Advent, Cornwall

Historical Description

Advent (anciently called St Adwen and St Tathen), a parish in Cornwall, on the Camel river, 2 miles S of Camelford station, on the L. & S.W.R. There is a post office at Camelford, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 4091; population, 200. The living is a rectory, annexed to Lanteglos, in the diocese of Truro; net value, £500. Patron, the Prince of Wales. The church was restored in 1873. An ancient weather-worn granite cross, about 9 feet high, stands in a field a short way from the church.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Advent from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Advent, or St. Adven)
• Kelly's Directory of Devon and Cornwall, 1914

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cornwall papers online:

• Royal Cornwall Gazette
• Cornishman
• West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser
• Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser

Visitations Heraldic

We have a copy of The Visitations of Cornwall, by Lieut.-Col. J.L. Vivian online.