1156 ST. STEPHEN'S-BY-LAuNCESTON. . [KELLY'S

Horswell James, 2 Ridgegrove Burt George,White Horse P.H.& saddler Langdon Wm. jun. farmer, New mills Langdon ReV. Charles Baskerville & ironmonger Lavis David, farmer [Catholic], Kensey Butcher &; Son, ale mers. Railway statn Lock Thos. Smiths' Arms P.H. Langore Nicolls Edmund Pearse, Elfordleigh Butteris John, wheelwright, Langore Maddaver William, farmer, Duke street Pearse Edward William, Newport house ChudleighEmmanuel,frmr.Park lanson Martin Margaret (Miss), ladies' school, Pethick Parmenas, 3 Ridgegrove Congdon Charles, builder see Burt & Martin Powell John, Hope cottage Crocker John, farmer, Mitchell Joseph, farmer Reed Richard (head master of Endowed Daw WiUiam, farmer, Higher Truscott Mitchell Richd. farmer, Goodmansleigh school), Newport Dew John, carpenter, Duke terrace Nicolls E. P. & Co. wholesale grocers Reed Thomas Charles, I Ridgegrove Edgcombe John, farmer, Overwood Parsons Chas. farmer, Goodmansleigh Short Henry, Newport villa Facy John Martin,farmer, Yeolmbridge Perkin George Thomas, relieving officer Strong John Mortimer Frayn John, blacksmith & school at- No. I dist.Launceston union,Langore Treleaven James, jun. I Ridgegrove tendance officer Perkins Samuel,farmer,Lower Tru;,cott Treleaven Mrs. Fern cottage Gerry John &; Thos. offal dlrs. Hillside Pitts, Son &. King, corn & manure Trood Thomas Pomeroy, Newport ho Gerry Thomas, farmer, Hillside merchants, Railway station WhiteGeo.Graham,jun.St.Stephen's ho Gilbard Charles, farmer, Hender green RundleAmosGrymes,farmer &butcher, Wonnacott John, St. Stephen's hill Grant In. monumental mason,Newport Collay Ham, Friend &; Luxton, coal, corn &; Sambells Cyrus, farmer, Newchurch COMMERCIAL. manure merchants, Railway station Searle John, farmer, Hendergreen Allen John, miller (water), New mill Ham Thos. wood dlr. &; farmr. The Hill Short Henry & Co. auctioneers Badcock, .Moore & Stron15, land agents Hender J. &; H. &; Co. manure merchts Shute William, farmer, &; surveyors; & High st. Launceston Irish; Symons &. Co. manure merchants Strong John Mortimer, land agent &; Beuoy Emma (Mrs.), farmer (W. M. Dawe, agent), Railway station surveyor,see Badcock,Moore &; Strong Benoy Francis,shopkeeper,Yeolmbridge Jackett Robert, farmer, Athill Sutton Mary (Mrs.), shopkpr. Langore Benoy John, farmer Jeffrey William, farmer, Truscott Symons Samuel, farmer, Ridgegrove Box Thomas, butcher Jenkin Thomas, farmer, New house Tippett John, farmer, Cargentle Bray John, farmer, Higher Truscott Jollow Thomas, grocer, Newport square Trood T. P. & Co. coal, brick, lime & Brighton Truman, auctioneer &c. Roy- Jonas John, farmer, Truscott manure merchants, Railway station; don road Jones William & John, millers (water), & St. Thomas, Launceston Budge Henry, farmer, Truscott Ridgegrove Venning John, farmer, Dutson BurfordWilliam,Northumberland Arms Langdon Charles, farmer, New mills WaIter Elizh. (Mrs.), shopkpr. Duke st P.R. & farmer, Duke street Langdon James, farmer, Langore Willcocks William, farmer, Underwood Burt & Martin, ladies' school, Newport I Langdon Wm. farmer, Higher Truscott Wright Robert, boot & shoe maker ST. STEPHEN'S-BY- is a village and on the Barrack Square, and was built by the late Benj. parish situated at the confluence of the with Tucker in 1807 ; it is now in the occupation of John Edwards the Tamar, and separated by the latter river from the esq. Ince Castle, situated On a penlllsula in the estuary of Devonshire parishes of Tamerton and St. Budeaux, I mile the Lynher and formerly the seat of the Killigrew family, is south-west from Saltash station on the Cornwall (Great a rectangular strncture of brick, erected inthe 16th centnry, Western) railway, in the South Eastern division of the with a tower at each angle; in 1646 it was garrisoned for county, south division of the hundred of East, petty sessional the Kiug, but ultimately surrendered to the Pa.liament. division of East South, St. German's union, East Stonehouse Shillingham Manor gave its name to an old family from county court district, rural deanery of East, archdeaconry thence called de Shillingham, from whom it passed to Lord of and diocese of . The parish comprises the BODville and Sir John Horsey kt. whose heiress, Elizabeth, villages of , CARREEL, ELMGATE, FORDER, LONG­ married Alexander Buller esq. of Tregarrick, ancestor of the LANDS, NOTTER, , , TREVOLLAND and present Lord Cburston; from the Bullers, Shillingham WEARDE. The church of St. Stephen is a fine old building passed to the Porter family and now belongs to Major