CORNWALL. 1 .[KELLY's 1100: There Are 350 Sittings
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218 MAWGAN-IN-PYDAR. CORNWALL. 1 .[KELLY's 1100: there are 350 sittings. On the south side of Lanherne, running through this parish, is remarkable for the churchyard is erected the stern of a boat, on which 1 its scenocy and has been commemorated in two volumes the following inscription is painted: "Here lie the bodies 1! of poems, written respectively by the Rev. John Fisher, of Jacob Williams, Charles Cawley, Thomas Collins, . of Bodmin, and curate of this parish about r8o4, and William ElliQtt., 'l'homas Brown, Richard Cutler, William . Henry Sewell Stokes esq. clerk of the peace for th~ Lloyd, David Roberts, Owen Hughes and one man un- ~ county. Caruanton is the seat of Edward William Brydges known, who were drifted on shore in a boat, frozen I Willyams Psq. D.L., J .P. who is lord of the manor and to death, at Beacon Cove, in this parish, on Sunday I prindpal landowner. The Misses Hoblyn, of the Fir the 13th day of December, MDCCCXLVI.": at the Hill, ·Colan, and Sir Charles Thomas Dyke Acland west end of the ohnroh stands t!h.e celebrated Mawgan I bart. of Killerton, Exeter, also own land in this parish. Cross, o. monolith of catacluse ston'e, consisting of an ; The waste lands, especially the higher portions of the octagonal shaft, with a square head, the sides of which parish, the propert-y of the Misses Hoblyn, have been are formed by o-gee-arched niches containing boldly- improved and a model farmhouse and outbuildings have carved figures; it is 5 feet 6 inches in height, mounted ~een erected from the plans of Mr. W. White, of Wimpole on a massive base, and is the most elaborate example street; London, architect. This property also commands of tihe kind in Cornwall. In the additional churchyard, an extensive and uninterrupted view, comprising Lund1 adjoining t•he old on the north, is a restored granite Island, 6o miles dist•ant, St. Ives, Hayle, Rough Tor and cross dating from tlhe earliest period of such monu- Brown Willey, from 20 to 40 miles distant, and no lesS' ments. In a hedge at the meeting of four roads, about than. from 25 to 28 parish churches are said to be per half a mile from the church, is the head of another ceptible in clear weather, whHst Padstow and its harllonr, cross. The registers date from the year 1683. The and Newquay with its rnilway, eaoh 6 miles distant, seem living is a rectory, net income £363, with residence to lie at the feet of the spectator: iron lodes run :.hrough and 8o acres of ·land, in the gift of E. W. Brydges this "portion of the parish. The soil is light loam; sub~ Wi:J.lyams esq. and held since 1901 by the Rev. William soil,. slate. The chief crops are cereals. The area is Henry Fos~ett Wayne. There· is a Wesleyan chapel in ·5,512 acres of land, 13 of water, 2 of tidal water and tha villa.ge, and a \Bible Christian chapel at Mawgan 173 of foreshore; rateable yalu.e, £4,859; the population Cross. Three almshous•es were erected in 1903 to the in 1901 was 664. memory of Mrs. Emily Brydges Willyams, and adjoining these is a fountain, erected in 1904 by Lady Campbell TREGURRIAN, 2 miles south-west, and TRE- Clarke in memory of her sister. The convent of Lan- VARRIAN, r! west, are hamlets. berm~, in this village, formerly the manor house, and Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B. & I. & A, the residence and property of the Arundell family in Office.-Miss M. L. Berryman, sub-postmistress. 1250, i-s a mansion dating in ;part from the 16th Letters through St. Oolumb S.O. arrive at 8.50 a.m.; century, and has 'since a:bout 1794 been the !home of dispatched at 3·45 p.m. & on sunday arrive at g.3o a community of Carmelite nuns, whQ took refuge. in a. m. ; dispatlched at 12 noon England at the time of the French Revolution; the Wall Letter Box, Trenoon Cross, cleared at 3.15 p.m. society now (1906) consists of a prioress and 17 nuns:· week days only the convent, dedicated to ·St. Joseph and St. Anne, Wall Letter Box, Tregurrian, cleared at 3 p.m. week has a painting , by Rub ens of "The Scourging of Our days only Blessed Lord at the Pillar": adjoining the house is a Public Elementary Sohool (mixed), erected in 1861 & little garden, used as a cemetery, in which three priests enlarged in 1876, for 150 children; average attendance, and several nuns have been buried : it