| Name | Luxulyan |
| Alt names | Lockingate | source: Family History Library Catalog | | Luxullian | source: Wikipedia | | Luxulian | source: Wikipedia |
| Type | Village, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 50.39°N 4.744°W |
| Located in | Cornwall, England |
| See also | Powder Hundred, Cornwall, England | hundred in which it was located | | Bodmin Rural, Cornwall, England | rural district of which it was a part 1894-1934 | | St. Austell Rural, Cornwall, England | rural district to which it was transferred 1934-1974 | | Bodmin 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
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Luxulyan (Cornish: Logsulyan), also spelt Luxullian or Luxulian, is a village and civil parish in central Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village lies four miles (6.5 km) northeast of St. Austell and six miles (10 km) south of Bodmin. The population of the parish was 1,371 in the 2001 census.
Luxulyan parish lies in an area of china clay quarries on the St Austell granite batholith (see also Geology of Cornwall) and numerous small granite domes are dotted around the parish. Luxulyan Quarry, a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest to the north of the village, exposes examples of this rock.
Luxulyanite, a rare type of Cornish granite (named after the village) is found in the area and was used for the Duke of Wellington's sarcophagus in St Paul's Cathedral.
Luxulyan was part of the Bodmin Rural District from 1894 until 1934 when it was transferred to St. Austell Rural District until 1974.
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 | Bodmin Rural, Cornwall, England | St. Austell Rural, Cornwall, England | Luxulyan, Cornwall, England | Bodmin Registration District, Cornwall, England | St. Austell Registration District, Cornwall, England |
