DIRECTORY. 65 MANACCAN. [.]

Dyer Thomas~ greengrocer Kneebone William, boot & shoe maker 1 St~phens Robert, butcher Earl Henry. shopkeeper , Little William, farmer I Stephens William, farmer, Radford Every Rbt. farmer, Inceworth barton Lyne Richard, farmer Tickel John, .J.Vew inn Ford Mary Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer MUlbrook Coal Company, John Hen- Thomas Mrs. ladies' school Ford Thomas, stonemason wood, manager Trevan Thomas Henwood, earpenter Friendship William, greengrocer Monaghan Amelia (~Irs.), linendraper Turpin William, academy Galloway Prances (Mrs.), stonemason Oliver Martha (1\frs.), shopkeeper Veale William, farmer, Coombe Gill John Edgcumbe, manure manufac- P11rsons Nicholas, miller & farmer Venning Christopher, boot & shoe torPr, South down Pawley William, tailor maker Gill William, baker Pe:uce John, baker Waterman Jas. yacht & boat builder Olanvill Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer Pearse Ann a ( l\'liss), linen draper Waterman John, yacht & boat builder Hardway Jane (Mr:~.), grocer Prince William, farmer Watts Ht>nry, farmer Harris John, carpenter Prow se William, surgeon Webb N athaniel, farmer, Southdown Hayes Patrick, b<>er retailer Rowe J ames, boot & shoe maker W ebber Thomas, grocer Henwood John, 'Coopers' Arms' Rowe Joseph, grocer Weymouth William, ~Ring of Bells' Hicks William, 'King's Arms' Rowe Samuel, grocer & drugg-ist Willcocks Edwart.l Bennett, farmer, Hyde William, poulterer Serjeant Elizabeth (Mro~.), seminary Mendennick Jose William, Devonport inn, & baker Stephens Jonathan, shopkeeper PosT OFFICE, Millbrook.-Mrs. Philadelphia Jago, re-, dispatched at 3 p.m. The nearest money order office is at ceiver. Letters arrive from Devonport at 10 a.m. & are Maker. MAN'ACCAN, or 1\loNA.THON, is a parish and village, The living is a vicara!re, in the gift of the Bishop of Exeter, in Hundred, Union,Cornwall archdeaconry, annual value about £200, now held by the Rev. Thomas Exeter bishopric, West Cornwall; it is near Helston, on Hopkins Britton, M.A.. the river Hel. The population, in 1851, was 562, and the HELFORD is a villagt>. Tregonwell, Highlanes, Tre­ number of acres, including shore, 1,843. The church, worgey, Tregithew, Trenower, Trevadra, Trezeble, Tre­ dedicated to St. Menaacu11 and St. Dunstan, was repaired ~onnan, Landrithick, Choons, Rosenurden, Halvose, and and enlarged in 1824, when 100 free sittings were added. Kestle Wartha, are places here. GENTRY. Hocking John, farmer, Kestle 'Vartha Rickard Anthony, shoemaker, Helford Britton Rev. Thomas Hopkins, M.A.. Hocking William, farmer, Tregithew Rog-ers James, farmer, Rosenurden Vicarage Hodge Henry, farmer, Trenower Roskruge Elinbeth (Mrs.), Old inn Perkin Mr. John, Helford Hodge Thomas, farmer, Choons Row Samuel, farmer, Helford Roberts Mrs. 'fhornas, Helford Hodge Thoma3, jun. shopkeeper Sauuders Charles, farmer, Trezeble Stephenson Mr. Helford Hooper Joseph, shopkeeper & carpenter Saunders Francis, farmer, Halvose Trethoau Mr. John, Helford James Henry, shoemaker, Helford Saunders Gilbert, farmer ,KestleWartlla Uren Mr. Cuthbert, Highlalles J ames Thomas, smith & farmer Simmons Thomas, farmer & miller, TRA.DERS. Johns Joseph, carpenter, Highlanes Tregonnan mill Bawden William, farmer, Higblanes John'! William, carpenter Simons Philip, carpenter Boucher John, farmer, Tregonwell Kitt Robert, 'Fighting Cocks' Smith George, farmer, Trenower Carter Oliver, 'Shipwrightl' Arms,' Lory William, farmer, Bosahan Tonkin Edward, shoemaker Helford Nichols Robert, cornfactor & coal & Tressider Robert, tailor Chinn Thnmas, carrier timber merchant, Treath Tripcony Antbony, carrier Hicks Humphrey, farmer, Treworgey Pengilley William, farmer, Trevadra Veal Thomas, shopkeeper, Helford Hill Sampson, farmer, Landrithick Pengilley Henry, farmer, 'l'regoowell Letters through Helstone, which is Hill William, shoemaker Phillips James, tide waiter, Helford the nearest money order office MAKA.ZJ:ON, or MA.RKET JEw, is a market town and with by a causPway about 40 yards wide, and borough, township, and chapelry, in the parish of St. formed of rocks