St Gennys, Cornwall

Historical Description

Gennys, St, a parish in Cornwall, on the coast of the Bristol Channel, 10 miles NNE of Camelford, and 16 NW of Launceston station on the G.W.R. Post town, Stratton; money order and telegraph office, Boscastle. Acreage, 6067; population,. 430. The surface is diversified by pleasant vale and bold hills. The rocks include slate and copper ore. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; value, £100 with residence. Patron, the Earl of St Germans The church is ancient, but good, and was restored in 1871. There are Methodist and Bible Christian 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 St Gennys from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of St Gennys 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.