Place:Forrabury and Minster, Cornwall, England

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NameForrabury and Minster
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates50.684°N 4.692°W
Located inCornwall, England     (1918 - )
See alsoCamelford Rural, Cornwall, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1918-1974
Camelford Registration District, Cornwall, Englandregistration district of which it was part 1918-1995
Forrabury, Cornwall, Englandparish which preceded part of Forrabury and Minster before 1918
Minster, Cornwall, Englandparish which preceded part of Forrabury and Minster before 1918
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Forrabury and Minster is a civil parish on the north coast of Cornwall, England. The parish was originally divided between the coastal parish of Forrabury and inland parish of Minster until they were united in 1918. The ecclesiastical or ancient parishes were united in 1779.

The two parishes include the fair-sized village of Boscastle which sits on the border of two parishes.

The parish was in Camelford Rural District from its formation until rural districts were abolished by the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974. It is bounded to the north by the Atlantic; to the east by the parishes of St. Juliot, Lesnewth and Davidstow; to the south by Camelford parish (ecclesiastical parish of Lanteglos-by-Camelford); and to the west by Trevalga parish. The population of Forrabury and Minster parish in the 2001 census was 888.

See the individual articles on Forrabury, Minster and the village of Boscastle. Finding vital records for people who lived in the area before 1918 may involve searching two or three registers.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Forrabury and Minster.


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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.

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