Are you interested in the local history? Creating your family tree? Do you want to know the history surrounding your house or land? Perhaps you have a potentially interesting historical features in your garden? We can help with your research.
We offer a personal Research Service on any aspects of parish history, charged at £12 per hour (inclusive of VAT). Please contact us or call at the Archive to learn more.
We offer a personal Research Service on any aspects of parish history, charged at £12 per hour (inclusive of VAT). Please contact us or call at the Archive to learn more.
What can be found at the Archive?
Written records form the main part of the archive. Although not a comprehensive list, information is held on the following:
PeopleFamily trees and histories
Calstock Parish Births, Marriages and Deaths records Albaston cemetery records Non conformist records for the Callington Bible Christian Circuit, 1863 – 1900. for the Calstock Wesleyan baptisms from 1846-1895. And for Gunnislake-Tavistock Wesleyan Circuit from 1843-1922 Epitaphs from the gravestones at Calstock church yard Census Records 1841 – 1901 Bal Maidens Family papers Wills from 1600 – 1900 Muster Rolls and various early tax records Electoral lists late 18th – early 19th century Postal directories Calstock church seating plan late 16th century MiningGeneral information, mining technology, legal matters, mine plans
References to pre 18th century mines Bere Peninsula silver mine records Reports on mines in the area by Colin Buck, County Archaeologist Including: Gunnislake Clitters Danescombe Valley Drakewalls Okel Tor Prince of Wales Wheal Brothers Devon Great Consols Hingston Down Bedford United Calstock Ore Yard Coombe Arsenic Chimney Gawton Morwellham Newquay Wheal Russell 2006 Agriculture and IndustryFarming from medieval times onwards
Forestry Market gardening/horticulture Chip basket factory Brickworks from 19th century onwards Canals and Leats 18th and 19th century Fisheries Mills Limekilns from 17th century Quarries from 19th century Quays from 17th century Shipping |
RailwayCallington – Bere Alston branch line from 1908
Calstock Incline 1859 onwards East Cornwall Mineral Railway 1870s onwards Building of Calstock Viaduct including some arbitration papers, estimates and Conditions of Contract PlacesCalstock Parish
Gunnislake Dimson Calstock Harrowbarrow Metherell St Ann’s Chapel Drakewalls Chilsworthy Latchley Cox Park Cotehele Harewood 1815 Davis map and survey 1839 Tithe map and survey (family landholding information and field names) Archaeological surveys of sites and buildings Maps and PlansCopies of complete series of:
1st Edition O.S. maps (scale 25”:1 mile - 1880's), 2nd Edition O.S. maps, with the exception of Latchley, (scale 25”: 1mile - 1906/7) 4th Edition O.S. maps (scale 25": 1 Mile - 1950's) 2nd Edition O.S. maps (scale 6": 1 mile - 1907) with the exception of Latchley. 4th Edition O.S. maps (6": 1 mile - 1950's) 1731 Cotehele Estate map 1786 Gardner map 1815 Davis Map 1840 Manor map Various other copies of Tithe, Manorial and land holding maps and plans Manor RecordsGeneral structure of the Duchy Manor
Accession rolls 1335-1400, 1560-1833 + Caption of Seisin Court rolls 1365-1709 Courts Baron 1800-1865 Register of the Black Prince Extracts Chancery Records Ministers Accounts from 13th century Leases |
Social CommunityCourt cases
Transcripts of Chancery Assize and Star Chamber 14th – 17th century Manorial court cases (not criminal) Education Latchley School log book History of Calstock and Harrowbarrow schools Modern newspaper cuttings Health Inns Religion Glebe Terriers Non conformist leases Protestation returns Newspaper extracts Some transcriptions from late 1700’s – late 19th century Cuttings of the 1980’s, 1990’s, 2000 onwards Calstock Newsletter Hamlet newsletter Gunnislake Village Voice newsletter Assorted Minutes of clubs, village halls, flower shows, etc Women’s Institute scrapbooks Tavistock Workhouse records relating to parish people List of balmaidens in the parish taken from census records Transcripts of some of the Harewood diaries written by the Trelawney girls Reference BooksAgriculture
Archaeology Architecture Brickmaking Cotehele General history Geology Kit Hill Limekilns Local villages Local Plans and reports Market gardening Mining Quarrying Railways Religion Rivers and shipping Steam Power School history Tamar Valley Trades and Industries Complete set of Tamar (magazine of Friends of Morwellham) Complete set of Tamar History (newsletter of Calstock Parish Local History Group) |
Photographic RecordsMost of the collection comprises digital images, though we do have a few original photographs, slides and prints of the digital images. We are in the process of photographing the parish and have taken around 7,000 photographs. Our photos cover a variety of subjects:
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Oral RecordsThere are 150 audio tapes of interviews with older local people made in the mid 1980’s and we are recording more interviews at the present time. The quality of the tapes is very poor, but most of them have now been transcribed along with some of the modern ones. These cover a variety of topics including:
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