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- DIRECfORY.] CORNWALL. GRADE. 115 built by the Bodrugans, an ancient family who flourished Letters from St. Austell arrive at 9.15 a.m.; dis- in the reign of Edward II. but became extinct after the patched at 3·35 p.m. The nearest money order & battle of Bosworth Field, August 21, 1485, when the telegraph office is at Gorran. Postal orders are issued greater part· of the property was given to the Edg- here, but not paid cumbes; the pier was rebuilt in 1888 by J. C. Williams Coast Guard, Gorran Haven, 0. Mahoney, chief officer esq. of Caerhayes Castle, at a cost of several thousand A School Board of 5 members was formed .July 6, 1876, pounds. Bodrugan (the house on the down) is now a with St. Michael Carhayes contributory with 2 mem- farm house, and Gorran Haven is known only as a small bers; Roberl; Henry Lanyon, clerk to the board; fishing place. Opposite the haven is the " Gwineas " "\Villiam Henry Michell, attendance officer rock. Board School, built in 188o, at a cost of [,1,600, for 190 Sexton, William Tregilgas. children ; average attendance, 38 boys, 36 girls & 36 Post, T. & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. infants; Joseph Treneer, master; Miss Jane D. Pearce, -Miss Olive Oliver, sub-postmistress. Letters from St. mistress Austell arrive at 8.15 a.m. ;dispatched at 4·5 & 9.15 p.m Carriers.-Bone, to St. Austell, mon. wed. & sat.; Oliver, Post Office, Gorran Haven. J. Pomeroy, sub-postmaster. fri. ; KittQ, fri. to St. Austell Dickerson Stephen Henry, Trevennen Kerkin John, farmer, Trevarrick Perry John, farmer, Penare Jenkin$ Col. Fras. Howell, Trevennen Kitto Jacob, farmer, Cooks Pill Margaret (Mrs.), mille.r (water) & MacReight Albert Francis Henry, Kitto William, saddler farmer, Galowras Treninick Knight Wm. frmr.Streets & Treninick Pill Richard, boat builder, Gorranhavn Sowell Rev. Chas. Richd.B.A.Vicarage Lanyon Robert, farmer, Treveague Pomery Mary Hannah (Mrs.), shop- L:myon Robert Henry, farmer & clerk keeper, Gorran haven COMMERCIAL. to school board, Trewolla Richards Ada Maud & Mary (Misses), Barron WilEam, farmer, Galowras Lawry John Canning, frmr. Tregarton Barley Sheaf P.H Bassett Thomas, farmer, Trevarrick Lawry vVilliam, farmer, Treveor Richards Agnes (Miss), shopkeeper, Carveth Jas.Melhuish, frmr. Lancallen Liddicoat Simon, sen.frmr.Hemmick Menagwins Chenoweth Francis, furmer, Methrose Martin Jane (Mrs.) & Son, wheel- Richards Wm. Williams, blacksmith Chesterfield John, shoe ma.High lanes wrights, High lanes Rickard William, farmer, Rescassa Chesterfield Stephen, frmr.Boswinger Michell & Son, farmers, Boswinger Robins Nicholas, farmer, Polsue Coast Guard (Cornelius Mahoney,chief Michell Joseph, farmer, Tregondean Row.re Louisa (Mrs),frrnr.Penvorgate officer), Gorran haven Michell William H~nry, jun. farmer & Shear Gabriel, shopkpr. Gorran haven Dingle Joseph, shoo maker assis.tant QVerseer, Penare Slllith William, carpenter &c Fishel" John, blacksmith, Resc.as,sa Mlingo John, farmer, Rescassa Spears Wm. farmer, Mount Pleasant Fi!ilier Ma.rgaret (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Moffatt Thomas, farmer, Trevennen West William, farmer, T["evascus. Gorran haven Nicho!l.s William, farmer, Trevarrick Whetter Francis & Jacob, farmers, Francis Edwin, farmer, Penare Nott MaryJane(Mrs.),frmr.Trevall'Tick Benhurden Harvey Wm. shopkpr. Gorran haven Oliver & Co. grocers & drapers, Whetter Albert Edwd. frmr.Treslispin.. Hennah John, £arrner, Gorron haven Post office Whetter John, farmer, Lambledra Hill .Tames, butcher Oliver Edward, crpntr. Gorran haven Whetter Peter, f.armer, Boswinger Jory William, blacksmith, Treveor Oliver Richard, farmer, Rice Whetter Richard, farmer, Trevarrick Kendall William, farmer, Bodrugan Parnall Augustus Sml. frmr. Trewalla Whetter William, farmer, Trevesson Kendall William, jun. farmer, Cotna Pearce Jane (Mrs.) & Sons, fa.Imers, Wills Alfred, grocer Kerkin Ch'arles, farmer, Tregavarras Tregarrick GRADE is a parish on the coast, 2 miles north-east Holy Cross, situated on the side of the valley at Cadg from the Lizard, xo south-south-east from Helston ter- with, is a small building of wood, erected by Charles H. minal station of a branch Qf the Great Western railway, Thursby esq. in 1895: divine service is held regularly. and r8 south-west from Falmouth, in the Truro division