contains an ancient rro ; Alfred Roach, master; Mi·ss Margaret Michell, cross of Pentewan stone, of the wth century, the shaft assistant mistress; Miss Harriet Hortop, infants' mist of which is covered with interlaced work; it was removed This school is controlled by the St. Austell & St: here from a field called "Chapel Close," in Gwinear: the Columb District Education Committee; G. P. Bunt• . Rev. John J. Corbishley is resident priest. The vale of St. Austell, clerk MAWGA..N-IN-l'YDAR. Boo~er Jdhn, gardener to E. ·w. B. Lobb Samuel, carpenter, Penpont W1llyams esq May Jrohn, auctioneer, valuer & frmr. Cleave Richd. Tregurri>an ho.Waterrgte Brewer C. & N. (Misses), apartments, Lanherne Barton Corbishley Rev. Jn. J. (Catholic chap- Glenview Merrifield Peter, fa-rmer, Denzell lain to the convent of Lanherne) Brewer JQhn, farmer, Lanvean Niles Bender, shoe maker,Windsor cot Davies Misses, Pen-y-Morfa Brewer Saml. farmer,Lower Lanberne Oshorne ,John, farmer, Bolingey German Miss, St. Joseph's Brewer William, farmer, Trevedras Parkyn John, farmer, Deer Parks Godfrey l\'lontagu, St. Anthony's Cayzer Michael, farmer, Porth farm Penna Richd. Jn. farmer, Whitewater- Grave·s Miss, Wurdwan Chapman Albert, farmer, Damon's Rodliffe William, farmer, Penrose Helllyar William Francis, Dalswinton tenements Rosevear Reuben, frmr. Park Eglos. Holman Mi.ss, St. Vincent's Charles William, mason, Penpont Salmon James, farmer, Gluvian James Mrs. Fernleigh Coast Guard Station (Albert Bignell, Stick James, farm bailiff to E. W. B. Jamieson Mrs. Windsor chief boatman), Maw1gan Po·rth Willyams esq. Carnanton office Ryves Mrs. Wurdwan Cobeldick Elizabeth (Miss), farmer. Tremain Wm. farmer, Trembleath Stokes Philip John, Water-gate Tolcarne Merock Wa'lters Samuel f·armer, Carlogga& Trusted Miss, St. John's Drew Robert, farmer, Trevenna Watergate Bay Hotel (Mrs Ennor. Vivian Mrs. Churoh town Dunstone ,John, farmer, Moorland manageress) W~yne Rev. Wm. Hy. Fos~ett,Re~t~ry Gilbert 'M. (Miss) ~ Davies E. C. Wlllyams Arthur Champwn Ph1lhps (Mrs.), Falcon inn TREGURRIAN. D.L., J.P. Tolcarne house Gilbert Philip farmer Willyams Edward Willia.m Brydges Hawken Joseph, farmer, Polgreen Andrew Glanville Brenton Henry Crispin,' farmer D.L., J.P. Carnanton Hawkey Fanny (Mrs.), shopkeeper ' He'llyar John, farmer, Trenoon Frardd Henry John, farmerr COMMERCIAL. Higman J ames, shoe maker Grigg Henry, farmer Ball !Mark, farmer, Little Lanherne Houghton Ann (Miss),grocer & draper Retallick James, farmer Beswetherick Anthony, blacksmith, James William, farmer, Trenance Penpont J ones Ma·ry (Mrs.) & Prhilip, farmer•s, TREYARRIAN. Bice M. H. (Mrs.), apartments, Velin•gey Eplett Thomas, farm-er Watergate Lampshire Abraham. Endean, farmer, Hawke William, blacksmith Birgnell Albert, chief boatman, Coast Trembleath 1Hi~man Ann (Miss), grocer Guard, Mawgan Porth Lawrey Jas. farmer, Carnanton mills Hobb -John, blracksmit'h & beer retailr • • lLobb Nicholas, carpenter, Penpont 'Kendall Rog&, farmer MAWN AN is a parish at the mouth of the Helford probably as early as the beginning of the 14th century: river, about 4! miles south-west from Falmouth, where it consists of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled is the nearest railway station, and 5 so11th from Penryn, western tower with pinnacles, forming a conspicuous in the Truro division of the county, eastern division · landmark, and containing 3 bells; the first two, dated 1 of the hundred of Kerrier, petty sessional divi r675, were recast in 1888; the tenor is dated 1754; sion of Kerrier East, Falmouth union and county the oak rood screen, a work of early date, is painted court district, rural deanery of Kerrier, archdeaconry of with figures: the ancient piscina has been replaced: Cornwall and diocese of Truro. The parish is skirted by 1 the east window is a memorial to the Rev. William Bream Bay, Port Zawsen and Helford River, and includes Rogers, late rector, who died in 18go, and was erected a bold headland called "Rosemullion Head." The church in 1895 by his widow: the west window is a memorial of SS. Mawnan and Stephen is an ancient building of to Sir Michael Nowell kt. sheriff of London, ob. 1802, stone, chiefly in the Perpendicular style, hut with some and Stephen Usticke esq. d. r823; four other windows features in the north aisle and elsewhere of a date are stained, and there is a memori_al shield of arms .