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DIRECTORY.] CuRNWALL. GWITHIAN. 129 *Berryman Job, farmer, Gear Laity Richard, farmer, Taskus Rosewarne Charles C. farmer, Lanyon Burgess Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, *Laurence James, farmer, Weath *Rosewarne Hbt. frmr. Coswinsawsen Reawala *Luke Thos. farmer, Carnhell Green *Roseworthy Hammer Mills Co. Carter David, farmer, Trenawin *Michell Edward, wheelwright, Carn- shovel manufacturers, Roseworthy *Dennis Henry, farmer, Roseworthy hell Green Roskrow W illiam, schoolmaster Eddy Oakley, farmer, Trenerth *Michell George Henry (:Mrs.), far- Rowe Henry, farmer, Trenawin Eustice George, farmer, Bosurrel mer, Menner downs Rowe James H. farmer, Trungle Eustice Geo. jun. farmer, Drannack Miehell John, farmer, Caloose Rowe John Henry, manure & seed *Eva .Samuel, farmer, Roseworthy *Michell John H. whee:wright, Carn- merchants, Carnhell Green Faull William, farmer, Relistin hell Green Rowe John ·William, farmer,Trenawin Geach -Wm. Henry, farmer,Drewollas Middlin William, grocer, draper, Rule Steven, farmer, Trevaskis Glasson Thomas, Haifway House P.H. general dealer, & agent for Union & Sampson Stphn. Royal Standard P.H Fraddam Castle line mail steamers, Rose- *Sowell Edwd. blcksmth. CarnheliGrn Harvey Thos. Hill, farmer, Tregotha warne & Carnhell Green Staplet()n Wm. butcher, Church town Heather Jas. farmer, Lower Bosparva Middlin Lily (Miss), postmistress, Stephens .Aifd. Edwd. frmr. Trevaskis *Hendra Grace (Miss), shopkeeper, Carnhell Green *Stephens Henry, farmer, Carnhell Carnhell Green Miners Joseph, sexton Thomas Richd. Lawry, farmer, Cathe- Hockin John, farmer, Rosewarne Moon John, farmer, Shaft downs be<Lron Hockin Nicholas, farmer, Deverall Moyle Henry, farmer, Drewollas *Tonkin J ames Henry, farmer, Min- *Holman Zaohariah, Pendarves .Arms Newton George, farmer, Drewollas nor downs P.H. Carnhell Green ~oell Thomas, farmer, Fraddam *Treloar Jn. farmer & miller (water), Basking James Henry, farmer, 1Vall North Parbola Tin Mine (William IRoseworthy wood Hughes Isaac Morgan, station mastr Middlin, proprietor), Rosewarne Tre:oar James, farmer & miller James Wm. farmr. Gwinear downs Olivey Rd. boot & shoe ma.Rosewarne (water), Drannack mill Jefferey Richd. frmr. Higher Gooneva Parkins William, farmer, Tappard Trewhella Matthew, farmer, Trenerth Jefferey Wait. frmr. Lower Gooneva Pascoe David, blacksmith, Fraddam *Trudgeon Robt. farmer,Howe downs Jenkin Thomas, farmer, Trenowth Pearce Elizh. (Mrs.), postmistress Trudgeon Wm. (Mrs.),frmr.Bosparva Ke;ynack Wm. Thos. butchr. Reawla *Phiilips John Thos. farmer, Carnhell *Uren Moses, farmer, Penhale Kevern John, farmer, Fraddam *Pooley Hy. frmr.& btchr.CarnheliGn Varker Wm. Hy, shopkpr. Fraddam Kneebone j·n. wheelwright, Rosewarnf' Pooley James, cattle dealer & farmer, Waiters Elizh. (Miss), schoolmistress Kneebone Richd. frmr. Lanyondowns Rosewarne Waiters William, farmer, Coldharbour Laity George, farmer, Polkinghorne Prout Thomas, refreshment rooms GWYTHIAN (or Gwithian)' is a village and parish in , Phillack; the Rev. .Arthur Michael Baines has been St. Ives Bay, 2! miles south-east from Gwinear Road r€sident curate since 1904. There is a Wesleyan chapel station on the Great Western railway, 3 north-east from at Church Town and one at Connor D()wns, erect-ed in Hayle, 8 west from Redruth and 5 west from Camborne, 1905 at a cost of £9oo, with 230 sittings, and a United in the North Western division of the county, hundred of at Church Town and one at Connor Downs, erected in 1 Penwith, petty sessional division of Penwith East, union quarter mile distant from ·the church are the remains and county court district of Redruth, rural deanery of of an ancient orat()ry, now almost buried in the sands ; Penwith, archdeaconry of Cornwall and diocese of Truro. according to Leland, this is as old, if not older, than The river Conner enters the sea a little to the north of the that of St. Piran, at Perranzabuloe, which is anterior church town. The church of SS. Felix and Gothian, re- to the Norman Conquest; a curious feature is the built, with the exception of the tower and a small portion absence of any carved stone whatever; the structure of the