[CORNWALL.] MAWNAN. 814 [POST OFFICE Restored in the Year 1861, Is in the Perpendicular Style, Parish, Especially the Higher Porti(Lns, the Propertyofw

[CORNWALL.] MAWNAN. 814 [POST OFFICE restored in the year 1861, is in the Perpendicular style, parish, especially the higher porti(lns, the propertyofW. P. having chancel, chancel aisles, nave, south aisle, north tran- Hoblyn, esq., of the Fir Hill, Colan, have been considerably sept and tower with 3 bells: the chancel screen is of very improved within the last 20 years, 625 acres of which, for ancient and curious workmanship: there are some old merly producing only ls. per acre a year as rental, have, brasses to the Arundell family. On the original site of the by a spirited outlay on the part of the proprietor (notwitb church stands an old cross. The register dates from the year standing their being strictly entailed) been so much im .. 1683. The living is a rectory, vearly value £700, including proved as now to let for £300 a year: the improvements 65 acres of land, in the gift of E. W. Brydges 'Yillyams, included the erection of a farm house and outbuildings, from esq., and now vacant: the Rev. Richard James Martyn, the plans of Mr. W. White, of Wimpole street, architect, :B.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, is the curate in which are considered to be model buildings. This property charge. The school for boys and infants is a substantial also commands an extensive and uninterrupted view, corn stone building, erected in 1861: it is supported by volun- prising Lundy Island, 60 miles distant, St. Ives, Hayle, tary subscriptions. A girls' school at Carnanton is wholly Rough Tor, and Brown Willey, from 20 to 40 miles distant, supported by the Willyams family. The convent of Lan- and no less than from 25 to 28 parish churches are said to be herne, situate in the village, was the old manor house, perceptible in clear weather, whilst Padstow and its bar the residence and property of the Arundell family in 1231: bour, and N ewquay with its railway, now in course of con .. the present community consists of a prioress and 15 struction, each 6 miles distant, seem to lie at our feet; iron nuns, of the order of Discalceated Carmelites. The lodes also run through this portion of the parish. The soil chapel, which is shown to the public, is dedicated to is light loam ; subsoil, slate. The chief crops are cereal. St. J oseph and St. Anne: over the altar is a painting by The area is 5,628 acres, of which 160 is water; gross esti Rubens, " The Scourging of Our Blessed Lord at the mated rental, £5,061; rateable value, £4,479; and the pillar." The resident priest is the Rev. Richard William population in 1871 was 766. Meager. The Vale of Lanherne, running through this TREGURREN and TREVARREN are hamlets. parish, is remarkable for its scenery, and has been rendered Pari&h Clerk, J ames George. interesting by a book of poems from the pen of Henry -- Sewell Stokes, esq., clerk of the peace for the county, dedi~ Letters through St. Columb, which is the nearest mone, cated to Humphrey Willyams, esq., of Carnanton, to whose order & telegraph office family the property belongs. Carnanton is the seat of E. ScHOOLS:- W. Brydges Willyams, esq., who is lord of the manor Parochial (forboys), JamesStephens, master and principal landowner. W. P. Hoblyn, esq., also owns Infant, Mrs. Stephens, mistress considerable land in this parish. The waste lands in this Girls', Carnanton, Miss Taylor, mistress Mawgan~in-Pydar. Cobeldick Reuben, farmer, Gluvian Truscott Thos. farmer, Mawgan cross Martyn Rev. Richard Jas. :s.A. [curate] Cock Peter, farmer, Penvose Vivian Stephen, miller, Lanhern mill Willyams Edward William Brydges, Daw Joseph & Wm. farmers, Tolcarne Tregurren. M..P., J.P. Carnanton Drew Robert, farmer, Trevenna Bryant James "'armer coMMERCIAL. Eva 1\Iichael, farmer, Denzel . '•• Adams William, farmer, Nanskeval Gilbert Sml. Gardeners' Arms,& farmr Fradd FranCis, farmer Beswetherick Anthony, shoe maker Hawke William, blacksmith, Penvose Gr~enwood James, farmer Beswetherick William, blacksmith James Nicholas, farmer, Trenance ~rtgg H.r~ry, farmer Brewer John, farmer, Trevetras Lawrey Wm. miller, Carnanton mills Kent Wt lam, farmer Cayzer Fanny (Mrs.), farmer Lobb James, carpenter, Penpont Roberts Thomas, farmer Cayzer Michael, farmer, Porth Marshall