Mevagissey

• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 813 entries.
• The Mevagissey War Memorial details are available on-line. (not available on line 8/18)
• Gravestone inscriptions from Mevagissey are available on-line, courtesy of the OPC. (not available on line 8/18)

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 Mevagissey (HO107/145), Enumeration Districts 1 to 3, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Mevagissey (HO107/1908), Enumeration Districts 2a, 2b and 2c, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The OPC has also transcribed the 1851 Census for Mevagissey which has been placed on-line. (not available on line 8/18)
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Mevagissey (RG9/1550), Enumeration Districts 1 to 3 [including Merchant Shipping], is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Mevagissey (RG10/2268), Enumeration Districts 1 to 3, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Mevagissey (RG11/2304) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 1 to 3.
  • Merchant Shipping.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Mevagissey (RG12/1824), Enumeration Districts 1 to 3, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX0145; it was dedicated to St Meva & Issey (Ida), but is now dedicated to St Peter. There are traces of a cruciform Norman Church but the present church now comprises only the chancel, nave, north aisle, south transept and south porch. The arcade originally consisted of four four-centred arches, but only two with their pillars remain; they are built of Pentewan stone. This is mainly 15th century work, although the font is Norman. The Tower became ruinous during Commonwealth times and the bells were sold to a St Austell Quaker, named Grouden, to raise funds for taking the tower down. The tower then did not rise above the roof of the church, being capped at that time with a saddleback roof. The building was restored by JP St Aubyn in 1887-1888.
  The parish is now part of the Team Ministry of Mevagissey and St Ewe which has an on-line website.
• Non-Conformist. There were chapels in Mevagissey for the Wesleyan Methodists and the United Methodist Free Church.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Mevagissey are: C020632, E020631, M020631, P020631, Independent C065231. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage for this parish is 1590 - 1876.
• The Cornwall Record Office Holdings: Baptisms: 1590 - 1961, Burials: 1598 - 1967, Marriages: 1598 - 1961, Boyd's Marriage Index 1598 - 1673, Bishop's Transcripts: 1598 - 1673, Non-Conformist records 1786 - 1837.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials.
• Baptisms.
  • Mevagissey Bible Christian Chapel baptisms 1837 to 1901, and Mevagissey Wesleyan-Methodist baptisms 1838 to 1912, are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Some baptisms from several Mevagissey Chapels (including Bible Christians and Primitive Methodists) are available on-line courtesy of the OPC.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Baptisms, which is available in CD format.
  • Those relating specifically to the Mevagissey Bible Christian Circuit 1838 to 1976 are separately on-line. (not available on line 8/18) These records relate to several parishes close to Mevagissey including Gorran, Veryan, St Ewe, St Austell, Gerrans, St Just in Roseland, Ruan Lanihorne etc.
  • The SOCIETY of FRIENDS (Quakers) - Christenings taken from Fowey Circuit Records, is available on-line, courtesy of the St Austell OPC. These include individuals from Mevagissey.
  • Transcription of the baptisms of the Mevagissey Bible Christian Circuit 1838-1907, taken from LDS film 2276210 images 1913-2413 (courtesy of the Church of Latter Day Saints). These records relate to several parishes close to Mevagissey including Gorran, Veryan, St Ewe, St Austell, Gerrans, St Just-in-Roseland, Ruan Lanihorne etc.
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1720 to 1840 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest.
• Banns. Banns 1827 to 18952 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1598 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Mevagissey Marriages from 1837- 1912 are available on-line. (not available on line 8/18)
• Burials.
  • Burials 1685 to 1773 (Bishop's transcripts) for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials, which is available in CD or Book format.
  • The OPC has placed on-line burials in Mevagissey, as follows:
    • Burials for Mevagissey 1685 to 1691. (These are in a number of different volumes - please note list on the webpage). (not available on line 8/18)
    • Burials at Mevagissey 1882 to 1905 (Books 1 to 17), which are also in a number of different volumes. These begin at: Book 1.(not available on line 8/18)
• Other Non-Conformist Records. OPC Coverage of Non-Conformist records of this parish is available.

The parish of Mevagissey has been in the Registration District of St Austell continuously from 1st July 1837. There were sub-districts at Fowey, Grampound, Mevagissey and St Austell, but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the district are: Creed, Fowey, Gorran, Grampound, Mevagissey, Roche, St. Austell, St. Blazey, St. Dennis, St. Ewe, St. Mewan, St. Michael Carhays, St. Sampson, St. Stephen in Brannel, Tywardreath. The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: 12 Carlyon Road, St Austell, PL25 4LD. Tel: 01726 68974. Fax: 01726 68974.

• Old Photographs of Mevagissey are available on-line.(not available on line 8/18)
• Mevagissey on wikipedia
• More photographs of Mevagissey today are also available on-line.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Mevagissey 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 OPC has also produced a Genealogical website for Mevagissey to help researchers. (not available on line 8/18)

• The dates of events important in the history of Mevagissey are available. (not available on line 8/18)

• Map of the St Austell Registration district in which the parish lies.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX009458 (Lat/Lon: 50.278095, -4.795092), Mevagissey 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.

In 1849, the town of Mevagissey was severly visited by cholera; this resulted in many fisherman and their families to embark in their boats and flee to neighbouring ports for refuge from the pestilence.

• Some information about the Kendall family of Mevagissey is available on-line. (not available on line 8/18)
• Some information about the Robins family of Mevagissey is available on-line. (not available on line 8/18)
• Information and records of other families from Mevagissey are also available on-line. (not available on line 8/18)

• Fishermen. Some detail relating to Fishery Report of Mevagissey in 1876 is available on-line.  (not available on line 8/18)     Deatils of some fishermen is also available.    (not available on line 8/18)

Mevagissey parish was part of the St Austell Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

• In the May of 1641 it was agreed and ordered that every Member of the House of Commons and House of Lords should make a protestation (declaration of loyalty) to the crown. The Protestation was printed and then distributed by the Members to their counties. The Protestation was to be made by everyone and the Rectors, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor, had to appear before the Justices of the Peace in their Hundred to make their protestation and, on returning to their parishes, any two of them were to witness the taking of the Protestation Oath by all males over the age of 18 years. All names were listed and anyone who refused was to be noted. The Protestation Returns of 1642 for Mevagissey are available on-line.
• A list of the Vicar's of Mevagissey is available on-line, courtesy of the OPC.  (not available on line 8/18)

The parish occupies 1381 acres of land.

• 1851/52 Mevagissey Voters List.
• 1852/53 Mevagissey Voters List.
• 1856/57 Mevagissey Voters List.
• 1864/65 Mevagissey Voters List.