[.] . 798 (POST OFFICE borough includes the of Liskeard and two small por­ pendents, W esleyan Methodists, Wesleyan Association l\fe. tions of the parish of St. Cleer, and returns one member to thodists, Bible Christians, Primitive Methodist!', Plymouth parliament. Brethren, and the Society of Friends. and Sunday schools It is a clean, picturesque and compact town, the principal in connection with the different religious denominationil, business part lying in a hollow, but on all sides commanding A cattle market is held on the aecond Monday in e,·ery open and extensive views of the surrounding countrv, month, excepting in October, when St. Matthew's fair for especially from the Castle park, which is 475 feet above tlie cattle and pleasure is held. level of the sea, and from which, on a clear day, Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth, and the celebrated mines are The Cemetery is in Russell street, and consists of about an visible. The town on the west and south-west sides has been acre with mortuary chapel. of late years greatly improved by the erection of prettily­ Here are three banks, viz., the East Cornwall, the Devon designed villas, which greatly add to its appearance. Moors­ and Vornwall, and the Liskeard District Bank, occupying water viaduct, on the , 148 feet high, about spacious buildings, situated in the most prominent part of a mile from the town, is romantically situated, and is one of the town. 'fhe East Cornwall Savings Bank was established the chief features in the landscape. in 1818 : it is situated in Pike street, and is a neat structure. The Town Hall was erected in 1859. froui plans supplied Two newspapers are published weekly, " The Cornish hy Mr. Reeves, surveyor of county courts: it is in the Times " and "The Liskeard Gazette and East Cornwall Italian sty le; the principal walls, piers and arches of the Advertiser." The two hotels-Wehb's Hotel Company, ground floor being of granite, from the Cheesewring quarries, Limited, under the management of Mr. J. W. Chegwidden, and having rustic points throughou_t : the upper walls are of and Mr. Sargent's Bell Hotel-are old e11tablished house11, local slate, in tooled ashlar, with cement vermiculated main and replete with every comfort. There i11 also an exten· quoins and ('ement window dressings and eaves cornice: sive brewery, which was established in 18i0. there is a handsome tower and clock at the north-west cor­ Societies exist here for supplying the poor with coals and ner, the clock having been presented by John Clark Isaac, blankets. The Liskeard Branch Bible Society was estab­ esq.: on the upper floor is the lmll, .53 feet by 28 feet 6 in. lished as early as 1812, and the Ladies' Bible Association and 23 feet high; it l1as a good panelled ceiling and an or-­ iu 1813; both are in active operation, aa are also the chestra: there are also the requisite offices for county court Female Provident, Dorcas, and Benevolent and Temperance business. The borough police court is held here, and thtil Societies. county magistrates attending the Liskeard petty sessions for The endowed charities are-J ohn White's, £3 annually; the hundred of West sit here on the first Wednesday in every W. Fuidge's, £40 annually; J. Rogers', £1 6s. annually; month. The whole of the ground floor is appropriated to and Rich Daw's, £1 lOs. annually. The above-uwntioned the meat market and fitted with stalls having slate benches sums are about to be put together to form a common fund, on brick piers and iron rails. The fish and poultry markets for the establishment of almshouses for the shelter of four are on the opposite side of the street: the market is held deserving persons of not lesi than fifty vears of age, in on Saturdays, and is well supplied with meat, poultry and addition to a weekly stipend of 2s. ;" Mr. Thomas Milton is fish. receiver and clerk to the trustees of the above charities. The church of St. Martin is a spacious ellifice, consisting The Parochial schools, situated in Church street, were of chancel, nave, and one north and two south aisles: the built in 1867 by public subscription, and are supJlOrted by extreme south ai~le was once a chapel, probably dedicated Buller's endowment of £15 per annum, assisted by public to Our Lady: the style is Perpendicular: the tower is of subscription and the children's pence. They are sub­ granite, much earlier than the other portions of the build­ stantially built, and were erected at a co~>t of .£3,000. in­ ing, the corbel-tables, windows, aml the arch separating cluding the internal fittings. The British schools were it from the nave being Norman : the present entrance to built in 1836, at a cost of about .