What’s New

Things are altered on this site as and when new information becomes available. Each separate page is dated at the foot and minor changes will not be recorded below. This page, and the RSS feed, attempt to summarise major additions and alterations for the convenience of occasional browsers. It is ordered by date with the most recent change first, very old changes will drop off the bottom. The search engine index may not be updated at the same time as additions of material.

As an alternative to the RSS feed, if you use a page watch service, then this is the one to watch.

• Last search engine index update—3 Jun 2006.
• Last comprehensive link check—22 Sep 2005.
• Pages online (Jun 2006)—857, not counting those that are part of the blog.

I am always on the lookout for new material so if you have anything relevant that you can donate (either originals on loan, transcripts or photocopies) then please contact me. You can see from the site the sort of thing I mean, but if it is relevant to West Penwith, then I can probably use it.

• 22 Mar 2007 Transcript of the act which provided for the abolition of the deanery and Royal Peculiar of St. Buryan and appointment to the three separate parishes of St. Buryan, Sennen and St. Levan.
• 6 Mar 2007 St. Ives Sale deed 1867 and Gift deed 1899 thanks to Phil Williams, the first update for absolutely ages.
• 9 Jul 2006 St. Levan burial registers (1813–1906) thanks to Diane Donohue.
• 9 Jul 2006 Penzance St. Paul marriage registers (1867–1900) thanks to Diane Donohue.
• 8 Jul 2006 St. Just in Penwith burial registers (1837–49) thanks to Bob Bolitho.
• 8 Jul 2006 Zennor burial registers extended back to 1723 thanks to Diane Donohue.
• 8 Jul 2006 Penzance St. Mary burial registers extended to 1844 thanks to Diane Donohue.
• 3 Jun 2006 Lelant marriage registers (1813–1837) thanks to Linda Fowler.
• 1 Jun 2006 The Zennor Baptism Register is now available from 1839 to 1906 thanks to Diane Donohue and continued to 1963 offline.
• 31 May 2006 The Madron Baptism Register (with Penzance) is now complete from 1756 to 1888 thanks to Gwen Attridge. This completes it through to 1901.
• 7 May 2006 The St. Levan Protestation Return of 1642 and some notes about this source.
• 18 Apr 2006 A transcript of a Mortgage deed from 1854 which also includes details of a will and a marriage settlement. See Land Records from the main index.
• 11 Apr 2006 Madron baptism registers extended from (1813–57) thanks to Gwen Attridge.
• 9 Apr 2006 Lelant marriage registers (1837–1906) thanks to Linda Fowler.
• 22 Jan 2006 Zennor burial registers (1813–1906) thanks to Diane Donohue.
• 3 Jan 2006 St. Buryan marriage registers (1837–1906) thanks to Corinne Thompson.
• 1 Jan 2006 Madron (and Penzance) baptism registers (1756–1812) thanks to Gwen Attridge.
• 1 Jan 2006 St. Ives marriage registers (1860–1900) thanks to Margaret Owens. This duplicates another transcript but has been created independently.
• 30 Dec 2005 Sancreed marriage registers (1559–1837). This overlaps some other transcripts but has been created independently.
• 20 Dec 2005 Extracted the chapter from Matthew’s History about Lelant, Towednack and Zennor churches. These are particularly interesting as they contain descriptions of memorials no longer to be found.
• 15 Dec 2005 Rozzy Paul and Zacky Martin, a dialect story by I. T. Tregellas.
• 7 Dec 2005 Sennen Tithe Apportionment Book 1838, thanks to George & Sandra Pritchard. Also some other Sennen material from the same donors.
• 4 Dec 2005 The Sennen War Memorials and Roll of Honour thanks to George and Sandra Pritchard.
• 4 Dec 2005 An Apprenticeship Indenture from St. Buryan thanks to Corinne Thompson which forms the start of a new Industry and Employment section.
