Place:Bodmin Rural (parish), Cornwall, England

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NameBodmin Rural (parish)
TypeCivil parish
Located inCornwall, England
See alsoBodmin, Cornwall, Englandtown of which it was the outlying area until 1894
Bodmin Rural, Cornwall, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1934
Wadebridge Rural, Cornwall, Englandrural district of which it was part 1934-1939
Helland, Cornwall, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1939

Bodmin Rural Parish was the more rural area previously part of Bodmin Municipal Borough in Cornwall, England when Rural Districts were established in 1894. It was part of [[Place:Bodmin, Cornwall, England|Bodmin Rural District until 1934 when the rural district was abolished and replaced by [[Place:Bodmin, Cornwall, England|Wadebridge Rural District. In 1939 it was absorbed into Helland civil parish within Wadebridge Rural District. (Source: A Vision of Britain through Time)

The map shows Bodmin Rural Parish to the west of Bodmin Borough.

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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.

  • 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
  1. organization charts of the hierarchies of parishes within hundreds, registration districts and rural and urban districts of the 20th century
  2. excerpts from a gazetteer of circa 1870 outlining individual towns and parishes
  3. 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