Callington Area Heritage

South Hill Parish

(in South East Cornwall)

History Site

This site will eventually contain many free access historical references to the parish of South Hill, it is hosted by the Callington Heritage Centre. We hope this will be useful for family historians and local historians. The site was changed and restyled in 2009, and the intention is to have all the census and register information available on a database, with additional information on the parish pages. If you cannot find the information you require please contact the Callington Heritage Centre using the link above.

Baptisms 1549 - 1900	` Registers exist at the County Record Office for these dates. Our searchable database above includes transcriptions from 1558-1900
Marriages 1566 - 1900	` Registers exist at the County Record Office for these dates. Our searchable database above includes transcriptions from 1566-1900
Burials 1550 - 1900	` Registers exist at the County Record Office for these dates. Our searchable database above includes transcriptions from 1550-1900
Methodist Registers	Details of where to find information on Methodist baptisms, marriages, burials. Also a few transcripts.
Burial Memorials	Please see the searchable database of all the monumental inscriptions in the two cemeteries in South Hill and Golberdon above. There is a facility for purchasing photos of memorial stones.
Census	1841 Census , HO107/133, population 640, available off-site from the Cornwall Online Census project 1851 Census HO107/1901, Enumeration Districts 4a and 4b, population 730, available off-site from the Cornwall Online Census project 1861 Census RG9/1527, Enumeration District 11, population 691, available off-site from the Cornwall Online Census project 1871 Census RG10/2235, Enumeration District 11, population 638, available off-site from the Cornwall Online Census project 1881 Census RG11/2284, Enumeration District 11, population 506, available off-site from the Cornwall Online Census project 1891 Census RG12/1809, Enumeration District 11, population 528, available off-site from the Cornwall Online Census project 1901 Census , RG13/2191, Enumeration District 11, population 488, available on site. 1911 Census, now available off-site at a cost, population 444
Street & Postal Directories	Directories listing all the tradesmen and farmers in the parish have been transcribed for:- 1856, 1862, 1873, 1878, 1893, 1910 & 1935
1892 Sanitary Report	Gives an interesting indication of the housing conditions of the period
1873 Land Owners	Lists all the people resident in the parish who owned land
Voters & Poll Books	Lists of men entitled to vote 1710, 1774, 1790, 1851, 1852, 1864
Churchwarden Accounts	Extracts from the Churchwarden's Accounts for 1846 to 1856 available so far
Land Taxes, Tithes, etc.	An index to the tithe apportionments of 1841 and the land tax assessments of 1812 & 1805. Also a survey of 1856 for the Church Rate.
Manor Rolls & Rentals	Manor Rentals of 1809, 1806, 1791 and 1607
1662/4 Hearth Tax	Lists all the persons in the parish who had at least one hearth and had to pay tax.
1641 Protestation Returns	A list of every male in the parish who took this declaration in 1641, (no known dissenters).
1569 Muster Rolls	A list of able bodied men and the arms they could muster.
1544 Subsidies	Cornish Subsidies in the reign of Henry VIII, lists all men in the parish with land or goods of value.
1522 Military Survey	One of the very first surveys to list the value of each persons goods
Church Archaeology	Results of excavations beside the church by the Cornwall Archaeological Unit
Photographs	Photographs of the parish are available via the Photo Gallery link above.
Maps	The 1888 ordnance survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Golberdon' under place search.
	For modern location maps visit:- www.multimap.com

For other parishes	If the parish you are interested in is not listed above and is in Cornwall visit the Genuki page. Also visit the OPC pages for a list of voluntary helpers for Cornish parishes.
South Hill today	The web site for the 21st century South-Hill community

DISCLAIMER
Whilst the webmaster and authors of all transcripts and articles have made very effort to ensure accuracy, this cannot be guaranteed as most items have not been double checked. Researchers are advised to check the original documents. This advice applies to anything found on the internet.

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