• 30 Nov 2005 Lots of scans of postcards uploaded thanks to Chris Bond and Sandra Pritchard + some photos of St. Levan thanks to George Pritchard.
• 26 Nov 2005 St. Buryan marriage register (1813–37) thanks to Corinne Thompson.
• 17 Nov 2005 St. Buryan burial register (1813–1907) thanks to Corinne Thompson. There are also some extra entries in the Wills Index thanks to Pat Banks.
• 11 Oct 2005 Sennen marriage register (1838–1900) thanks to Diane Donohue. I have also replaced the pictures of St. Just Church which got left off during the server move.
• 10 Oct 2005 Sennen baptism register (1813–95) thanks to Diane Donohue + more photographs of Hellesveor Chapel thanks to Jan Mackey.
• 29 Sep 2005 As promised, a new search engine has been loaded, hosted from the server itself. So now the whole site should be indexed again.
• 26 Sep 2005 This site has become sufficiently busy that it has required me to upgrade my hosting package. Sorry if this caused any disruption while the pages were reloaded. I have also now reached the limit of the (excellent) free search engine provied by Atomz.com. Thanks for the service over all these years, but I will soon have to move onto another system, probably hosted on this site.
• 25 Sep 2005 Some photographs of Hellesveor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel thanks to Jan Mackey (and Jim Thompson).
• 23 Sep 2005 St. Levan Tithe Apportionment Book 1838, thanks to Susan Hoyle. This was put up last year but somehow failed to make it into the index, very sorry. Look under Land Records.
• 22 Sep 2005 Many postcards have been scanned and put online—all of my collection plus some from Sandra Pritchard
• 19 Sep 2005 Sancreed baptism registers completed to 1905 thanks to Gwen Attridge
• 28 Aug 2005 Penzance burial register (1813–38) thanks to Diane Donohue
• 27 Aug 2005 Sancreed baptism register (1813–35) thanks to Gwen Attridge
• 27 Aug 2005 Sancreed burial register (1889–1905) thanks to Gwen Attridge
• 26 Aug 2005 Gulval baptism register (1813–86) thanks to Gwen Attridge
• 18 Aug 2005 RSS feed added for those who prefer it to the page watch service (experimental)
• 17 Jul 2005 Gulval marriage register (1813–1905) thanks to Diane Donohue
• 15 Jul 2005 Baptism registers for Penzance Wesleyan Methodist Circuit and Parade Street (Penzance) United Methodist Chapel thanks to Diane Donohue
• 13 Jul 2005 St. Buryan baptism register (1813–1901) thanks to Diane Donohue
• 26 May 2005 Gulval burial registers thanks to Gwen Attridge. Also Sennen Marriages thanks to George Pritchard and Margaret Owens.
• 21 May 2005 Sennen burial registers thanks to George and Sandra Pritchard.
• 17 May 2005 Sancreed baptisms completed to 1812 thanks to George Pritchard and Gwen Attridge.
• 16 May 2005 Ludgvan Bastardy Bonds 1760–1820 added thanks to Barbara Schenck.
• 14 May 2005 Sennen baptism register thanks to George and Sandra Pritchard.
• 28 Mar 2005 Marazion Wesleyan Circuit (1868–1910), Ludgvan Wesleyan Chapel (1855–84), Newlyn Trinity Wesleyan Chapel (1859–79), Penzance Wesleyan Circuit (1805–37) and Tregavara Wesleyan Chapel (1892–1905) baptism registers thanks to Diane Donohue
• 25 Mar 2005 Morvah baptism (1840–1905) and marriage (1837–1905) registers thanks to Diane Donohue
• 20 Mar 2005 St. Just in Penwith Marriages 1813 to 1900 thanks to Margaret Owens.
• 27 Feb 2005 Morvah burial register thanks to Diane Donohue
• 20 Feb 2005 St. Just in Penwith Marriages 1599 to 1812 thanks to Margaret Owens.
• 19 Feb 2005 The Flooding of Wheal Owles, a dialect poem from 1893 thanks to Michael Kiernan.
• 23 Jan 2005 St. Buryan burial register thanks to George Pritchard