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DIRECTORY. J WI'IHIEL. 1319 is another to Lieut. Teignmouth Melvill, who perished, to- 1and a quarter of amile north-west of Lerryn, and commands gether with Lieut. Coghill, at the Tugela river, tlouth Africa, delightful views of the surrounding country. The Dowager while endeavouring to save the colours of the 24th Regiment, Lady Vivian, who is lady of the manor of St. Winnow after the disaster at Isandlwana, January 22, I879: there Barton, Lord Vivian, John Bevill Fortescue esq. l.P. of are also monuments to William Sawle, of Newham, in this Boconnoc, Lord Robartes, Richard Foster esq. H.A., D.L., parish, I65I; and to Vwe-Admiral Sir Charles V. Penrose l.P. of Lanwithan, The Earl of Monnt-Edgcumbe P.c., K.c.B. I83o: the east window in the south aisle was restored D.C.L., r .. L. Francis Buller Howell esq. J.P. Jonatb.an Rash in 1867, in memory of William and Elizabeth Foster, of Lan- leigh esq. M.A., D.L., J.P. of Menabilly, Tywardreath and within: there are sittings for 175 persons. The register Miss M. C. Cole are chief landowners. The soil is heavy; dates from the year I622. The living is a vicarage, average the subsoil is shelf and spar. The chief crops are wheat, tithe rent-charge [.227, net yearly value £233, with 30 acres barley, oats and turnips. The area is 6,233 acres of land, of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter 35 of water and III of foreshore; rateable value, £7,07I; of Truro, and held since I892 by the Rev. Geo. Dawson Cart- the population in 189I was I,o64. wright B. A. of Trinity College, Dublin, who is also chaplain to BRIDGE END is a village on the east bank of the Fowey the Cornwall House of Mercy St. Nightons (or Nectan's) river, adjoining Lostwithiel railway station, 2 miles north chapel of ease, 2! miles north-east from the parish church, from the church of St. Winnow. Here is a Primitive is an ancient building of stone, consisting of chancel, na'l"c Methodist chapel, built in I858. Fairs are held -'!ere on the and aisles, and at the south-west corner is one stage of an third Tuesday in January and February. old and substantial buttressed tower with a bell-cot, con- PoLscoE is a small yillage, I mile north from Lost.withiel taining one bell: the upper stages were destroyed during and 2~ north from St. Winnow. the Civil War in I644, and the bells, 6 in number, are said RESPRYN, 3 miles north, is a small village, and was at one to have been melted down to furnish war material : one time a separate parish, as appears by the Subsidy Roll of pinnacle was removed years ago to Boconnoc, and another 45 Ed ward Ill. A chapel, dedicated to St. Martin, for serves as a gate post on the steps at the entrance to the merly stood here : an ancient round-headed cross, which churchyard: there are 250 sittings. The churchyard was serves as a boundary mark, still exists, and there is a local enlarged a short time since by the addition of land given by custom of visiting it yearly, digging around it and throwing the late Lieut.-Col. C. D. Fortescue, of Boconnoc. The Corn- some earth on its top. WATERLAKE is a small village near wall House of Mercy, first established at Truro in I 86 r, and Bodmin Road station. erected in July, I864, is a b·1ilding in the Domestic Gothic Sexton, Richard Foster. style, situated on an eminence, half a mile from Lostwithiel Letters through Lostwithiel, which is the nearest money railway station, and has a beautiful private chapel, dedi- order & telegraph office, arrive at 7.30 a. m. & are collected cated to St. Faith. The charities amount to £22 yearly, for dispatch by the rural letter carrier in time for the and are distributed at Christmas in small doles. Lan- London mail at 6.15 p.m withan, the seat of Richard Foster esq. M.A., D.L., l.P. is a WALL LETTER Box, Bridge End, cleared at u.4o a. m. 6 & modern stone mansion, beautifully situated in pleasure 8.20 p.m grounds, on the east bank of the river Fowey, about half a National School,Downend (mixed), rebuilt in I85o &since en- mile south-east of Lostwithiel. Ethy, the property of larged, for 18o children; average attendance, IIO; Thomas Francis Buller Howell esq. J.P. is a mansion built of stone Wallis Perry, master; Miss Lucy Hill, infants' mistress and stands on an eminence in a park of about 25 acres, on Cornwall House of Mercy, Sister Anna, in charge; Rev. the west bank of the river Lerryn, about 2~ miles 6outh- William Frederick Everest B. A. warden; Rev. George east from Lostwithiel, 2 miles east of St. Winnow church Dawson Cartwright B.A. chaplain St. Winnow. 