St Michael Carhayes, Cornwall

Historical Description

Michael Carhayes, St, a parish in Cornwall, on Veryan Bay, 3 miles SE by E of Tregony, and 8 S by E of Grampound Road station on the G.W.R. Post town, St Austell. Acreage, 861; population, 143. The mansion of the Trevanions once stood here, and a castellated Gothic building, by the architect of Buckingham Palace, now occupies its site, and has in the wall of its entrance gallery a stone sculptured with the royal arms, supposed to be of the time of one of the Edwards. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Truro; value, £110 with residence. The church has a castellated tower, contains old helmets, swords, and gauntlets of the Trevanion family, including a sword wielded by Sir Hugh Trevanion at Bosworth Field, and was restored in 1883.

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 Michael Carhayes from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of St Michael Carhayes 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.