Description
Civil parish. Hundred of Pydar to 1834. St Columb Major Poor Law Union, 1834-1930. St Columb Major Rural Sanitary District, 1875-1894. St Columb Major Rural District, 1894-1934; St Austell Rural District, 1934-1974. Restormel District, 1974-2009. Newquay and St Columb Community Network, 2009-present. The parish was enlarged in 1934 when 2,923 acres were transferred due to the abolition of the parish of St Columb Minor.
Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, 1209 to 1832. East Parliamentary Division, 1832-1885. St Austell Parliamentary Division, 1885-1918. Northern Parliamentary Division, 1918-1948. North Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, 1948-2010. St Austell and Newquay Parliamentary Constituency, 2010-present.
Statistics
| Grid Reference: SW 86 61 |
| Year | 1801 | 1851 | 1901 | 1951 | 2001 |
| Acres | 1,790* | 1,545 | 2,049 | 4,972 | 4,967 |
| Population | 191 | 254 | 192 | 1,017 | 1,766 |
Chronological Sequence
Colan, 1980, 2011
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Colan : 1980, 2011
References
Colan
Youngs, 1980, p60
OS, 1:25000, 2011
Place Names in the Civil Parish of Colan