1 Maynard P.hi~ip, farmer, Redlake Boger Miss, Oak cottage Anna Sister, Cornwall House of Mercy M_cLe.-m Wilham, farmer, Bawd~e. Burt Mrs. Belle vue Cartwright Rev. George Dawson B.A. NIC~olls John Mark, farm. baillfr to Geach Mrs Vicarage ~Ichard Foster esq. Lanw1than farm Griffin J ames Fezon, Shenstone house Foster Richd. M.A., J.P., n.L.Lanwithan O~Iver Jo~m, boot maker, Constance cot Jane Mrs Glencross Mrs. Colamere OLiver Richard, wood ranger to the Kyngdon Rev. George Theodosius Howell Francis Bull er J.P. Ethy ~uchy of Cm;nwall,~estormel cottage Boughton M.A Jenkins Mrs. Courlands Pnor Jane .(Miss), da1ry, Staplands Marshall Mrs Moon Nicholas, Polscoe Reskelly RI~hard, farmer, Trewtther Olford John, Elm house Speare Mrs Lor.O' acre Row FrederiCk, farmer, Tre'l"eago Stcphens Ed ward, Greensbury • •c SandersNicholasJas.farmer,Polmaugan Taylor Miss, Treganatha COMMERCIAL. Sanders Wm. James, farmar,Bedwindle Thomas John Ball Hy.farmr.Fairycross &Dollywithan Scantlebury El ford, farmer, Newham Watson Mrs. 'fhe Elms Copelstone Henry, farmer, Dawna farm Scantlebury Thos. S. farmer,Tredethick Wilcocks Richard Crago John, farmer, Breen park Scantlebury Williarn, farmer, Polscoe COJIIMERCIAL. Crago William, farmer, Hranston Sherwill Charles, farmer. Ethy Barton Burt John, Earl of Chatham P.H Crowle Francis, farmer, Cutbrawn Smith Richard, farmer, Bnckshead Carne William Matthew, shoe maker Ede John Stephen, farmer, Buzmaugan Stephens Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Lerryn Dryden Mary Ann ("L\Irs. ), g'TOCer Facey William, farmer, Goombe Stephens Jacob, farmer, Colbeacon Ferris Emma Jane (Miss), dress maker Frost John, gardener to the Cornwall Thomas James, farmer, Tregays Ferris William, sawyer House of Mercy Tucker Robert, farmer & sheep dipper, Ham J ames, wool agent Geach Richafd, farmer, Bofarnell & Polscoe Harris Arthur William, carriage buildr Quarry park TuckettJames 1 farmer, St. WinnowRartn Hill James, forage dealer Honey Thomas, farmer, Lerryn Walkham Jonathan & Jacob, farmers, Hill J onathan,miller( water) & corn mer James Frank, farmer, Miles boro' Down end Liddicoat P. B. & Sons, butchers Johns John, farmer, Kennacomb Wevell William, farmer, Higher Polscoe Lobb Samuel, rabbit dealer Johns Joseph,jun.farmer,HigherPolscoe Whell William, farmer, Hartswell Prior Thomas, grocer Johns William Hy. farmer, Kennacomb Whetter Henry, farmer, Lower Polscoe Seymour Wm.. Henry, assistant overseer Kent Robert, farmer, Mill ham WillcockGeo.miller(water),Tregays mill Stephens John, cabinet maker Lewarne John, farmer, Colwood Bridge End. Stone Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker Lewarne Nicholas, farmer, Brownqueen PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Wellington Jonathan, carpenter Liddicoat Philip, farmer, Polmenna Bawden George Wevell William, blacksmith ' ' WITHIEL is a parish and village, watered by a small The poor have about £3 yearly from Vyvyan's charity of tributary of the river Camel, 8 miles west from Bodmin £w6 1os. invested funds. The Rev. Sir Vyell Donnithorne Road station on the Great Western railway and 5 west from Vyvyan bart. of Trelowarren, Mawgan-in-Meneage, is lord Bodmin, in the Mid division of the county, hundred and of the manor. The principal landowners are R. N. Cole esq. petty sessional division of Pydar, Bodmin union and county Charles Ebenezer 'l'reffry esq. J.P. of Place House, Fowey, court district, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Bodmin and Lord Robartes. The soil is clay and marl ; subsoil, and diocese of Truro. The church of St. Uvell is a building stone, intermixed with iron. The chief crops are cereals. of stone and granite, in the Perpendicular style, and con- The area is 3,005 acres; rateable value, £2,520; the popu sists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled lation in I891 was 338. western tower, with pinnacles, containing 5 bells: there are PosT OFFICE.-Miss Esther Tremewan, sub-postmistress. 300 sittings. The register of baptisms dates from the year Letters by mail cart, through Bodmin, arrive at 9· 25 • 1567; marriages and burials, 1568. The living is a rectory, a. m.; dispatched at 4·5 p.m. Roche is the nearest money average tithe rent-charge £281, net income £240, including order & telegraph office. Postal orders are issued here, 47 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Rev. Sir but not paid Rev. William Sand with Cruddas M.A. of Trinity Colle,o-e, for I<>g children; average attendance, 38; Alfred Ros Oxford. Here are Wesleyan and Bible Christian chapels. killing, master • .