Calstock is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.
Other places in the parish include: Berippa, Trewithan, Gunnislake, and Metherel.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1656
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Bible Christian Methodist, Irvingite/Catholic Apostolic Church, Methodist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Calstock Calstock
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CALSTOCK, a village and a parish in Liskeard district, Cornwall. The village stands on the river Tamar, near the Tavistock canal, 5½ miles WNW of Horrabridge r. station, and 6 SW of Tavistock; is a sub-port to Plymouth; and has a post office under Tavistock, and an inn. The parish comprises 6,133 acres. Real property, £14,233; of which £4,173 are in mines, £30 in quarries, and £50 in fisheries. Pop., 7,090. Houses, 1,377. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the duchy of Cornwall; Calstock House is an old mansion, the seat of the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe; and Harewood House is the seat of Sir W. Trelawny, Bart. Porphyritic elvan, called Roborough stone, is quarried; granite abounds; and tin, copper, manganese, and lead ores have been mined. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £510. Patron, the Prince of Wales. The church is a granite structure, with a lofty pinnacled tower; and contains the vault of the Edgcumbes, and monuments to Pearse Edgcumbe and the Countess of Sandwich There is a Baptist chapel. Blackburn, Archbishop of York, was rector.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Bankrupts
People from Calstock who were declared bankrupt and the date of bankruptcy.
Almond William, jun, Newbridge, Calstock, Cornwall, brewer, Jan. 23, 1821.
Bennetts Jonas and Nicholas Robins; Gunnislake, Cornwall, granite merchants, Dec. 13, 1831.
Bennetts Jonas; and Nicholas Robins; Gunnislake, Cornwall, granite merchants, Oct. 12, 1832.
Parish Records
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
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Cornwall
- Civil Registration District: Liskeard
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: East
- Poor Law Union: Tawstock
- Hundred: East (Cornwall)
- Province: Canterbury