St Ewe an ancient parish in the county of Cornwall
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1611
Nonconformists include: Bryanites, Calvinists, and Wesleyans.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
EWE (St.), a village and a parish in St. Austell district, Cornwall. The village stands near the coast, 3½ miles S by E of Burngullow r. station, and 5 S by W of St. Austell; and has fairs on 10 April and 9 Oct. The parish includes also the hamlets of Heligan-Mill and Pengrugla; and its post town is Mevagissey, under St. Austell. Acres, 5, 935. Real property, £5, 823; of which £75 are in mines. Pop., 1, 334. Houses, 285. The property is subdivided. Heligan is the seat of the Tremaynes; and Treganon was the seat of the Tredinghams. The rocks include slates and copper and tin ores. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £440. Patrons, SirSawle, Bart., and E. Carlyon, Esq. The church is ancient but good; and has monuments of the Mohuns and others. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Bible Christians, and charities £10.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England
EWE, ST a parish in the union of St Austell, Eastern Division of the hundred of Powder and of the county of Cornwall, 4 miles ENE from Tregoney; containing 1699 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £21; present net income £492; patron Thomas Carlyon Esq. The Wesleyan Methodists have a place of worship here; and there are several small day schools, chiefly supported by subscription. This parish abounds with copper and tin, of which extensive mines have been opened, and works on a scale of considerable magnitude established.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831
Health and Housing in St Ewe
In 1842 the standard of health and quality of housing was described as follows:
Mr B. J. Ball, medical officer of the Mevagessey district St Austel union, gives in his Return, three cases of scarlatina gravior; the patients three children of a miner, whose residence he states to be in a low and marshy situation. Mr Ball describes this dwelling, which is in the parish of St Ewe, as “a small cottage with only two rooms, and a dung-pit before the door, kept expressly for the purpose of accumulating filth for manure, which he uses for his garden. A pit of this sort is considered by almost every poor man in this district as a necessary appendage to his cottage; he even values it at half his living, and says that if he is obliged to do away with the pit, he cannot grow his potatoes &c.: not thinking it is the very nursery of the fever which rages so on his children: and I have often the greatest difficulty in getting cottagers to remove them, although fever may be raging to an alarming extent in his house.
Parish Records
Marriage Records
FamilySearch Catalog
Census
Census returns for St. Ewe, 1841-1891
Church Records
Marriages at St. Ewe, 1560-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of St. Ewe (Cornwall)
Parish of St. Ewe Author: Ivall, Dennis Endean; Thompson, Gillian; Ivall, Dennis Endean, Mrs.
Cemeteries
An Index of burial registers between 1813-1837 for the parish of St. Ewe
Manors
Account rolls, court papers, and rental, 1522-1585 Author: Manor of Heligan (Cornwall)
Poorhouses & Poor Law
Schools
Admission registers, 18778-1906 Author: St. Ewe Board School (Cornwall)
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
Cornwall OPC
The Cornwall Online Parish Clerks site has an online searchable database of parish registers.
The following resources are available on the St Ewe page of the Cornwall Online Parish Clerks site.
Bastardy Documents:
20 May 1799, Richard HITCHINS & Rose BASSET of Probus
31 Dec 1833, Hannah CLEMOWS (St. Mewan) & Philip SKEWS (St. Ewe)
Coroners’ Inquests: (newspaper reports)
Other Legal Documents:
20 Apr 1849, Indenture naming Thomas and Ann JOHNS, William TOMS and Thomas COLLINER
Settlement Documents:
3 Jul 1739, Simon TESLICK (also Probus)
25 Aug 1829, Joshua WHITE (& St Breock & Withiel)
28 Jun 1831, William & Mary SMITH & children (St Ewe & Gorran)
02 Jul 1839, Ann RUNDLE (St. Austell & St. Ewe)
Trade Directories &c:
Voters Lists:
Wills:
1603 Nicholas MICHELL, Will and Inventory
1619 Edward HAMBLY, admin only
1642 Stephen ROBINS, proved 1656
1664 Richard HANCOCK, proved 1666
1704 Edward MERRIFIELD (query parish)
1732 Nathaniel BALL, proved 1734
1741 James GEACH, mariner, proved 1750
1742 John MANEWELL, proved 1752
1750 Elizabeth PEARS, proved 1757
1775 John WILLIAMS, proved 1780
1836 Rev. John CREGOE (& St Just in Roseland)
1855 Phillipppa PASCOE, admin only
1855 Thomas PEARCE, proved 1855
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Cornwall
- Civil Registration District: St Austell
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: Powder
- Poor Law Union: St Austell
- Hundred: Powder
- Province: Canterbury