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[.] . 808 [POST OFFICE

MADRON, or ST. MADRON, i~ a parisl;l, the village Quoit, and several remains of ancient crosses; also near of which is 1! miles north from , in the Western Quoit is a stone called "Men-an-Tol," or Hole division of the county, hundred of , Penzance union stone, and an inscribed stone. The Rev. John Wesley preached and county court district, rural deanery of Penwith, Corn­ here at intervals from 1742 to 1760. , the seat wall archdeaconry and diocese of . The ecclesiastical ofWilliam Copeland Borlase, esq .• .J.P., is 1 mile from Pen­ parishes of St. Mary and St. Paul, Penzance, have been zance; Lariggan, of Waiter Borlase, esq., is one mile from taken out of this parish, which is the mother parish of Pen­ Penzance; Poltair, of Lieut.-Col. H.R. 8. Trelawny, .J.P., is zance. The church of St. Madron (commonly called It miles from Penzance; N ancealverne, of J. U stick Scobell, 1\Jadderne), is an old granite building, chiefly in the Per­ esq., is half a mile distant; Trereife, of Day Perry Le Grice, pendicular style; it consists of chancel of earlier date, nave, esq., D.L., is I! miles; Trewidden, of E. Bolitho, esq., is 2 and aisles, with north and south porches, and square em­ miles, and Trengwainton, ofT. S. Bolitho, esq., .J.P., is 2 battled tower containing 5 bells : nearly all the windows are miles; Day Perry Le Grice, n.L., John U stick Scobell, E. of stained glass, and some of them are very elaborate: there Bolitho, John Borlase and T. S. Bolitho, esqrs., are the chief are some exceediugly interesting old brasses, and some landowners. The soil is killas; the subsoil is granite and mural monuments, a piscina and sedile, and curious old killas. The chief crops are wheat, oats, and barley,andlarge granite font. The original church was built by Henry De quantities ofbrocoli and potatoes are grown. The acreage, Pomeroy in 1131, and is mentioned in the taxation of exclusive of Peuzance, is 5,475; gross estimated rental, Pope Nicholas in 1291 as dedicated to St. Madderne; and £14,600; rateable value, £12,9!:)9; and the population in Bishop Grandison consecrated the high altar in 1336. The 1871 was 2,977, likewise exclnsive of Penzance. register dates from the year 1577. The living is a vicarage, ALVERToN, Castle Horneck, Trewidden, Trengwainton, with that of annexed, gross joint yearly value £890, Trereife, Trannack, , , Polgoon, Chyan­ in the gift of, and held by, the Rev. Michnel N owell Peters, dour, Hea, Landithy, Kerrow, Bossullow, Boskinning, Bos­ M.A., of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, who resides at warthen, Boswednan, Boswarva, Ninnes, Lanyon, Carthew, Penzance. There are four chapels for W esleyans, and one tor Buryas, , BonP., and Nancothan, are farms here. Bible Christians ; also a Free school for boys, which was Parish Clerk, Frederick Augustus Cocks. endowed by the late George Daniel in 1704; the income is £106 ; there is also a Sunday school held at the school-rooms, and a Wesleyan Sunday school held at the PosT OPFICE.-John Rowe, receiver. Letters through chapel; there are three other Wesleyan schools. There are Penzance (which is the nearest money order office), also schools for boys and girls at Hea Moor and Bosullow, arrive at 12 noon and 5 p.m. ; dispatched at 2.30 and 7.30 which are supported by voluntary contribution and children'~ p.m pence. The Penzance Union Workhouse is in this pari:>h. WALL Box, at Jamaica place, Hea 1\Ioor, cleared at 2.45 St. Madron's Well is noted for its healing properties: over & 7.45 p.m it are the ruins of an ancient chapel, with the sanctuary Highway Surveyor, John White, Church town step and stone altar still remaining: the ruins of the wall School, Frederick Augustus Cocks, master ; Miss Annie enclosing a chapel yard are still visible. Here are Lanyon Leggo, mistress PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. Jenkin William Henry, blacksmith&; Adams John, Church town Badcock William, farmer, Boscathnoe shopkeeper, Church town Aplin Capt. Rosecadghill Banicoat John, bookseller, Hea Jilbert Chas. farmer, Low. Boskinning Bickley ¥rancis, Rock cottage, Hea Bennetts John, farmer, Trevean Jilbert John, farmer, Coulson's place Bolitho Edward, Trewidden Bennetts Joseph, farmer, Mulfra Jilbert .John, jun. farmer, Ninnes :Bolitho Miss, The Coombe Berryman J ames, wheelwright & car- Kemp Paul, farmer & market gardener, Bolitho Thomas Bedford,.J.P.Trewidden penter, Trereiffe Trereiffe Bolitho Thomas Robins, Treneere Blackwell George, lodging house, 9 LadnerFrancis,farmer,HigherBoswarva Bolitho Thos. Simon, J. P. Trengwainton Alexandra terrace Lavis Wm. farmer, Tregavara downs Bolitho William, Polwithen Bridgman Mary (Miss), lodging house, Lawrence Henry, market gardener, Borlase John, .J.P. Castle Horneck Wesley place Lariggan :Borlase Waiter, Lariggan Bright John, farmer, Church town Lawrence J olm, farmer & market Borlase Wm. Copeland, .J,P. Castle Cargeege Prances (Mrs.), farmer,Great gardener, Aherton Horneek Bosullow Lawrence William, farmer & market Bottrell Mrs. Hea villas CargeegeJohn, farmer, Kerrow gardener, Trernbath Carter William, Rose hill Cargeege William, farmer, Kerrow Leggo Thomas, assistant overseer Cay Capt. R.N. Rock villa Cattran Wm. shopkeeper, Wherry town Maddern William, market gardener, Cocking John Tonkin, Madron cottage Cocks Ann (Mrs.), shopkpr. Jamaica pi Higher Lariggan Cocks l''rederick Adolphus Craze Francis, farmer & market gar- M ann John, shoe maker, Ninnes Courtney John Sampson, Alverton ho dener, Polmennor & Crankan :Marks W m .farmer&g-ardenr. Davy Edmund, Bell air Dale Charles, farmer, Lower Landithy Mathews Nicbolas, farmer,Boswarthen Dennis John, Lower Lariggan Dale Richard, farmer, Boswarthen Mitchell Wm. frmr. Hi11:her Boskinning Douglass Nicholas, Stella house Dusting Capt. William, lodging house, Newton John, farmer,\Bosilliack Ellis Capt. John, Alverton lodge 1, 2 & 3 Alexandra terrace Nicholls Catharine (1\Irs.), farmer, Fox George, Castle Horneck Ellis Thomas, farmer, Pornshallow Landithy Friggens 1\Irs. Mary, Church town Ellis William, farmer, Kerrow Nicholls Nicholas Thomas, dairyman, Glasson Thomas Henry, Wesley place Fox Henry, gardener, Trengwainton Landithy Hichens Richard, J esamine cottage FoxJhn.gardener&nurserymn.Alverton Nicholls Thomas, farmer, Bosullow H osking Charles, W esley place FriggensJhn. relieving officer, Hea viis Nicholls Wm. farmer, Hosking Richard Joseph, Brook cott Green William, baker, Wherry town Nicholls William, farmer, Ninnes Jenkin John, Rose cottage Grenfell John, carpenter, Bosullow N oy J ames & Thos. farmers, Boskinning Jones Maurice Evan, Hea cottage Guy Abraham, farmer, Boswarthen Nute Joseph, Miners' Ar111.3, New mill Lawley Hon. Stephen Willoughby, Guy Benjamin, farmer, Boswarthen John, farmer, Poltair Trannack Hall Richard, farmer, Nancothan Pen~elly John Russell, farmer, Rose- Le Grice Charles Day Nicholls, .J,P. Hall Thomas, farmer, Boswednan cadghill Trereiffe Hall Thomas, jun. farmer, Boswednan PengellyThomas Harvey, farmer, Bone Le Grice DayPerry,.J.P. deputylieut. Hall Thomas, jun. farmer, Tremethack Pengelly Thomas Roberts, farmer &; & deputy warden, Trereiffe Hall William, farmer, Boswarva market gardener, Trannack Milton John Penn, 5 Alexandra terrace Harris Rd. Ellis, carpenter, Jamaica pl Pengelly Thomas William, farmer &; Pascoe Mrs. Hea villas Hicbens Thomas, farmer, Lanyon miller, Treneere mills Pengelly Mrs. Reen's cottage Hocking Simon, farmer, Boswarthen Pengelly William, farmer, Boswarthen Pengelly Thomas Robert, Retreat cott Hooper Charles, King William IV. l'tfaria (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Rowe William, Myrtle cottage Church town Wherry town ,Scobell George, Lower Poltair Hosking John, jun. farmer, Ninnes Perkins Joseph,Iodging house &builder, Scobell John Ustick, Nancealverne Ivey John, farmer, Trewren 7 Alexandra terrace Sowden Mrs. Minney cottage Ivey Thomas, farmer, Lesingey Perry man M ichl.sboe maker,Chyandour Smith Rev.Jhn.:B.A. [curate],Vicarage Jacka Wm. market 11:ardener, Trannack Phillips Melchisedec, farmer & smith, Trelawny Lieut.-Col. Harry Re~inald James James, farmer, Bosullow Kerrow Salusbury, .J.P. [& deputy Iieut.], Jeffrey Joseph, farmer, Lower Poltair Pollard John, dairyman, Polteggan Poltair J en kin Jhn. boot & shoe ma.Church twn Pollard Joseph, farmer & market Whitehurst EdwardCapel, Church town J enkinJ ohn ,jun. blacksmith,Polmennor gardener, Trereifl:e Williams Admiral George, Polmennor Jenkin Thomas, farmer, Boswarthen Pollard William, market gardener, f~ibcrg Mrs. Polmennor villa Jenkin Thomas, farmer, Bosullow Chyandour