Description
Grid reference: SW 91 45
Ecclesiastical parish, originally a chapelry to Probus and became a separate parish in 1532. Archdeaconry of Cornwall. Deanery of Powder. Merged with the parishes of Tregony and St Cuby to form Tregony with St Cuby and Cornelly.
Hundred of Powder. Tregoney civil parish.
Chronological Sequence
Sancti Corneli, 1562; Cornely, 1586; Cornelly, 1635; Corneley, 1672; Cornelly, 1799, 1846, 1884, 1980, 1997
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Sancti Corneli : 1562
Cornely : 1586
Cornelly : 1635, 1799, 1846, 1884, 1980, 1997
Corneley : 1672
References
S(anc)ti Corneli
RIC, TAM/1/1/29, 1562 (*)
Cornely
RIC, HW/7, 1586 (*)
Cornelly
RIC, HW/8, 1635 (*)
Corneley
Donaldson, 1902, p375, citing from 1672
Cornelly
RIC, HP/18/7, 1799 (*)
CRO, TA/38, 1846
Symons, 1884
Youngs, 1980, p60
A United Parish with Tregony with St Cuby. Together 3825 acres. Total population 845.
TDD, 1997