Rd. Henwood, farmr.Trenoon Trevarren. Chapman Gregory, farmer, Lanvean May John, farmer, maltster & butcher, Cbapman 'Villiam, farmer Cobeldick Edmund, farmer, Polgreen Lanhern • Hellyar Frank, farmer Cobeldick John, farmer, Tolcarne Parkyn John, farmer, Tregonmg Hobbs John blacksmith & beer retailer Cobeldick Kitty (Miss), grocer & post Spear-, farmer & miller, Retallick Kendall Roger, farmer & maltster mistress SymonsWm. Henry, farmer, Carloggas Kendall Thomas, farmer MAWNAN is a parish, situated at the mouth of the are chapels for Wesleyans and Baptists. At Mawnan Helford river, about 4~ miles south from Falmouth, 5 from Smith is a reading-room and library. There is an ancient Penryn,in theWestern division of the county, eastern division circular camp or fortification. The chief landowners are of the hundred of Kerrier, Falmouh union, Falmouth county the Rev. M. N. Peters, Sir R. R. Vyvyan, bart., F. G. Gregor, court district, rural deanery of Kerrier, archdeaconry of esq., Reginald Rogers, esq., and Colonel Pender. The soil Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Maw is partly of a clayey nature, with peat and black earth; the nan and St. Stephen is an old building, chiefly in the subsoil is chiefly clay and slate, but on the side towards Perpendicular style, but with some features probably of a Budock the granite crops out. The crops are wheat, barley, date as early a~ the beginning of the fourteenth century : it oats, turnips, potatoes, mangold wurtzel and carrots. The has chancel, nave, aisle, and square tower, forming a con area is 2,258 acres, of which 200 are water; gross estimated spicuous landmark : it has two stained glass windows. The rental, £3,043; rateable value, £2,734; and the population regh:ter dates from the year 1553. The living is a rectory, in 1871 was 573. MAWNAN SMITH is a village, 1~ miles yearly value £314 10s., with residence and 38A. 1R. 19P. north-east; Glendurgan, Carwinion, Peawarne, and Bareppa of glebe land, of which 23 acres are arable, in the gift of are residences. John Jope Rogers, esq., and held by the Rev. William Parish Clerk (deputy), James Skewes. Rogers, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford. The National school is partly supported by an endowment of £12 5s., PosT 0FFICE.-John Odgers, receiver. Letters through founrled in 1834; a Sunday school is held at the school Falmouth arrive at 9.25 a. m.; dispatched at 1.45 p.m. room at DURGAN, a small fishing village, which is The nearest money order office is at Falmouth partly in :Mawnan and partly in Constantine parish. There National School, Thomas Burge, master Barclay Miss, Meudon V ean Clemow Frank, nurseryman, Bareppa Laity Wm. farmer & landowner, Trerose Bull Capt. James, R.N. Bareppa Crowgey Robert, farmer, Boskensoe Lugg Henry Skewes, blacksmith, Maw Fox Alfred, Glendurgan Davey John, farmer, Tregarne nan Smith Fender George, Penpoll Edwards William, farmer, Carlidnack 1\Htchell-, farmer, Penwarne Peters Rev. Michael Noel, Penwarne Eva J ames, farmer, Rosemullion Northcott William Andrew, farmer Rogers Rev. William, M.A. Rectory Harvey Humphry, farmer, Bosveal Meudon Rogers Reginald. Carwinion Harvey William, miller, Tregarne Pender William R. T. farmer, Penpoii West Thomas, Carwinion cottage Hill John, farmer, Penpoll PhillipsRichd.carpenter,MawnanSmith COMMERCIAL. Kemp John, farmer, Nansidwell Rowe J ames, shoe maker & shopkeeper1 Boswarick (Mrs.), Red Lion, Mawnan Kempthorne Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Mawnan Smith Smith Mawnan Smith Skewes James, farmer, Mawnan Smith Bray Mark, shopkeepr. Mawnan Smith Kempthorne James, farmer, Chenhall Tonkin Nicholas, shoe mkr. Carlidnack Cheffers Harriett (Mrs.), farmer, Car Laity Thomas, farmer & landowner, Treweek J ames, farmer & landowner, lidnack Higher Trerose Chatham cottage ST. MELLION is a village and parish, 3~ miles south Germans union, county court district of Plymouth, rural from Callington, and 6 north-west from Saltasb, on the deanery of East, archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of road from Callington to Saltash, in the Eastern division Exeter. The church of St. Melanus, which was restored of the county, middle division of the_hundred of ,East, St. in 1862, _is an ancient building, consisting of chancel, .

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