and pebbles, and passable for about four Hilary, western division of the Hundred of Penwith, honrs during low water) is a granite rock in the form of archdeaconry of Cornwall, and bishopric of Exeter; it is a pyramid, and extremely steep and craggy ; its circum­ situate 3 miles north-east from , 9 south-west ference at the base is about one mile, and it diminishes from Helsto», and 178 from London, by road; it is built gradually upwards to the height of 250 feet above the on an incline towards the sea, opposite to St. Michael's level of the sea. On the summit of the mount is a castle, Mount. The church, which is dedicated to St. Hilary, is· and a beautiful but small chapel, in the Saxon style of in the parish of St. Hilary, about two miles distant; it is architecture. This chapel was built by Erlward the Con­ a new stone building with small spire. The living of fessor. On entering the castle, the visitor is received in Marazion is a perpetual curacy, worth £66 yearly, annexed the armoury or guard-room, which is small, but well to the living of St. Hilary, worth £300 yearly, in the gift supplied and decorated with relics of ancient armour; of the Duke of Leeds and others. There is a chapel of to the right is the breakfast-room, a fine old-fashioned ease in Marazion, dedicated to St. Ervah, Marazion is interior, and suspended from the walls are numerous old said to have derived the name of Market Jew from the and excellent engravings, framed. In this room is the fact of its having been the resort of Jews, who traded here visitors' book, in which Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, many centuries ago, and who held au annual market; but and suite entered their autographs on occasion of the several other derivations have been put forward. In the royal visit, 6th September, 1846. Further on is the year 1595 Queen Elizabeth gmnted it a charter, vesting Chevy Chase, or dining-room (formerly the refectory), the government in a mayor, eight aldermen, and twelve with highly-polished oak floor. There are many speci­ burgesses, and also confirmed the charter for holding a meus of antique furniture in this apartment, from 300 to weekly market and two annual fairs. 'l'here are chapels 500 years old. Around the room are the armorial bear­ for Wesleyans, Independents, and the Society of Friends. ings of the St. Aubyn family, handsomely emblazoued; .~ handsome school for boys and girls was erected at the a stained-glass window, upward::~ of 200 years old, is a expense of Lady 1\fary Cole, in memory of her late hus- fine specimen of the art. Proceeding along the corridor, band, Sir ChristopherCole, who was a native of this town. towards the drawing-room, i~ to be seen an immense The school is now supported by voluntary contributions, I black leather bottle, denominated" Black Jack." .A little but chiefly by J. G. Cole, Esq. The principal trade con- further on is the skull of a woman, supposed to be sists in the importation of timber, coal, and iron. The upwards of 1,000 years old; there is a long history markets are held on Saturday, and the fairs on the 20th respecting it engraved on brass. The drawing-room, March and 29th September. The population, in 1851, which is more modern, was built by the grandfather of was 1,379. Marazion is much visited by invalids, on the present Sir John St. Aubyn; the room is spacious account of the mildness of its atmosphere, which is con- 1 and handsome; there are two splendid Vcnetian vases, siderecl to approximate to that of Italy, or the south of and some ancient and curiously carved ivory pictures in France. The only drawback is the frequency of rainy frames, all Scriptural pieces, and upwards of a century weather. · old. An antedrawing-room adjoins, and a small but On the south side of the town is Chapel Rock, where comfortable sleeping apartment. The chapel, which is a chapel, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is said to have small, has one aisle and transept; the seats are of <'arved once stood. St. Michael's Mount (which is connected oak; at the west end is a fine organ, but it is too powerful E