·DIRECTORY.] CO RN\V .-\LL. ST. ~TEPHEN -IN -BRA~NELL. 311 SOUTH HILL is a pari,;h between the rivers Tamar, derived from the rent of a farm at Trewolland, which is Lynher and Inny, and within r mile from the high road distributed at Lady day amo!lgst the poor. On the from Callington to Bodmin by Five Lanes, 3 mues north- glebe farm is an ancient bapt1stery or well, called ":::it. :by-west from Callington, ro south from Launceston, 9 , Sarnpson's well." In r891 in the course of a search ;north-east from Liskeard station on the Great ·western then being made for "St. Sampson's cross," a block of 1 :railw.ay and 12 west from Tavistock. in the North Eastern 1 hewn granite, 8 feet long, was discovered in the rockery division. of the county, middle division of the hundred of of the rectory grounds, bearing an inscription in Latin .Ea~t, petty sessional division of East Middle, union of and at t·he head the Christian symbol; from the Liskeard, ·cou.nty court district of Liskeard, rural deanery character of the latter, Mr. Jago, of Bodmin, infers it of East, ar.ehdeaconry of Bodmin and diocese of Truro. to be of the date of the 5th or 6th century. The . A bridge of four arches called " Trekerno Bridge," crosses Marchioness of Northampton and George Sydney Strode the L:r.nher at Kerner bridge. The church of St. Samp- Strode esq. J.P. of Newnham Park, Plympton St. Mary, -son, anciently appendant to the great manor or franchise 1 Devon, who are owners of the manor, Commdr. Arthur of Killil&nd, now the property of the Countess Oompton 1 Hill 0. P. Hill-Lowe R.N. of Court of Hill, Tenbury, and George Sydney Strode-Strode esq. is a building of : and the representatives of the late David William John ;;t(me, ehielil.y in the Decorated. and Perpendicular styles, ! Horndon D.L., J.P. of Pencrebar, Callington, are the consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, north transept chief landowners. Golberdon common of 300 acres and. or Manaton chantry, south aisle, · south porch and an Redmoor common of 200 acres, are divided among 42 embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing 5 different owners. The •soil is on the slate and trap; the llells: the ancient Norman font is carved with grotesque subsoil is slate and trap rock. The chief crops are .figures of dr~gons and a representation of the tree of 1 wheat, barley, oats and pasture. The area is 3,342 life: the chancel retains its piscina, and there is another 1 acres of la!ld and 7 of water; rateable value, £3,009; .'~n the transept, as well as a double-arched Easter sepul- I the population in 1901 was 488. ~hre and hagiuscope: the transept contains also a monu- I Th h' f h 'ml · MA DERIS 1 il h . ment with effigy and singular rhyming inscription, tu er c Ie a ets are -- • 1:1 m es sout -east, -~Iichael Hill, ob. r663, and an incised stone to John MO:t;NICK, 1 south-west; GOLBERDON, I south; and :\Ianaton, ob. 1507, his wife and others of that family, TREVIGRO, 2 south-by-east. 1501-28, with shields of arms: the east window is a Post Office, Golberdon.-James Henry Snell Stephens, :nemorial, erecte-d by his widow, to RE-ar-Admiral Samuel sub-postmaster. Letters through Callington S.O. at Thornton., who was drowned at sea, May r6th, 1859, and 8 . 5 a. m.; d"1spa t c h e d a t 8 .Io a.m. & 5 . 5 ·p· .m. w e e-k ;there are five other memorial windows: in r888 a tower days only. Linkinhorne is the nearest money order & ~creen was erected as a memorial ·to the late rector: Callington, 3 miles distant, the nearest telegraph the church was restored in 1871 at great expense, and office has 200 sittings. The register of baptisms dates from Wall Lett~r Boxes.-The Rectory, cleared at 5 p.m.; the year 1538; marriages, 1566; burials, 1550. The . :\laders, cleared at a.m. & . p.m. wee;k days only Jiving is a rectory with that of Callington annexed, joint 7 5 25 net yearly nlue £ 468, including 250 acres of glebe in Public Elementary School (mixed), built in ~864, and a 5outh Hill and Callington, with residence, in the gift of new class room added in 1896, for 92 children; aver- the Marchioness of Northampton, and is at present age attendance, 87; Edward Walke.r, master (190&) vacant. There is a •Mission chapel at Trevigro, This school is und~r the control of the Saltash & Calling~ cmd divine service is also held in the school room ton District Education Committee ; Alfred Burden, ·ot Trewoodla. At Golberdon. in this parish, is a Wes- Albert terrace, Saltash, derk -l,y:m chapel. There is a charity of about £r3 yearly Bennett Henry. Redmoor house Doney E1i, farmer, Egypt Shovell John, miller (water) & farmer, -:Hiclcs Geo.rge, Bearlands Garrett Jn.machine owner, Golberdon Berrio Harvey James, miller (water) & farmr. Skelton William, farmer,Trewoodlant;l COMMERCIAL. Manaton Sleeman Samuel, farmer, Stockerton Baber A.nn Mari.a (Mrs.), farmer, Hicks Henry, farmer, Treven Sleeman William, miller (water) & Southill farm Hicks Juhn, farmer, Baddaford farmer, Bicton mill "Ball Wilrriam, farmer Hocking John, farmer, Maders Sleep Richd. T. carpenter, Golberdon Batten Wallace, farmer, Tre.gunnett Holmnn John, farmer, Maders Stephens James Henry Snell, grocer, Body Jane(Mrs.), frmr.Woodcock well Kelly Wm. Hy. farmer, Trewoodil.oe & post office, Golberdon · Bond W-illiam, farmer, Furzedon Laundry William, farmer, Trevigro Stephens Wm. Jn. frmr. Lower Ford · Brendon Geo.Dymond,frmr. Woodlands Lobb Francis, farmer, Trevigro Stephens William, farmer, Fot·d Brock Henry, farmer,Hig'her Manaton :\{aynard Edwin, farmer, Trevigro Strike Thomas, farmer, Welltown Brunt William, farmer, Mornick ~icolls Francis, farmer, Mornick Symons John, farmer, Trewolland Budge Elizh. (Mrs.), frmr. LandJSugle Pomroy James, farmer, Whitley Symons Mary (Mrs.), farmer, ~ew- Coad ~icholas,jun. farmer, Trewasick Rickard Lawry, irmr. Lower Manaton .andcombe >Cory Hy.farmer &butcher,Taylorshop Rogers Hy. Wm. farmer, Golberdon Treais John, farmer, Trefinnick Davey J·ames, farmer, Penwarden Rogers Jn.Hy. timber mer.Golberdon Veale Elizabeth (Mrs.), frmr. 'l'revigro Davey William Robert, as·sist.ant over- Rowe John, farmer, Golberdon Worth John, farmer, Maders seer &; clerk to Parish Council, Rowe William, blacksmith & over­ Penwarden · seer, Golberdon :ST. STEPHEN·IN-BRANNELL is a towns-hip, and again in 1893, at a cost of £r,soo, under the .dire::t:on _parish and village, 3 miles north-east from Grampound of Mr. Prynne, architect, of Plymouth: the mother Road station, and about the same distance north-west church is St. Michael Ca~rhayes, from which St. ·f <·om Burngullow station, both on the Great Western Stephen's was separated in 1852: there are 400 sittings: railway, 5 west from St. Austell and ro north-east from The register of baptisms and marriages dates from the Truro, in the Mid division of the county, west division year 1694 ; burials, 1695. The living is a rectory, net of the hundred of Powder, petty sessional division of y~arly va-lue £340, including 5 acres of glebe, with res1" Puwder East, rural deanery of St. Anstell, archdeaconry dence, in the .gift of John Bevill Fortescue e3q. and held 'Of Corn wall and diocese of Truro. This parish includes since 1904 by the Rev. John Lemon Th.Assoc. K.C.L. !'Pveral villag~s and hamlets. A. branch of the Great There are Wesleyan Methodist chap~ls at Lanieth and \Yestern railway E-xtends from Burngullow station to Nan­ Coombe; Bible Christian at Trethosa, Trelion, Old Pound pean, but is used for mineral traflic only. The church & Whitemoor, and a Free Methodist at Church Town, of St. Stephrn is a building of granite of the Early Coombe, Hig-h street, Foxhole and Nanp~an. A. cemetery :Decorated period, and consists of chancel, nav~ of foul of 2 acres was formed in 1876, at a cost of £400, and i;~ bays, south porch, aisle-; and an embattled western tower under the control of a burial board of 7 members. Fairs ·with octagonal crocketed pinnacles, containing a peal of were formerly held here on July 23rd and October 9th, ·6 fine toned bells, of which the first 4 w're cast in 1730 but are now discontinued. In the higher part of the and the others in 1799; the arch of the south doorway parish are large china clay and china stone works ; the :-s Norrnan, with nail head ornament: a piscina remain~ south and middle parts form an important farming and in the -chancel, and some ancient carving is worked into mining district. The Penhale, Bodinnick and Brennal ·the panelling .of th:J pulpit and desk: the font is sculp­ estates are rich in marl. John Bevill Fortescue esq. tured with grotesque a.nimals and foliated ornaments: of Boconnoc, who is lord of the manor, Viscount Fal­ this church was the burial place of the Tanners, of mcuth C."B., :M.V.O. 2\Irs. JohnstonP, TrPwithen, Probus, 'Court, and here, in 1652, was interred Hugh Wolridge Edmund BPauc·h'lmp-Beauchamp esq. of Trevince, Red­ 1I.D. of the universiti'O's of Carr bridge and Brt>da. and a ruth. and Richard Carlyon Coode esq. of Polapit Tamar, native of Prnkivell: the church was restorPd gradually Launceston. aro> the principal landowners. The soil is but thoroughly from 1854 to 1871 at considerable cost, callous; subsoil, granit'l. The chief crops are wheat, .