Description
Grid reference: SX 22 81
Ecclesiastical parish. In the Archdeaconry of Cornwall until 1878 and thereafter in the Archdeaconry of Bodmin. Deanery of Trigg Major. Part of the parish was taken in 1849 to form part of the modern parish of Bolventor. The two parishes were later joined and now comprise the modern parish of Altarnon with Bolventor which is itself a United Benefice with the parishes of Laneast and St Clether.
Hundred of Lesnewth and with a small part in the Hundred of East. Altarnun civil parish.
Chronological Sequence
Altrenune, c.1100; Alternon, c.1140s, 1236, 1273; Alternun, 1282; Alternon, 1291, 1336-7; Alternone, 1349; Alternon, 1351; Alternowne, Alternon, 1502; Alternon, 1528, 1548, 1553, 1554; Alternon, Alternun, 1565; Alternon, 1571, 1581, 1586, 1602, 1603; Alternone, early 17th c; Alternon, 1617, 1672; Alternun, 1699; Alternon, c.1700; Alternoon, 1720; Atternon, 1725; Alternon, 1730; Allternun, Alternun, 1759; Altarnun, 1769; Alternon, 1774, 1797-8, 1814; Alternun, 1819; Alternon, 1842, 1899; Altarnon, 1980; Altarnun, 1988; Altarnon, 1997, 2009
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Altrenune : c.1100
Alternon : c.1140s, 1236, 1273, 1291, 1336-7, 1351, 1502, 1528, 1548, 1553, 1554, 1565, 1571, 1581, 1586, 1602, 1603, 1617, 1672, c.1700, 1730, 1774, 1797-8, 1814, 1842, 1899
Alternun : 1282, 1565, 1699, 1759, 1819
Alternone : 1349, early 17th c
Alternowne : 1502
Alternoon : 1720
Atternon : 1725
Allternun : 1759
Altarnun : 1769, 1988
Altarnon : 1980, 1997, 2009
References
Altrenune
Padel, 1988, p50, citing from c.1100
Alternon
Given in the personal name Drogo de Alternon.
Hull, 1987, §382, p141, citing from LP, MS 719, mid 15th c, f149r, citing from c.1140s
Ecclesiam de Alternon
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p5, citing from 1236
Alternon
Given in the personal name Stephen de Alternon.
Hull, 1987, §18, p13, citing from LP, MS 719, mid 15th c, f13v, citing from 1273
Alternun
Hull, 1987, §89, p38, citing from LP, MS 719, mid 15th c, f39r-f39v, citing from 1282
Ecclesia de Alternon
In the Decanatus de Major Trigeschire.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p472, citing from 1291
Alternon
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1315, citing from 1336-7
Vicaria Sancte Nonite de Alternone
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1393, citing from 1349
Alternon
Dunning, 1968, §185, p76, citing from 1351
Alternowne
RIC, TAM/1/3/4/9, 1502 (*)
Alternon
RIC, TAM/1/3/4/10, 1502 (*)
RIC, TAM/1/3/4/13, 1528 (*)
RIC, TAM/1/3/4/15, 1548 (*)
RIC, TAM/1/3/4/16, 1553 (*)
RIC, TAM/1/3/4/17, 1554 (*)
Alternon
Alternun
RIC, Z/13/19, 1565 (*)
Alternon
RIC, TAM/1/3/4/19, 1571 (*)
RIC, TAM/1/3/4/20, 1581 (*)
RIC, TAM/1/3/4/22, 1586 (*)
CRO, ARD/TER/147, 1602 (*)
RIC, Z/1/9, 1603 (*)
Alternone
CRO, ARD/TER/1, early 17th c (*)1
Alternon
CRO, AP/M/292, 1617
Donaldson, 1902, p373, citing from 1672
Alternun
Gascoyne, 1699
Alternon
CRO, EL/279, c.1700 (*)
Alternoon
RIC, HZ/2/1, 1720 (*)
Atternon
Parliament, 1725
Alternon
A Vicarage in the Deanery of Trigg Major.
Cox, 1730, p350
Allternun
CRO, GHW/10/1/2, c.1840s, citing from 1759 (*)
Alternun
CRO, GHW/10/1/1, c.1830s, citing from 1759 (*)
Altarnun
Borlase, 1769, p210
Alternon
CRO, P170/12/9/1, 1774 (*)
CRO, AD592/44, 1797-8
The most extensive parish in the county, supposed to contain about 12,770 acres.
Lysons and Lysons, 1814, p13
Alternun
MacLean, 1873, p626, citing from 1819
Alternon
Redding, 1842, p6
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1623
Altarnon
Youngs, 1980, p58
Altarnun
Padel, 1988, p50
Altarnon
A United Benefice with Bolventor, Laneast and St Clether. Population in 1989 was 925.
TDD, 1997, p16
The parish of Altarnon with Bolventor, population 976, forming a United Benefice with the parishes of Laneast and St Clether.
TDD, 2009, p35