Mawnan, Cornwall

Historical Description

Mawnan, a village and a parish in Cornwall. The village stands 4 miles SSW of Falmouth town and station on the G.W.R., and has a post office under Falmouth; money order and telegraph office, Falmouth. The parish comprises 2116 acres, of which 160 are water and foreshore; population, 479. The rocks include slate, granite, porphyry, and iron and copper ores. An ancient circular camp is at Carlidnack. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Truro; value, £240 with residence. The church is ancient, in good condition, and has a tower which serves as a landmark to mariners. The whole building was thoroughly restored in 1880. A chapel of ease was erected in 1874 at Mawnan Smith. There are Bryanite and Wesleyan chapels.

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 Mawnan from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Mawnan 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.