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

Cornwall parish registers : Phillimore, William Phillimore Watts, 1853-1913, [from old catalog] ed : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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