St Eval

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 551 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 St Eval (HO107/150), Enumeration District 13, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of St Eval (HO107/1905), Enumeration District 7, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of St Eval (RG9/1540), Enumeration District 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of St Eval (RG10/2253), Enumeration District 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of St Eval (RG11/2294), Enumeration District 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of St Eval (RG12/1818), Enumeration District 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church, is dedicated to St Uvelus, a Breton saint; it is on a high plateau on the north coast and has long been a landmark to seafarers. It comprises a chancel, nave, south aisle and a north transept. The arcade consists of six four-centred arches, and a small eliptical one. The material is St Stephens porcelain stone. There are north and south porches. The tower is of three stages, and is surmounted with battlements and pinnacles.
  The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW8769. This 13th century church stands quite alone: visible for miles around, surrounded by disused runways of RAF St.Eval. The splendid church tower, 60 feet tall, was built during the summer of 1727, to replace an earlier tower that fell into disrepair in the mid 1600s. The church was enlarged in the mid-16th century and there is the remains of a medieval screen and an elaborately carved part of the Rood Screen base. The pulpit has been recently restored and the date 1638, together with the name of the Minister and Churchwardens can be seen on the base stringers. The Font is very plain and is from Norman times, as is one remaining window in the North wall. There are 23 carved bench-ends dating from the mid-16th century and at the back are three original pews. In 1989 a memorial was dedicated for those who had served at RAF St.Eval which includes a memorial window and Book of Remembrance. It is a very interesting church in an unlikely situation.
  The Anglican parish is now part of the United Benefice of St Mawgan, St Ervan and St Eval, which has its own website.
• Non-Conformist. There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Tregona, and a Bible Christian chapel at Treburthick.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for this parish are: C021921/2, C053141/2, M021921, M053141. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1612 - 1885.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1695 - 1980, Burials 1695 - 1951, Marriages 1695 - 1837, Boyd's Marriage Index 1612 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1800 - 1812, BTs 1612 - 1667.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials.
• Baptisms.
• Marriages.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1631 to 1812, and marriages 1837 to 1902, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1631 to 1837, which is available in Book, CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1695 to 1812 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 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book or CD formats.
• Mixed Records. The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms, marriages and burials (1778 to 1855) for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest..

The parish of St Eval 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 Bodmin Registration District. Parishes within the old St Columb district were: Colan, Crantock, Cubert, Little Petherick, Mawgan-in-Pydar, 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 Bodmin can be contacted at: Lyndhurst, 66 Nicholas Street, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 2AG. Tel: 01208 73677.

• Geograph
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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from St Eval 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.
• Susan Old is also undertaking the reconstruction of parishes in the Hundred of Pydar.

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 St Eval ecclesiastical parish:

• Tregona (Tregenna, Tregona', Tregon), Grid Reference 859699.

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

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SW863701 (Lat/Lon: 50.49132, -5.014068), St Eval 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.

St Eval parish was part of the St Columb Major Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

The parish comprises 2917 acres of land, one acre of water, 2 acres of tidal water and 109 acres of foreshore.