In 1779, the then Vicar of Wembworthy decided to make a list of the inhabitants of his parish. His list contains details that make it very like a 19th century census return and therefore very useful to researchers. Nick Mayne's transcription of the original can be found at the following web address:

http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Wembworthy/Wembworthy1779.html