WELCOME TO MY CAMBORNE WEBSITE

My name is Sally Cann, I am married to a CORNISHMAN who was raised in Camborne and migrated to New Zealand in 1968.

I am the Online Parish Clerk for Camborne and you are invited to to contact me with your request for look-ups from the records in my database. These pages have been compiled from transcriptions made by me and from contibutions kindly sent to me by other people worldwide.

To find out more about the Online Parish Clerk Project for Cornwall, visit the OPC site..........Online Parish Clerks - Cornwall

CAMBORNE........an introduction........

In 1867, Camborne was situated in the deanery and hundred of Penwith. It was bounded on the north and east by the sea and Illogan, on the south by Crowan and Gwinear, and on the west by Gwithian. The parish is thought to take its name from the Cornish for a 'crooked hill', but it was also the site of a 'holy well' situated within it, from which the name could be derived.

Until the mining boom towards the end of the 18th century, which saw the Camborne and Redruth district become the richest mining area in the world at that time, Camborne was just a village. Influx of miners transformed the village into a town in a very short space of time. The town of Camborne is surrounded by numerous mine workings; it comprises several uniform streets which were filled with miners' cottages. The growth caused the parish to be spilt and three new parishes were created from Camborne to serve this boom: Tucking Mill in 1845, Treslothan also in 1845, and Penponds in 1854.

LINKS

GENUKI---http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Camborne/index.html

CAMBORNE 1851 CENSUS - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/ukocp.html

camborne strays 1861 Census

camborne strays 1871 Census

Roger Memorial

Memorial Page to my late husband

TUCKINGMILL MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS

ALL SAINTS, TUCKINGMILL

• PROTESTATION RETURNS.............1641

• HEARTH TAX......................................1664 - 66
• KELLYS DIRECTORY........................1873
• MARRIAGES.......1837 - 1875 [lookups only]
• 1881 CENSUS on CD

As with all data it is recommended that it be checked with the original source

This is a new and ongoing project and I will contine to transcribe the Parish Registers as time permits.

If you have any material that you are willing to share, or require a look-up please contact me at................

E-Mail.............[email protected]

Last Updated 24 Oct 2006