[Cornwall.] St. Erme

[CORNWALL.] ST. ERME. 110 POST OFFICE Manhire John, shoemaker Prophet John, shopkeeper 'Tamblyn William, wheelwright Martin William, blacksmith Skewes William, mine agent Vincent John, farmer Nancarrow John, mine agent Tamhlyn James, farmer I Vincent Robert, farmer PosT OPPICE, MitcheH.-Francis Bassett, sub-postmaster. National School (for boys & !!'irl~), John Creek, master; Letters arrive from Gram pound 4 p.m.; dispatched thereto, Miss Mary Ann Coo m be, mistress per messrnger, at 8 a.m. Grampound is the nearest CARRIERS (passing throu~h Mitchell):- monev order office Benney, from Summer Court to Truro, wednesday &: INSURANCE AGENT-Atlas, E. Broken!lhire ~aturday, ~ pa~t 9 morn. returning same days Wesleyan Chapels, at Summer Court & 1\Iitchell, no stated Tinney, from New Quay to Truro, wednesday & saturday, ministers 9 morn. returning same days ST. ER. ME, with the hamlets of TRESPAN and TRESIL- The Rev. John Pomery is the present rector. A Sunday LIAN, is a parish containing 4,507 statute acres, bounded on school is held at the pari~h church. The soil of this the east by Ladock and Probus, on the west by St.Allen,and parish varies, and the crops produced are grain .and on the south by St. Clements and Merther, and, according turnips. The lords of the manor are, Lord Viscount Pal to the census of 1851, contained 625 inhabitants; it is mouth, of Tregothnan, and Edward Collins, Esq., of distant 3~ miles north-north-east from Truro, and is Truthan; they are also the chief landed proprietors of the situate on the road learlin~ to St. Columb and Bodmin, parish. Truthan, situated about 4! miles north fro111 being in the Hundred of Powder, western divi8ion of the Truro, and I~ north-west from St. Erme Church Town, county, Powder deanery, archdeaconry of Cornwall,Truro was successively the seat of the Borlases, Jagoes, and Wil Union, and diocese of Exeter. The church, dedicated to liamses; it i& now the property and residence of Edward St. Erme, is situated in the most elevated part of the Collins, Esq. The house is of modE"rn date, which, with parish, and near to the turnpike road; it is a stone building-, the grounds, has been greatly improved by the present in the perpendicular style, and consists of a nave, chancel, owner. Trewor!£an has been successively the seat of the aisles, and a noble square tower (which is easily distin- Trencreeks and Polwheles; it is now occupied as a farm guished at a great distance) containing 5 bells. The house, by Mr. George Hawke. Treworgan Vean has long church has been lately rebuilt on the site of one which been in the possession of the Ley family, and is also used had fallen into decay; it was opened for Divine service on as a farm-house, inhabited by Robert Paull, farmer. Tre Sunday, 20th Feb. 1820. The tower, beiug more modern bane Vean, once the seat of the Courtenay family, belongs than the former church, remains in a good state of prese - to the heirs of the late J oseph Beauchamp, Esq., whose vation. In the north aisle is an old monument, with the ancestor, William Beauchamp, married, in the beginning following inscription:- of the last century, a daughter and co-heiress of William "Here Jyethye body of Robt. Trencreeke, of Trencreeke, Courtenay, Esq. The building, which appears to have in Crede, in the county of Cornwall, esq., Counsellor at La we, been erected by the Courtenays, is now inhabited by Mr. 30 yeares Justice of the peace and coram, a lover of his William Whitford, a farmer. Trevella, formerly a seat of countrye, friendlye to his neighbours, liberal to ye poore, the Langhernes, is now the property and residence of his paynful travil in the one, his reddye advice for ye other, George Simmons, Esq. The house is pleasantly "ituated, and bountifull hospitalitye to all, did manifest a man of a constant resolution in ye carriage of his. lite, who made his being surrounded with plantations, and distant 5 miles peace in Christ with God and man, dyed ye 24th Deer. north from Truro• .A.D. 1594." TRESPAN1 