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
3500-2600 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’
Part of this land was called Carkyk, later Carkeek and today it is called
Carkeet land, located south of Smallacoome 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’!
Donald E. Curkeet
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history research and the information may not be published, sold or otherwise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.
The original parish records prior to 1677 appear to have been lost but the
Bishops Transcripts (an annual return that the cleric was required to make)
exist for 1597-1673. Hence if you are looking for anything prior to 1597 or
between 1673 & 1677 then you will not find the records here - or anywhere else!
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.
