Laneast Cornwall Family History Guide

Laneast is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Other places in the parish include: Tregeare.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Galwell

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1700
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LANEAST, a parish in Launceston district, Cornwall; on the river Inny, 6½ miles W of Launceston r. station. It contains Tregeare, which has a post-office under Launceston; and contains also Jamaica Inn. Acres, 2,487. Real property, £1,437. Pop., 244. Houses, 48. The property is divided among a few. The manor formerly belonged to Launceston priory. Some mining was formerly carried on, but ceased between 1851 and 1861. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £85. Patron, J. K. Lethbridge, Esq. The church is ancient but good; has a lofty tower; and contains open oak seats, and a carved screen. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school. The astronomer Adams, who discovered the planet Neptune, was a native.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

LANEAST (St. Galwell), a parish, in the union of Launceston, partly in the N. division of the hundred of East, and partly in the hundred of Lesnewth, E. division of Cornwall, 7 miles (W.) from Launceston; containing 320 inhabitants. It comprises 2262 acres, of which 600 are common or waste. The living is a perpetual curacy; income, £55; patron, J. K. Lethbridge, Esq. The tithes have been commuted for £113.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Registers

Laneast Marriages 1680 to 1812

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Marriages Out of Parish

Details	Place Married
William Crowell, w., of Laneast, & Joan Harris, w., lic. 21 Oct. 1803	Davidstow
Degory Rogers, of Egloskerry, & Agnes Dingle, of Laneast 26 Nov. 1674	St Clether
Oliver White, gent., of Altarnun, & Jane Edgecombe, of Laneast 3 Mar. 1684	St Clether
William Piideaux & Joane Axford, of Laneast 7 Jan. 1685	St Clether
Nicholas Genkin, of Laneast, & Grace Higgs, of Michaelstow 9 Aug. 1694	St Clether
John Addams & English Chubb, of Laneast 20 June 1698	St Clether
Robert Gymblett & Mary Nuton [?], of Laneast 9 Nov. 1712	St Clether
Richard Dennis & Emmy [Amy, Bod. T.] Hender, of Laneast 19 June 1726	St Clether
John Venning, of St. C. & Jane Ham, of Laneast 30 Mar. 1775	St Clether
Philip Ham, of Laneast, & Joan Venning, of St. C. 28 Nov. 1776	St Clether
Sampson Taylor, of Laneast, & Elizabeth Motton 2 Apr. 1782	St Clether
Abraham Stephens, of St. C, & Rebecca Dowe, of Laneast 4 Mar. 1788	St Clether
Richard Herring, of Laneast, & Elizabeth Mitchell, of St. C. 14 Dec. 1807	St Clether