Grade Cornwall Family History Guide

Grade is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1700
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist Association

Adjacent Parishes

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GRADE, a parish in Helston district, Cornwall; on the coast, near the Lizard, 9½ miles SSE of Helston, and 14½ SSW of Falmouth r. station. Post town, Ruan-Minor, under Helston, Cornwall. Acres, 1,981; of which 35 are water. Real property, £1,852. Pop., 327. Houses, 69. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Ruan-Minor, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £334. Patron, the Rev. F.Jackson. The church contains brasses and monuments of the Eriseys; and was recently in a very dilapidated condition.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].