| Name | St. Mawgan |
| Alt names | St. Mawgan | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | St Mawgan in Pydar | source: Wikipedia | | Mawgan in Pydar | source: Wikipedia | | St. Mawgan-in-Pydar | |
| Type | Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 50.467°N 4.967°W |
| Located in | Cornwall, England |
| See also | Pyder Hundred, Cornwall, England | hundred in which it was located | | St. Columb Major Rural, Cornwall, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1934 | | St. Austell Rural, Cornwall, England | rural district in which it was located 1934-1974 | | St. Columb Major 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: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
NOTE: There is another place in Cornwall named Mawgan-in-Meneage in the area of Helston.
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
St Mawgan in Pydar (Cornish: Lanherne) is a civil parish in Cornwall, England. The village of St. Mawgan is situated four miles northeast of Newquay.
The nearby Royal Air Force station, RAF St. Mawgan, takes its name from the village and is next to Newquay Cornwall Airport.
The Arundells have been the chief landowners here since the 13th century: in 1794 Lanherne House (mainly built in the 16th and 17th centuries) became a convent for émigré nuns from Belgium. Many memorials of the Arundells may be found in the church and more in the church of St. Columb Major.
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article St Mawgan.
St. Mawgan was part of the St. Columb Major Rural District from 1894 until 1934, and part of St. Austell Rural District from 1934 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 | Pyder Hundred, Cornwall, England | St. Columb Major Rural, Cornwall, England | St. Austell Rural, Cornwall, England | St. Mawgan, Cornwall, England | St. Columb Major Registration District, Cornwall, England | St. Austell Registration District, Cornwall, England |
