THE PARISH OF KEA
IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL
TRANSCRIBED RECORDS
FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS AND
FROM CENSUS RETURNS
As the Online Parish Clerk for the Parish of Kea,
I am willing to carry out look-ups from those records that I have transcribed
(see table below) from the Parish Registers.
THE PARISH OF KEA
Immediately to the South and South-west of Truro, the parish of Kea (pron: kee),
is bounded on the east by the River Fal.
It is named from the Irish Saint Kea who, it is supposed,
after floating from Ireland on a boat-shaped granite boulder landed on the banks of the River Fal.
It was near that supposed landing spot that the old Kea church was founded in 1270.
This church was standing at the end of a long straggling parish and was not easy for all parishioners to visit,
especially in the days of poor roads and little transport.
It is now maintained as a partial ruin with its graveyard and a small church.
Principally agricultural, the main industries of the parish in the past were with tin and copper
mining and with water transport.
Smelting was carried out at Calenick, close to Truro and the River Fal was the avenue for shipping.
Church History
A more centrally placed new church was erected --- first used only as a Day and Sunday school ---
but it was poorly built and over the years cracks from unstable foundations appeared.
Originally dedicated in 1802, it was officially solemnized in 1850 on the old St Kea Feast Day, 5 October,
but by 1869 it was realised that the church would have to be rebuilt. Slowly, action began towards achieving that end.
In the meantime, a small church was built on the North side of the Old Kea Church site by the generosity of J-W Murray,
a previous Minister.
Twenty-seven years later, the foundation stone of the new church was laid by Viscountess Falmouth on 1st November 1894,
with the Church being consecrated on 4th June 1896.
The tower of the old church on the Truro River is still standing,
and the small church is still used on an occasional but regular basis.
At Baldhu, Hugus and Porthkea were Wesleyan Methodist chapels, with Primitive Methodist chapels at Calenick and Coombe.
The Bible Christians had a chapel at Kerley Downs. A Quaker Meeting House at Come-to-Good dates from 1709.
Church Records
FHL BRITISH Film 1595810 and 1849638 for Registers 1559-1902
are on CD-ROMs.
Click here for a modern map of
Kea & the surrounding Area (use Browser Back-button to return here)
Cornwall Record Office
holds:
Baptisms 1618 - 1841, Burials 1571 - 1915,
Marriages 1559 - 1858, Boyds Marriage Index 1653 - 1812,
Bishop's Transcripts 1607 - 1673.
Cornwall Family History Society
has published on-line transcripts of:
Pre 1813 Marriages, 1813-37 Marriages and 1813-37 Burials
Cornwall Legacy
has published on CD:
baptisms (1863 to 1900) of the Truro Bible Christian Circuit,
which covers Truro (all parishes), St Allen, Probus, Grampound,
Perran, Creed, Gwennap, Cornelly, Goonhavern, Kea, Tregony and St Agnes.
Civil Registration
The parish of Kea has been in the Truro Registration District from 1st July 1837.
Other Records available at CRO:
Apprenticeship Indentures for Kea (1730 - 1820) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.
Kea parish was part of the Truro Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief. Overseers' Accounts (1766 to 1774, 1797 to 1819), Settlement Papers (1727 to 1821) and Bastardy Bonds (1729 to 1821) are available in the Cornwall Record Office
Protestation Returns
In the May of 1641 it was agreed and ordered that every Member of the House of Commons and House of Lords should make a protestation (declaration of loyalty) to the Crown by all males in their electorate parishes over the age of 18 years. All names were listed and anyone who refused was to be noted.
Protestation Returns of 1642 for Kea are available on-line or through me.
GENUKI :---
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Kea/index.html
I have transcribed the KEA and the FEOCK 1851 CENSUS.
These are available online through:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/ukocp.html
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KEA CHURCH PARISH REGISTERS
General Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials from 1559 to 1654 are severely damaged and have extremely poor legibility. Most records of the 1600s are in poor condition and my transcriptions may contain errors!
BAPTISMS
1653 - 1698
completed
1701 - 1799
completed
1800 - 1841
completed
1841 - 1902
completed
BANNS
1758 -1787
completed
1868 - 1902
completed
MARRIAGES
1653 - 1666
completed
1673 - 1692
completed
1702 - 1754
completed
1756 - 1812
completed
1813 - 1837
completed
1837 - 1858
completed
BURIALS
1653-1700
are in very poor condition --- ask and try your luck!
1701-1799
completed
1800-1812
completed
1813-1901
completed
It is recommended that, as a general research and genealogical habit, all data should be checked with an original source.
Transcribers and recorders are human and can make errors!!
A bit about me:
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I am Geoff Ford, raised in Cornwall;
served in WW2 from 1942 to 1946 as a Pilot in the RAF;
from 1948 taught as a Schoolteacher in Exeter;
migrated to Australia in 1958 and retired as a School Principal at end of 1983.
From 1984-1992, I was a Senior Educational Computer Consultant for a computer manufacturer;
from 1985 a Calligrapher and Calligraphy teacher, and from 1992 an Heraldic Artist and teacher.
Currently I am involved in genealogy and watercolour painting.
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