St. Ruan's well, about a. quarter of a mile east of the of the county, hundred of Kerrier, petty sessional division church, is covered by a structure of granite, which has of Kerrier West, Helston union and county court district, been restored; the water is beautifully clear, and in rural deanery of Kerrier, archdeaconry of Cornwall and summer remarkably cool. Viscount Falmouth, who is diocese of Truro. The church of St. Grade and the Holy lord of the manor, Lord Robartes and Joshua Sydney Cross, rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1862, is Davey esq. J.P. of Bochym, are the chief landowners. an edifice of stone in the Early Decorated style, and con- The soil is partly clay and partly loam, QVerlaying clay, sists of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled greenstone, serpentine and horn-blende. The chief crops westeTn tower, with pinnacles, containing 3 bells, of are wheat, oats and barley. The area is x,981 acres; which the first two are dated 1832 and 1618; the tenor rateable value, £1,486; the population in 1891 was 293. has an inscription in Old English characters : the chancel has a. piscina, sedile and credence table, and there a.re CADGWITH is a romantic fishing village, half a mile four stained windows, including the east window, given north-east, partly in this parish and partly in that of by the lat~ rector, and several memorials to the Erisey Ruan Minor. A life boat is stationed here: a little to the family, formerly in the south aisle; one, reset and placed south of the villag-e is an extraordinary natural excava at the east end of the nave in x862, being a large slab of tion, called' the" Frying Pan," which has a mean depth of Delabole stone, with brasses to .Tames Erisey, ob. 17th 200 feet and an area of 2 acres, and is reached by the sea October, 1522, and Margaret (Durant) his wife; this at flood-tide. memorial includes effigies of both, the former being in There is a. coast guard station at Cadgwith Cove, con plate armour over a hauberk; below are figures of 10 nected by telegraph and telephone with the Lizard, and. children and an inscription, and at the angles of the slab by telephone with Coverack: at Landkeddon, 3 miles four shields of arms of a chevron between three eastward, is a branch station; John Doolan, chief boat~ escutcheons, each charged with a griffin segreant : the man in charge, and 7 men. other monuments have been placed in the tower : in the Deputy Sexton, John J ohns, Cadgwith. churchyard is a tomb with a.rms to Hugh Mason, gent. Post & T. 0. Cadgwith.-John Carter, sub-postmaster. d. 1671: there are 140 sittings. The register dates from Letters received 10.50 a.m.; dispatched 2.10 p.m. the year 1707. The living is a rectory, with' that of Ruan Letters through Ruan Minor R.S.O. Ruan Minor is ~Iinor annexed, joint net yearly value £257, including 12 the nearest money order office acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of trustees, and Wall Letter Box, Kuggar, cleared at 11.30 a.m held since 1888 by the Rev. John Jervis Mallock M.A., The children of this parish attend the school at Ruan Exeter College, Oxford. The Catholic chapel of the Minor. Da.vey Joshua Sydney J.P.The Bunga- Exelby John, farmer, Bruggan ~Iitchell Ma.ry Jane(Ml's.),shopkeeper, low, Kennack cove George James, farmer, Led!ra Cadgwith Smith Miss, St. Rumons Hocking Richard Thomas, farmer, Pengilley Alexander, farmer, Trerise Thursby Charles Hawthorn, The Hill farm Pollard Henry, farmer & 'bus pro- Bungalow, Cadgwith Hoskin William, farmer, Hervas prietor, Kuggar Ivey .Tames, farmer, Goonvean Pollard Thomas, farmer, Kug~ar COMMERCIAL. Jane Anthony, fisherman, Cadgwith Richards Edwin, hmr. Gwendreath Bosustow Richd. farmer, Mt. Hermon J ane Thoiillas, cox.swain of life boat, Richards Henry, farmer, Kuggar Boulden .Tames, farmer, Kuggar Cadgwith Richards Williarn, farmer,Gwendreath Boulden Thomas, farmer, Chyheira. Jenkin Alfred Henry Randle Stephens, Rogers Peter, farmer, Poltesco Bray Wm. Edwd. farmer, Whitehouse insurance agent, Kuggar Rowe William, fanner, Arnvoaze Cock Thomas, farmer, Kuggar Knowles Hanry, farmer, Corgerick Stephens William, apartments, Ken- Doolan John, chief boatman in charge Knowles John, farmer, Gwavas nack cottage, Kuggar coast guard station, Cadgwith ~Idly:::~. Ch3.s. (Mrs. ),frmr. Gwealgooth Thomas Peter, farmer, Praze CORNWALL. 8* .