Ruan Major Cornwall Family History Guide

Ruan Major is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall.

Alternative names: Major Ruan

Parish church: St. Ruan

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1682
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1610

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RUAN-MAJOR, a parish in Helston district, Cornwall; near the coast, 7½ miles SSE of Helston, and 13 S by W of Penryn r. station. Post-town, Ruan-Minor, under Helston, Cornwall. Acres, 2,470. Real property, £932. Pop., 141. Houses, 25. The property is divided among a few. An ancient seat of the Eriseys was here. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £191. Patron, P. V. Robinson, Esq. The church is tolerable.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

RUAN MAJOR (St. Ruan), a parish, in the union of Helston, W. division of the hundred of Kerrier and of the county of Cornwall, 8 miles (S. S. E.) from Helston; containing 163 inhabitants. The parish comprises 2325 acres, of which 960 are common or waste; the soil is generally a rich marl, and the surface hilly. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £10. 10. 2½., and in the gift of P. Vyvyan Robinson, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £170, and the glebe comprises 95 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cornwall, Ruan-Major – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ruan-Major, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cornwall, Ruan-Major – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ruan-Major, 1681-1772
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ruan-Major (Cornwall)

England, Cornwall, Ruan Major, bishop’s transcripts, 1596-1843
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ruan-Major (Cornwall); Devon Record Office (Exeter)

England, Cornwall, Ruan-Major, parish registers, 1838-1903
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ruan-Major (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Marriages at Ruan Major, 1683-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ruan-Major (Cornwall)

Parish registers for Ruan-Major, 1682-1986
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ruan-Major (Cornwall); Cornwall Record Office

Transcripts of parish registers and Bishop’s transcripts, 1610-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ruan-Major (Cornwall)

England, Cornwall, Ruan-Major – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish of Ruan Major
Author: Ivall, Dennis Endean; Thompson, Gillian; Ivall, Dennis Endean, Mrs.

Parish register printouts of Ruan-Major, Cornwall, England ; christenings, 1610-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Cornwall

England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010

Cornwall Online Parish Clerks

Cornwall Parish Register Index

FreeREG

Cornwall Burials A-Z index of surnames of people buried in Cornwall

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cornwall
  • Civil Registration District: Helston
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
  • Diocese: Exeter
  • Rural Deanery: Kerrier
  • Poor Law Union: Helston
  • Hundred: Kerrier
  • Province: Canterbury