Lynher Parishes, St Ive, Linkinhorne & South Hill, A History Resource site

Lynher Parishes

History Site

For the Parishes of St Ive, Linkinhorne & South Hill

A resource for discovering the history of the people and places of the parishes by the River Lynher in South East Cornwall

This site has combined three sites to make it easier to search them all, as they are adjoining parishes and all share the River Lynher as part of their boundary. Below are the pages that have information on all three parishes. Just click on the links above to go to the site about each individual parish.

Parish Registers & Census	For records specific to each parish use the link above to go to each parish page, also includes land & tax records, directories, etc.
Census	Go to each Parish Page, link above.
1856+ Newspaper Extracts	Extracts from the Cornish Times. 1857, 1858, 1859 & 1862 transcribed so far. Also index to Sherborne & Yeovil Mercury 1773-1778.
Poll Books	List of men that voted in the elections of 1710, 1774 & 1790
Quarter Sessions	An index of names appearing in the quarter session records at the Cornwall Record Office.
1661 Free & Voluntary Present	Lists of the people from the three parishes who voluntarily made a contribution to the Crown
1649 Parliamentary Survey	An index to names and places in this survey of Duchy lands in this area - mainly Linkinhorne and a small part of South Hill
Links to Family History Pages		This page links to pages or sites where there are families featured from any of the three parishes. Some new pages.
War Memorials	Photographs of war memorials & inscription details
Strays	People from the three parishes who have been recorded elsewhere in the UK. Over 600 entries so far, but further contributions are welcome.
Wills	Brief details of some wills for people from the three parishes, also a list of 1400 people from the parishes whose wills were proven in Cornwall.
Articles & Extracts	Various short articles on historical topics related to the three parishes, includes extracts from Parish Council Minutes, Churchwardens Accounts and Vestry Minutes, Life of a Miner, Farm Accounts 1862, Churchwarden Accounts & Vestry Minutes for South Hill & Linkinhorne, early Parish Council minutes, Horticultural Exhibitors 1947.
Search	To search this site for any name go to the search page.
Maps	The 1888 ordnance survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter St Ive, Linkinhorne or Golberdon under place search.
	For a map of the River Lynher Parishes click here Visit the Linkinhorne, St Ive or South Hill pages For information on adjoining Callington visit their Heritage page
	For modern location maps visit:- www.multimap.com

For other parishes	Visit the Genuki page for all the other Cornish parishes. Also visit the OPC pages for a list of voluntary helpers for Cornish parishes. I recommend you contact Rick Elliott for neighbouring Quethiock as he has a large database on the parish.
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I am Lynda Mudle-Small, the author of this page and the site, I am also the Online Parish Clerk for the three parishes. I am fortunate enough to live in the parish of South Hill by the River Lynher and overlooking Linkinhorne and St Ive. If you need any further assistance or have items to contribute to the site, please do not hesitate to contact me, I have not yet been able to put all my material on site so it is always worth asking.
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DISCLAIMER
Whilst the webmaster and authors of all transcripts and articles have made very effort to ensure accuracy, this cannot be guaranteed as most items have not been double checked. Researchers are advised to check the original documents. This advice applies to anything found on the internet.

COPYRIGHT
Any material from this site may be used for personal family histories and research, but may not be used for any commercial purpose without first contacting the web master.

Webmaster Lynda Mudle-Small. Updated 22nd September 2008
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