chancel wall, in 1866, is a cruciform building of is internally about 49 feet long by 15 wide. Trevarnon stone and granite in the Decorated style, consisting of Rounds, in this parish, is an earthwork of considerable chancel, nave and transepts, south porch and an em- extent, wit-h a moat. and rampart, and appears to have battled western tower 53 feet high, with pinnacles, and been occupied during the Civil War. On GODREVY containing 3 bells, all cast in 1753: the chancel inclines to ISLAND, the property of .A. F. Basset esq. is a light the north, and is separated from the nave by a low graij<ite house, beg-un in January, 1858, and first lighted March r. screen: the stained east window was the gift of the 1859. The principal landowners are .Arthur Francis Rev. Frederick Hockin M . .A. rector here 1853-1902: Ba,;sot esfJ. of Tehidy, and the family of t-he late Rev. auother window in the chancel is a memorial to the William Hockin. The remains of the manor of Conerton Rt>v. W. Drury, a former curate, 1865: the chancel arf' ownPd by thf' Paynwr family. The !!oil is va.rious; retains sedilia and a piscina, and there is a communion subsoil, clay. The chief crops are oats and barley. table and reredos of oak: outside the east wall of The area is 2,416 acres of land, 4 of water, 2 of tidal the church is a monument, with arms, to Thomas '"ater and 239 of foreshore; rateable value, [3,182; Hockin, 1767, and John Hockin, his son, vicar of Oke- the population in 1901 was 701. ~ampton, 1778: there are 174 sittings. The churchy~rd Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B. & .A. & I. Office, IS entered by a lych gate constructed fro~ the mate~1als Oonnordowns.-Thomas Richards, sub-postmaster. of the removed south arcade, and contams an anCient Letters through Hayle arrive at 8.50 a.m. ; dis- round-headed cross, with a boss in the centre of the head. patched 10 a.m. & 4·5 p.m. week days only; sun- The register of baptisms,_ ~ar:iages and burials dates days, 1 ~. 30 a.m fro~ the ~e~r 1560. The ln:mg IS a chapel;y attach~d to Letters for Church Town, through Hayle, arrive at II a.m Fhillack, JOmt ne_t yearly mcome £200,. m the g1ft of Wall Lek.ter Box cleared at 3.30 p.m. week days only T: Edmund Hockm esq. M . .A., J.P. of Phillack, ~nd held Public Element-ary School, Connordowns, for 120 chil- smce 190~ by the Rev . .Arthur Pendarves Hockm M.A. dren · avera~re attendance 70 · Miss Beatrice Treloar, of St. John's Oollege, Cambridge, who resides at mist;ess "' ' ' GWYTHI.A.N Hosking J a ne (Mrs.), frmr. Trevarnon Cock John George, shopkeeper . · Jennings John, shopkpr. Ohurch Town Eva Samuel, wheelwright Bame_s Rev . .Arthur !':hchael (curate) Jones Nathaniel, farmer, Hope farm Eva Samuel Matthews, general dealer Hockm Charles, Cahze Kebbell Cecil Jas. Pendarves .Arms & assistant overseer Perks Waiter G. Glaenfon P.H. Harper J ames, farmer .Wharton Fredk. Malcolm, Upton viis National Explosives Co. Limited (The) Jory Nicholas John, carpenter (William Bate, factory manager), Marks James Henry, farmer COMMERCIAL. dynamite manufacturers Mitchell Thos. shopkpr. & insur. agt .Andrewartha Hy. butcher, Treeve la Newton John, farmer, Nancemelling Oates Thomas, blacksmith .Andrewartha John, farmer, Upton Olds Wm. & Son farmrs. Tolseathin Richards Thos. shopkeeper, Post office Baw_den William, far~er, New mill Prout William, grocer, Conerton Sampson James, farmer & landowner, Chr1~topher P~ul Qmck, frmr . .Angew Rickard John Henry, farmer, Conerton Salt Lake· house Chr1stopher S1dney, frmr. Nanterrow Stephens David, tin dresser & buyer, Sampson John, farmer Cock Charles, farmer, Pennance Vean Beach house Thomas Frank, farmer Cock Elizabeth (Mrs.), frmr.Pennance Thomas Thomas, farmer Cock Rd.Hocking,farmer,Church twn CONNORDOWNS. Tonkin George, shopkeeper Cock Wm. farmer, Nanterrow downs Treloar Beatrice (Miss), schoolmist English .Arsenic Co. (F. W. Thomas, Sampson James, Salt Lake house Tripp George, farmer manager), New mill Willoughby .Alfd. frmr. Valetta farm Farr Jn. Phillips, apartments, Light- COMMERCIAL. ·Witfield Edwin Francis, poultry house villa Carkeek Steven, The Turnpike inn farmer, Strevella Harry Edgar, farmer, Nancemelling Carne Frank, boot maker COFNWALL 9 .