey of AD 1086. The following places have been identified in Egloskerry ecclesiastical parish:

• Penheale (Pennehel), Grid Reference 268880.

• Map of the Launceston Registration District in which the parish lies.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX263867 (Lat/Lon: 50.653727, -4.458566), Egloskerry which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Apprenticeship Indentures for Egloskerry (1687 - 1820) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.

• Egloskerry parish was part of the Launceston Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.
• Overseers' Accounts (1682 to 1683, 1714 to 1733 and 1742), Settlement Papers (1713 to 1801) and Bastardy Bonds (1627 to 1774), are available in the Cornwall Record Office.

The parish comprises 3253 acres of land and 9 acres water.