Advent Cornwall Family History Guide
Advent is a parish in Cornwall. Advent was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Lanteglos.
Parish church: St Athwenna
Parish registers begin: 1709
Nonconformists include: Methodists
Parishes adjacent to Advent
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Advent, a parish in Camelford district, Cornwall; on Camel river, 2 miles S of Camelford, and 11 N of Bodmin-Road r. station, Post Town, Camelford. Acres, 4,059. Real property, £1,626. Pop., 208. Houses, 45. The property is much subdivided. A copper mine is worked. The living is a rectory, annexed to Lanteglos, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is bad. An ancient weather-worn granite cross, about 9 feet high, stands in a field a short way from the church.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Advent, or St. Adven, formerly a chapelry in the parish of Lanteglos, now a distinct parish in the hund. of Lesnewth, Camelford union, Cornwall; 2 miles south from Camelford. Living, subordinate to the rectory of Lanteglos, in the archd. of Cornwall and dio. of Exeter. A copper-mine is wrought here. Pop., in 1801, 170; in 1831, 244. Houses 50. Acres 4,020. A. P. £1,396. Poor rates, in 1837, £110.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1831
Advent, or St. Adven, formerly a chapelry in the parish of Lanteglos, now a distinct parish in the hundred of Lesnewth, county of CORNWALL, 1¾ mile (S.) from Camelford, containing 229 inhabitants. The living, united with that of Lanteglos, forms a consolidated rectory, in the patronage of the King, as Duke of Cornwall. A copper mine is worked here, but it is not very productive.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831
Leonard's Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Advent, 2 m. N. Camelford. P. 291
Source: Leonard's Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Directories
Kelly's Directory of Cornwall, 1883
Alford William, fanner, Higher Town
Baker William, farmer, Treclego
Beer Adolphus, farmer, Pencarrow
French William, farmer, Goose hill
Gillard Thos. Pethick, farmer, Tresinney
Glanvill Henry, farmer, Stepps
Inch Francis, farmer, Whitenells
Inch Joseph, farmer, Tor
Irons John, farm bailiff to William Teague esq
Northey George, farmer, New hall
Northey Richard, farmer, Watergate
Parnell Nicholas, farmer, Trecarne
Trevillian William, farmer, Trevent
Wickett John, farmer, Heneward
Parish Records
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Marriages at Advent 1676 to 1801
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FamilySearch Catalog
Census
Census returns for Advent, 1841-1891
Church Records
Marriages at Advent, 1676-1801 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Advent (Cornwall)
Parish of Advent Author: Ivall, Dennis Endean; Ivall, Dennis Endean, Mrs.; Thompson, Gillian
History
Parish of Advent Author: Garland, May
Cornwall
England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010
Cornwall Parish Register Index
Cornwall Burials A-Z index of surnames of people buried in Cornwall
Records for England
Births and Baptism Records
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Marriage Records
Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Death Records
England Death Records, 1998-2015
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1640-1660
Non-Conformist Records
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Census
England and Wales Census, 1841
England and Wales Census, 1851
England and Wales Census, 1861
England and Wales Census, 1871
England and Wales Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1891
England and Wales Census, 1901
England and Wales Census, 1911
Occupations
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
War and Conflict
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records, 1760-1913
United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
United Kingdom, World War I Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920
Newspaper Archives
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
Cornwall OPC
The Cornwall OPC parish page for Advent has a wealth of information for the parish including an online searchable database of parish registers.
Other records from Cornwall OPC include:
Coroners' Inquests: (newspaper reports)
Voters Lists:
1774, Lesnewth Hundred
Wills:
1611 John HOCKEN
1636 John HOCKEN, the elder
1650/1656? William MITCHELL
1653 Jacob HOCKEN
1657 John MELLAND/MEDLAND
1741 John LEANE
1743 Christopher ARNOLD
1743 John GILL
1746 Daniel LOMBARD, also of Lanteglos by Camelford
1748 Mary DINHAM
1749 Aves BROWNE
1750 Jane DANGAR
1754 William JORY
Maps
Administration
- County: Cornwall
- Civil Registration District: Camelford
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Trigg Minor
- Poor Law Union: Camelford
- Hundred: Lesnewth
- Province: Canterbury