Forrabury or Fotherbury, Cornwall

Historical Description

Forrabury or Fotherbury, a parish in Cornwall, on the coast, 5 miles NNW of Camelford, and 20 N of Bodmin Road station on the G.W.R., 4 miles N of Camelford station on the S.W.R., opened in 1893. It includes part of the town of Boscastle, which has a post office (R.S.O.) Acreage, 539; population, 310. Slaty anthracite, dark shale, and manganese occur. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Truro; value, £82. The church stands above Boscastle, adjacent to the lofty headland of Willapark; is dedicated to St Simphorian, who is traditionally said to have been buried in it; has a tower, and is in good condition. Outside it is an ancient granite cross on a limestone pedestal. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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 Forrabury or Fotherbury from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Forrabury (St. Simphorian))

Maps

Online maps of Forrabury or Fotherbury are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

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.