Callington Area Heritage

St Mellion Parish

(in South East Cornwall)

History Site

This site will eventually contain many free access historical references to the parish of St Mellion. We hope this will be useful for family historians and local historians. St. Mellion being a small parish does not have its own archive so this site is hosted by the Callington Heritage Centre and if you cannot find the information you require please contact the Callington Heritage Centre using the link above. More data on the parish is always welcome by the Centre.

Baptisms 1558 - 1880	` Registers exist at the County Record Office for these dates. You will find on-line Baptisms from 1640-1845
Marriages 1558 - 1979	` Registers exist at the County Record Office for these dates On site Marriages 1558-1812. Click on 'Search Our Data' above The Online Parish Clerk has made transcripts of Banns 1825 to 1910 in this parish, available off-site.
Burials 1558 - 1932	` Registers exist at the County Record Office for these dates
Burial Memorials	A transcription of the burial memorials in the parish church ground are now available via the 'Search Our Data' link above
Census	1841 Census HO107/133, Enumeration District 8, population 395, available off-site from the Cornwall Online Census project. 1851 Census HO107/1900, Enumeration District 9, population 324, available off-site from the Cornwall Online Census project. 1861 Census RG9/1525, Enumeration District 4, population 299, available off-site from the Cornwall Online Census project. 1871 Census RG10/2231, Enumeration District 4, population 303, available off-site from the Cornwall Online Census project. 1881 Census RG11/2282, Enumeration District 5, population 309, available off-site from the Cornwall Online Census project. 1891 Census RG12/1808, Enumeration District 5, population 285, available off-site from the Cornwall Online Census project. 1901 Census RG13 2189, Enumeration District 4, population 298 available on-site 1911 Census available is now available off-site at a cost, population 287
Overseers Accounts	Overseers' Accounts 1737 - 1821) are available at the Cornwall Record Office
Hearth Tax 1664	List of all men [some women] in the parish paying hearth tax
Protestation Roll 1641	List of all the men in the parish making a protestation of loyalty in 1641
Street & Postal Directories	Directories listing all the tradesmen and farmers in the parish have been transcribed for 1856, 1873, 1883, 1906.
Voters Lists	List of voters in the parish in 1851
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 'St. Mellion' under place search. For a map giving the location of the parish in relation to neighbouring parishes see link above.
	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.

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