South Hill Parish, a History Resource Site

South Hill Parish

(in South East Cornwall)

History Site

This site will eventually contain many historical references to the parish of South Hill. I hope this will be useful for family historians and local historians. The site was only started in January 2002, documents are being transcribed as and when time allows and will be regularly added to these pages. Contributions are always welcome. Please visit again.

The Parish	Photograph and description of the parish, and its history.
Photo Gallery	Photos of the parish as it is today, also a few historic pictures.
South Hill today	The web site for the 21st century South-Hill community
Church Archaeology	Results of excavations beside the church by the Cornwall Archaeological Unit
Baptisms 1614 - 1900	Transcription of the South Hill church registers
Marriages 1566 - 1900	Transcription of the South Hill church registers
Burials 1614 - 1900	Transcription of the South Hill church registers
Methodist Registers	Details of where to find information on Methodist baptisms, marriages, burials. Also a few transcripts. With new ones added.
Burial Monument at St Sampson's	Photographs and details of inscriptions from the Parish Church burial ground
Census	All census from 1841 to 1901 are now available on-site.
Street & Postal Directories	Directories listing all the tradesmen and farmers in the parish have been transcribed for:- 1856, 1862, 1873, 1878, 1893, 1910 & 1935
1892 Sanitary Report	Gives an interesting indication of the housing conditions of the period
1873 Land Owners	Lists all the people resident in the parish who owned land
Churchwarden Accounts	Extracts from the Churchwarden's Accounts for 1846 to 1856 available so far
Land Taxes, Tithes, etc.	An index to the tithe apportionments of 1841 and the land tax assessments of 1812 & 1805. Also a survey of 1856 for the Church Rate.
Manor Rolls & Rentals	Manor Rentals of 1809, 1806, 1791 and 1607
1662/4 Hearth Tax	Lists all the persons in the parish who had at least one hearth and had to pay tax.
1641 Protestation Returns	A list of every male in the parish who took this declaration in 1641, (no known dissenters).
1569 Muster Rolls	A list of able bodied men and the arms they could muster.
1544 Subsidies	Cornish Subsidies in the reign of Henry VIII, lists all men in the parish with land or goods of value.
1522 Military Survey	One of the very first surveys to list the value of each persons goods
Maps	The 1888 ordnance survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Golberdon' under place search.
	For modern location maps visit:- www.multimap.com

For other parishes	Go back to the Lynher Parishes site for Linkinhorne and St Ive, for any other Cornish Parish visit the Genuki page. Also visit the OPC pages for a list of voluntary helpers for Cornish parishes.
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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 parish. I am fortunate enough to live in the parish of South Hill and have now been here for 25 years. Due to pressure of work I cannot undertake any further research for you, but will try to respond to short questions.

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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 5th December 2008
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