£300, towards which the the tower from the exterior is through a Perpendicular Lords of the Treasury advanced out of the parliamentary doorway (evidently anin~rtion), l1aving on it the date 1627. grant £120, and the remainder wa!J contributed by in­ At the west end of the north aisle there is a window of that habitants of the town and district. singular class calleti low side "\\indows; it consists of three The town was first ligllted with gas in tl1e year 1839. In small square-headed lights, each being 1 ft. 5 in. in height 1861 a company was formed for the purpose of supplying and 3~ in. in width, and the openin~s separated by mullions the inhabitants with water, which is conveyed in pipes from 5 in. thick; externally, beneath the window, there is a their reservoirs on St. Cleer Down. In 1832 a subscription small holy-water stoup; windows of this kind are generally library and literary institute were establi->hed in Dean supposed to have been used for administering the sacrament street, at which science and art classes are held, and lectures, to lepers and converted Jews. The outer doorway of the in connection with the institute, are delivered in the Tem­ !Iouth porch is modern, and aft insertion, the Pointed arch perance Hall. The offices are in Ash­ of the original doorway being still visible above; over this park terrace. In 1872 a drinking fountain was presented doorway, on the exterior, are three Gothic niches, which to the town by Matthew Loam, esq. In 1872 a masonic once held the sculptured images df the Virgin and two hall was erected, from the designs of Mr. John Paul, ar­ saints: the pulpit is of oak, beautifully carved, bearing date chitect, of Liskeard; it is situated on the parade, and is a 1636. About the year 17!J3 the church underwent many commodious structure : the exterior of the building is freely alterations of the character common at that period: pews treated in the Romanesque style, and is faced with a local were first erected, the open roof of carved oak was plastered stone, with cornices of Hamllill, and columns of l\lansfield over, the rood screen destroyed, the chancel altered, and a gallery erected in the extreme south aisle, called " the ladies' stone, carving being sparingly introduced. gallery:" the screen was of oak and extended across the The cotUJ.t,y court is held at the Town Hall every second nave and aisles, separating them from the chancel : Monday in the month, and the district comprises the fol­ the turret leading to the rood-loft may still be seen lowing places within its jurisdiction, viz. :-The borough near the chancel door: the large pews have now given and parish of Liskeard, St. Keyne, , St. Cleer, way to low open seats. In November, 1844, an organ was St. Neot, St. Pinnock, , Broadoak, , erected by subscription, at a eost of upwards of £400. St. Veep1 Lanteglos, , , , Duloe, Within the communion rails there is a marble tablet in the East , West Looe, St. Martin's by Looe, Morval, St. floor to the memory of Thomas J ohnson, major in the Duke German's, , and town, St. Domiukk, of Albemarle's regiment of horse, and a Cold streamer, buried St. Ive, , and Southhill. there in May, 1666. In the body of the church are the The union has a rateable value of £123,580, and a popu­ following memorials:-To Joseph Wadham, who died in lation of 34,149, and comprises the following places, viz. :­ 1807, being the last of that family whose ancestors founded Boconnoc, .Hroadoak, Callington, St. Cleer. St. Dominick, Wadham College, Oxford; also to Thomas Robins (the Duloe, St. Ive, St. Keyne, Lanreatl1, Lansallos, Lanteglo~, senior partner of the banking firm of Robins, Foster, Linkinhorne, Liskeard borough and parish, East Looe, Coode and Bolithos), and Elizabeth his wife, and tcj several West Looe, St. Martin's by Looe, Menheniot, Morval, St. others. A handsome granite mausoleum was- erected in Neot, Pelynt, St. Pinnock, 8outhhill, Talland and St. Veep. 1843, by B. H. Lyne, esq., of Wadham, over the vault of The guardians meet fortnightly at the board room of the the Lyne tamily. In the toww are 6 bells. The register union. The Workhouse i!tin Russell street, ltnd stands- 011 dates from the year 1539. The living is a vicarage, yearly about two and a half acres, and will accommodate 350 value £500, with residence, in the gilt of James Frederick inmateg. Todd, esq., of Bristol, the eldest son and heir-at-law of the There is no staple trade carried on here, the agricultural late Rev. James Frederick Todd, M.A., formerly vicar, and and mining population from the neighbouring being held by the Rev. John Lakes, B.A., of Clare College, Cam­ its chief support. bridge; the Rev. \V alter Alfred Prideaux, of St. Aidan!', The soil is of various kinds, lying on soft stone. The Birkenhead, is eurate, and Richard Hawke, esq., is the im­ principal crops are grass, oats, barley and turnips. propriator of the g1eat tithes. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales is lord of the Duchy m!lnor There are places of worship for Roman Catholics, Inde.. of Lklkeard, and W. M. Marshall, esq., is lord of tbe manor -