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The name means Altar [church altar] of St Nonna. The village is to the east of Bodmin Moor situated on a tributary of the River Inney. It is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. Altarnun Parish is in the North Cornwall district and part of it lies within Bodmin Moor. Part of the new parish of Bolventor is in the South West of the older Altarnun parish. The area is mainly moorland but there are areas of farmland to the East and animals graze the moorland areas.
Population
| 1851 | 1931 | 1991 |
| 1382 | 694 | 852 |
Statistics: Bolventor created from part of parish 1849: 14990 acres of
land and 28 acres of water.
Altarnun is west of Launceston, just to the north of the A30
Maps
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2. Here is a map
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Family 1: Elizabeth 1790
Elizabeth 1790 was born in Lewannick, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Guy. She seems to have been abandoned by her parents as we find Elizabeth listed on the Apprentices' Index on 12th April 1796. Perhaps her parents (or at least her mother) died - although her father may be the Thomas, the subject of a bastardy order in Phillack in 1791. Her sister, Mary, also wanders - marrying in Hartland in 1810.
Elizabeth is living in Altarnun in the mid 19th century, unmarried and described in the 1841 census as 55 years old and a pauper. She is living with a young couple, James and Joan Rowe - James is a farm worker.
In the 1851 census she is called an 'errant woman' - this might just mean 'wandering' or else 'morally wandering'. However her houe appears to be next door to the vicarage of the Reverend Tripp! She dies in 1858. It seems possible that she is the mother of:
- John Ogler 1803 who
is born in Altarnun, baptised 30th October. He is illegitimate and his mother is Elizabeth Ogler. Elizabeth would be only 13 but given
her later history, this is perhaps a possibility. John dies in 1813
and is buried in the village.
- Richard Ogler 1812 born in Altarnun and baptised on 5th January 1812. His mother is given as Elizabeth Ogler. In 1841, Richard is in Launceston Union House, a pauper idiot, aged 25. He is still there in 1851 with Altarnun as place of birth. He dies in Launceston in 1855.
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