Thursday, September 22, 2011

Week St Mary OPC


The Cornwall ONLINE PARISH CLERK Project is comprised of a group of volunteers situated all over the world who collect and preserve information in order to help researchers --- FOR FREE.

I offer free LOOK-UPS from the parish registers of Week St Mary for baptisms, marriages and burials.

If you have any resources or photos for Week St Mary that you would be willing to donate, I would be more than happy to receive them!

The parish of WEEK ST MARY is bound on the north by Marhamchurch, on the east by Whitstone, North Tamerton and Boyton, on the south by North Petherwin (which was in Devon) and a detached part of Jacobstow, and on the west by Jacobstow and Poundstock and comprises 6,123 acres of land.

The village of Week St Mary is the only village in the parish.

St Mary ~ the Parish church was built in 1643. The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel at Week Orchard built pre-1800, and the United Methodist Free Church had a chapel in Churchtown built in 1844.

The Bible Christians built the Zion Chapel within the village in 1843, and another at Bakesdon (Bakesdown) in 1833.

What is an Online Parish Clerk?

The term OPC refers to a genealogical volunteer, who should not be confused with a Parish Council appointed Parish Clerk.
CLICK on OPC notice to enlarge :o)

Please visit the Cornwall On-line Parish Clerk website for more details of the project.