ALBASTON CEMETERY CHAPEL - A NEW HOME FOR THE  ARCHIVE

   COVID-19 Precautions mean that the archive is closed at the cemetery chapel until further notice but our work continues.
Volunteers are working from home to answer enquiries and purchases can still be made via this website.
Please address enquiries to enquiries@calstockhistory.org.uk
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We now have space of our own for our volunteers to work on the collections and for visitors to research.

Sincere thanks  go to all our supporters and donors.  Our new home brings new tasks and opportunities.  We welcome additional volunteers of all abilities, from IT to washing up!
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Calstock Parish Archive Trust

Calstock Parish Archive is an independent organisation run entirely run by volunteers and financed by grants from local bodies, donations and sales of publications based on the collections.  Our volunteers are always ready to share their knowledge, enthusiasm and skill.  We receive visitors and enquiries from all over the world and are delighted to help others in exploring our heritage.  This engagement often adds to the collections and our own knowledge.

Most visitors to our parish and many of those folk who have recently taken up residence have little idea of the rich industrial and social heritage which surrounds them.  Our aim is to collect as much information and memories as we can before it is lost in order that we can pass this knowledge on for the enjoyment of our community, visitors and future generations.
Early 1900s
2016
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.
Protecting our local heritage

The archive trustees and management committee are extremely grateful to all the volunteers and supporters who have contributed to development of the archive and to the following organisations who have kindly contributed towards the cost of relocation to the cemetery chapel.
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Co-op Community Fund
Albaston Fete Committee
 
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Our Future

Please support our fund raising efforts as we progress with transforming the disused chapel to provide a facility that our community can be proud to use.   Y ou may wish to make a donation or purchase from our catalogue of publications

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About Calstock Parish

Calstock Parish has the second largest population in Cornwall and is full of interest. 'Callestock' was mentioned in the Domesday Book. Back in the 13th Century, it was part of the Earldom of Cornwall and the Archive holds documents dating from that time onwards.
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Calstock Parish Map
The parish lies deep in the heart of the Tamar Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it contains seven villages and many small hamlets. Many of these are ancient, but some date from the 19th century when the numerous mining activities caused the population to increase seven-fold.

​Historical and official documents referring to “Calstock” usually mean the parish, and not the town, which was named after the parish. The seven villages in the parish are Calstock, Gunnislake, St Anns Chapel, Metherell, Harrowbarrow, Latchley and Chilsworthy.
Two important monuments in Calstock Parish are Calstock Viaduct, which still carries the railway over the River Tamar into Cornwall, and Gunnislake Newbridge, built in the 16th century, which carries the A390 road over the Tamar from Devon.  The Tamar Manure Navigation Canal is also a listed historic monument.  Built in the late 18th century it was designed to enable river traffic to bypass the ancient weir and access the quays at Gunnislake.  
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Gunnislake Newbridge 100 years ago
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Gunnislake Newbridge recently