Name | St. Enoder |
Type | Hamlet, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 50.374°N 4.966°W |
Located in | Cornwall, England |
See also | Powder Hundred, Cornwall, England | hundred in which it was part located | | Pyder Hundred, Cornwall, England | hundred in which it was part located | | St. Columb Major Rural, Cornwall, England | rural district of which it was a part 1894-1934 | | St. Austell Rural, Cornwall, England | rural district which absorbed most of it in 1934 | | Truro Rural, Cornwall, England | rural district which absorbed a part of it in 1934 | | St. Columb Major Registration District, Cornwall, England | registration district of which it was part 1837-1936 | | St. Austell Registration District, Cornwall, England | registration district of which it was part 1936-2007 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
St. Enoder (Cornish: Eglosenoder) is a hamlet and civil parish in
Cornwall, England. The hamlet is situated five miles (8 km) southeast of Newquay.
The nearest village is Summercourt half-a-mile (0.8 km) to the south and other settlements include Fraddon, Penhale, Indian Queens and Trevarren.
St. Enoder was part of the St. Columb Major Rural District from 1894 until 1934 and the majority of it was located in St. Austell Rural District from 1934 until 1974. Small parts of the parish were transferred to Ladock and Newlyn in Truro Rural District in 1934.
19th century description
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of St. Enoder from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "ENODER (St.), a village and a parish in St. Columb district, Cornwall. The village stands 4½ miles SSW of St. Columb-Major, and 6 NNW of Grampound [railway] station; and has a post office under Ladock. The parish includes also part of the town of Mitchell. Acres: 7,037. Real property: £6,333; of which £142 are in mines. Population: 1, 151. Houses: 234. The surface is somewhat flat. The rocks include granite and porphyry, with tin and copper ores. Gomronson was the seat of the Flammocks; and Boswallow of the Stephenses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value: £380. Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. The church has a pinnacled tower and a Norman font. There is a Wesleyan chapel."
Research Tips
One of the many maps available on A Vision of Britain through Time is one from the Ordnance Survey Series of 1900 illustrating the parish boundaries of Cornwall at the turn of the 20th century. This map blows up to show all the parishes and many of the small villages and hamlets.
The following websites have pages explaining their provisions in WeRelate's Repository Section. Some provide free online databases.
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- GENUKI makes a great many suggestions as to other websites with worthwhile information about Cornwall as well as providing 19th century descriptions of each of the ecclesiastical parishes.
- FamilySearch Wiki provides a similar information service to GENUKI which may be more up-to-date.
- A Vision of Britain through Time has
- organization charts of the hierarchies of parishes within hundreds, registration districts and rural and urban districts of the 20th century
- excerpts from a gazetteer of circa 1870 outlining individual towns and parishes
- reviews of population through the time period 1800-1960
- More local sources can often be found by referring to "What Links Here" in the column on the left.
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/Jacobstow
Categories: Cornwall, England | Powder Hundred, Cornwall, England | Pyder Hundred, Cornwall, England | St. Columb Major Rural, Cornwall, England | St. Austell Rural, Cornwall, England | St. Enoder, Cornwall, England | St. Columb Major Registration District, Cornwall, England | St. Austell Registration District, Cornwall, England
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