St Cleer
[Home] ST. CLEER was a mining and agriculture area.All though many of the Cornish folklores come from all over Cornwall; St. Cleer has its own. Within the parish boundaries lay ancient tombs of ‘kings and warriors’. Trevetheye Quait is a burial mound going back to 2000-15000 BC. There is the Holy Well dedicated to St. Clarus and King Doniert’s Stone, a grave marker for a Cornish King who drowned in 878 at Fowey. One of the reason I took this parish is “Edmund Beket grants to Robert Carkyk all his land in Attemore, litel Hamet and Mochelworthy, to hold to him, his heirs or assigns, for ever. Dated at Wenemouth, 2 Hen. V (1414) Edith E. Bryant from ‘Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries’ This land today is called Carkeet, located south of Smallacoombe Downs, north-northwest of St. Cleer. May you find that when you search the Cornish transcripts, and the place they took place at, that the Cornish legends of lost times ‘come true’! Don-John CARKYK |
 St Cleer Parish Church courtesy of Steve Beazley www.kammneves.co.uk |
Parish Records
I have made my transcriptions available in two formats. You can either display the information sorted by surname or you can download a CSV file containing all the records to your computer and then use your spreadsheet system to look at the records. Please note that however you choose to access my transcriptions, the material is made available to you on the basis that I retain full intellectual property rights. You may use the material solely for your own personal family history research and the information may not be published, sold or otherwise distributed without my express permission.
One further 'health warning' is on dates. Prior to 1752 the calendar year ran from 25th March through to 24th March so, for example, January 1750 is the month AFTER December 1750. In 1751 the days of September 2nd to 14th were cancelled and from that year onwards 31st December became the end of the calendar year. Hence from January 1752 the calendar year runs as we know it today. Note that in these transcriptions the dates are 'as recorded' i.e. as they were at the time.
You'll find an explanation of the Reference Codes I have used in these transcriptions here.
| Download records | Years covered | View records sorted by surname |
|---|---|---|
| Baptisms | 1597-1959 | A-B , C-D , E-G , H , I-L , M-P , Q-S , T-Z |
| Marriages | 1597-1901 | A-C , D-H , I-O , P-S , T-Z |
| Burials | 1597-1901 | A-C , D-G , H , J-L , M-R , S , T-Z |
Other Transcriptions
| 1569 | St Cleer Muster Rolls |
| 1641 | St Cleer Protestation Returns |
Other Records
I also have access to the following records and can do a search if you give me the exact year:
- Waywardens' Rates and Accounts 1856-1863
- Apprenticeship Indentures 1768-1841
- Parish Settlement Papers 1738-1864
- Poor Law Union Rates 1859-1861
- Overseers Rates, Accounts & Records 1772-1807, 1821-1837, 1827-1829
- St. Cleer Vestry Minutes 1820-1848
- Parish Reg. Rate Book 1857
- Church Wardens accounts & Rates 1839-1854
- Manorial Court Records for:
- Bulland 1628-1637,1663,1706,1724-1740,1738-1744,1730-1788
- Colshill 1546
- Fursnewth 1730
This page was last updated 09 April 2006 12:15
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