of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, Thomas Cole Porter of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Cara­ nave of five bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled wes­ biniers). The principal landowners are Lord Ashburton tern tower with pinnacles, containing 6 bells, all cast in 1760 : D.L., J.P. Major Thomas Cole Porter, John Edwards esq. of the font is Norman: there are a number of memorials of the Trematon Hall, William Nicholas Connock Marshall esq. J P. 17th century and many of modern date; one to WiIliam of Treworgey, , Col. Reginald Pole-Carew Hitchins and Frances (Denham), his wife, has effigies of both C.B. of Antony, and Michael William de Courcy esq. D.L., and of IQ children; near it is a monument to George Wad­ J.P. of Stoketon. The soil is loamy; subsoil, clay. The ham esq. 1606, and his wife, also with effigies; there are a chief crops are wheat, oats, beans and turnips and a large number of tablets to the family of Porter, including one to amount of market gardening. The area of the parish (which Capt. William Porter, of the 40th regiment, who served at includes Saltash) is 5,201 acres of land, 419 of water and the capture of Monte Video Feb. 3, 18°7, the attack on 793 of foreshore; rateable value, £10,844; the population Buenos Ayres, Oct. 1807, and in the Peninsular War (1808­ in 1881 was 1,421. 14), and two slabs remain with matrices of brasses, one of Letters through Saltash, which is the nearest money order these still retains a shield with a merchant's mark, and one & telegraph office arrive at 5 a.m of four medallions with the figure of an eagle, symbolisin~ St. John: in the chancel are three curiously illustrated PILLAR BOXES, St. Stephen's, cleared at 7 a.m. 12.30 & 6 volumes of Fox's Book of Martyrs : the church was restored p.m. weE'k days only; Trematon, cleared at 12.15 p.m. in 1872, under the direction of Ewan Christian esq. and has week days only; Burraton, cleared at I & 6.35 p.m. week 550 sittings. The register dates from the year 1545. The days only living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £29, net yearly value SCHOOLS:- £291, including 8 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, and held since 1882 by A School Board of smembers was formed August 23,1871; the Rev. WilIiam Fraser l\r.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. W. N. Rawling, clerk to the board The great tithes of St. Stephen's-by-Saltash belong to tne Board, built in 18H-5, for 160 children; average attend­ Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Near the Vicarage grounds ance, 100; J. H. Hirst, master; Mrs. Tryphena Barra­ is an ancient cross, displaying a carving of the" Crucifixion." bell, mistress There are valuable charities belonging to this parish and The Church sunday school for boys & girls has an endow­ also other charities amounting to £ 100, includingStanning's ment of £15 yearly of £15, Mary Burral's and Mabbot's of £70. The ruins of , situated on the top of an artificial wooded Burraton is a village about I mile north-west of Salt­ hill, on the banks of the Lynher, overlooking the ash, and was anciently a Roman settlement. There are and Harbour, comprise the keep, the base court chapels for Plymouth Brethren and Wesleyan Methodists. and the gatehouse: the keep placed at the north-west angle The principal landowners are William Smith and John of the court, is an oval of 70 by 30 feet, dating from the 13th Rogers esqrs. century, and has walls IQ feet thick and 30 high: the ate­ house is almost perfect and has three arches, with a guard­ is a village, 2 miles north-west of Saltash, on room abOve: the fortress is believed to have been originally the road from Saltash to , conta.ining a few farms. built at the period of the Conquest, and was subsequently ELl\IGATE is a village, 3 miles west-by-south; FORDER is a held by the Earls of Cornwall: during the insurrection in village, Ii miles west; and LONG LANDS is a village, :;J miles 1549 against the introduction of the Protestant Jiturgy, the west from Saltash. rebels captured the governor and plundered the buildings: in the castle grounds is a square block of the Breakwater Notter is a village, si miles north-west of Saltash, situ­ limestone, carved with a medallion portrait of John Jervis, ated on the river Lynher, which is navigable to Natter Earl St. Vincent, and the date of his death, r6th March, Bridge, where there is a substantial bridge of three arches. 1824. The modern residence called TrematoD Hall, stands Col. Reginald Pole-Carew C.B. is the principal landowner.