Description
Grid reference: SX 10 73
Ecclesiastical parish. In the Archdeaconry of Cornwall until 1878 and thereafter in the Archdeaconry of Bodmin. Deanery of Trigg Minor. The parishes of Blisland and Temple were abolished in 1972 to help create the modern parish of Blisland with Temple, though this modern parish is currently called the parish of Blisland. The parish is a United Benefice with St Breward.
Hundred of Trigg. Blisland civil parish.
Chronological Sequence
Bloiston, 1177; Blestone, 1266; Bleselonde, Bliston, 1284; Blystone, 1291; Blislonde, 1300; Blistone, 1301; Blystone, 1329; Blistone, 1332, 1336-7, 1345, 1347, 1354; Blisland, 1672, 1689, 1706, 1777, 1819, 1884, 1899, 1980, 1997, 2009
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Bloiston : 1177
Blestone : 1266
Bleselonde : 1284
Bliston : 1284
Blystone : 1291, 1329
Blislonde : 1300
Blistone : 1301, 1332, 1336-7, 1345, 1347, 1354
Blisland : 1672, 1689, 1706, 1777, 1819, 1884, 1899, 1980, 1997, 2009
References
Bloiston
Padel, 1988, p54, citing from 1177
Blestone
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p118, citing from 1266
Bleselonde
Bliston
Padel, 1988, p54, citing from 1284
Ecclesia de Blystone
In the Decanatus de Minor Trigeshire.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p471, citing from 1291
Blislonde
Padel, 1988, p54, citing from 1300
Blistone
Advowson held by Edmund, Earl of Cornwall.
CIPM III, 1912, §604, p476, citing from 1301
Blystone
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1272, citing from 1329
Blistone
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1288, citing from 1332
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1316, citing from 1336-7
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1348, citing from 1345
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1363, citing from 1347
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1433, citing from 1354
Blisland
Donaldson, 1902, p374, citing from 1672
CRO, P247/1/1, 1689 and 1706 (*)
CRO, P170/12/9/2, 1777 (*)
Viator, 1819c, p504
Symons, 1884
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1623
Parish abolished in 1972 to create the parish of Blisland with Temple.
Youngs, 1980, pp58-9
A United Benefice with St Breward. 7170 acres. Population in 1989 was 540.
TDD, 1997, p17
The parish includes the churches of St Protus and St Hyacinth at Blisland and St Catherine at Temple. Population 565.
TDD, 2009, p37