Philleigh, Cornwall

Historical Description

Philleigh or Filley, a parish in Cornwall, on the river Fal, 9 miles SSE of Truro station on the G.W.R. Post town, Grampound; money order office, Lanihorne; telegraph office, Portscatho. Acreage, 2403; population, 244. There are several ferries over the river Fal. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Truro; net value, £260 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1867, and is in the Perpendicular style.

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 Philleigh from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Philleigh or Filley (St. Felix))

Maps

Online maps of Philleigh 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.