a hamlet in the parish of St. Erme, is On a stone, at the east end of the church, are the arms of distant 4 miles north from Truro, and half a mile north Molesworth, and the following inscription: west from the church,and conta)ns several houses. Here is "Here lyeth the body of John Ja~o, of Truthen, E~q., who a chapel for Wesleyans. There are 128 inhabited houses, departed this life, in the feare of God, the 6th day of October and 5 uninhabited; making a total of 135 houses in the in the yeare of our Lord, 1652. parish. He was more than be seem'd, yet seem'd to be The value of the last rate made was .£2,428. More than a thousand more ; his pedigree TRESILLIAN is a hamlet, partly in St. Erme, Probus, Is drawn in Heaven, where, if ere you come, and Merther, 3~ miles froni Truro. An extensive timber You'l see more of him than in verse or tom be." and coal trade is carried on here. GENTRY. 1Davis Cbas. general mercht. Tresillian RichardsJohn,boot&shoemaker,Trespan Collins Edward, esq. Truthan Francis John, farmer, Rosedale Richards Wm.frmr.&beerrtlr.Highway Gatley Mr. Henry Ralph, Polsue Gatley Henry Ralph, farmer, Polsue Rickard Edward, farmer, Eglosarme Gatley Mr. John, Bone CPJlars Gatley John, general merchant, Bone & Stairfoot Pomery Rev. John, B. A. Rectory cPllllrs Rickard William, 'White Hart,' & Simmons George, esq. Trevella Gill John, former, Truth an blacksmith, Trespan TRADERS. Gill William, farmer, Trigassow Rowse Thomas, miller, Mill town Adams Francis, farmer, Chytan Gill William Hawke, farmer, Ennis Thomas Thomas, boot & shoemakeT 1 Adorns James, farmer, Trevispin Hawke GPorge, farmer, Treworgan Trespan Alford Charles, shopkeeper, Trespan Haw kin William, farmer, Resugga Tregoning Erlward & James, farmers, Brewer William, shopkeeper, TrPspan Keast James, farmer,Tresithick & Pen- Trewaters & Penhale Cayzer John Dennis, carpenter, Tre~>pan f'oose Vercoe John, farmer, Lower Trevispin Chapman James, farmer, Killiseth & MayJames, farmer, Cooskiel Whitford William, farmer, Trehane Pengilley Mite hell William,stone maRon,Tre!>illian Williams & Co.genrl.mercbts. Tresilllan Collett John, farmer, Gilleys Nichols Richa~, farmer, Killigrew WoolcockPhilip,frmr.&carrier,Polglaze Crowle Samuel, farmer, Venton Eg~s nates William, blacksmith, Green Letters through Truro, which is the Curgenven Wm. farmer & carrier,Green Paull Robert, farmer, Treworgan Vean nearest money order office Wesleyan Chapel, TreApan, ministers various CARRIERS(passing through):- CoACHEs (passin!! through Tresillian) :- Kellow's Van from St. Austell to Truro, and returning Th J1L d ·1 1. 11 d every day, except sunday'! e agnet, to Plymouth a• y, at 2 past morn. sun ays Cra!!g, from Mevagissey to Truro, mondays, wedne@days & excepted fridays, returninl! same days Quickail?'er (mail), to Plymouth, daily at! pa'!t 12 morn. Fugler & Rundle, from Tregony to Truro, wednesdays aod North Mail, to Plymouth, daily at ! past 3 afternoon Saturdays, returning same days OMNIBUS :-Fairy, from Truro to Plymouth, every morn- Blamly, from Veryan to Truro, wednesdays & saturdays, ing at about l past 8, and from Plymouth to Truro at about returning same days 4 afternoon, sundays excepted Nicholls, from Truro to Lostwithiel, tuesdays & fridays, CARRIERS (paqsing through Trespan) :- returning following days Benny, from St. Enoder to Truro, every wednesday and Mansell, from Trnro to Fowey, mondays & thursdays, re- saturday, return in~ same da~"- t•trnin~ followin~ days Tinney, from Ne~ Quay to Trnro, every wednesday and Mansell, from Truro to Wadebridge, mondays & fridays saturday, returmng same days. returning following days ST. ER.TJI is a township, parish. and village, 2 miles bishopric, West Cornwall; it is situated on the Hayle river south from Hayle, in Penwith Hundred, Penzance Union, and eshJary. The church of St. Erth, dating about the Penwith deanery, Cornwall archdeaconry, and Exeter 14th century, Is a building in the perpendicular style of .

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