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DlRECTORY.] CORNWALL. BROADOAK. 829 Box John, farmer, White cross Meager George Morrish, farmer, Tred-, Burlawn. Buscomb John, farmer, Roskear ruston I Carveth Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper Caddey Joseph, farmer, Edmonton Menhennitt Henry, miller (water), Harris William, shoe m1ker Carveth Jsph.Farmers' inn, & carpenter Polmorla Hockin George, farmer, Pengelley Cleave Thomas, farmer, Trevannion Nickell Hart, farmer, Penhale Hockin William, land steward Curtis George, farmer, Haycrock Northcote William, farmer, TrewincHes Kestle 1Villiam Henry, farmer Harry Richard, boot & shoe maker Parnell William, farmer, Nanscow May John, farmer Hart Nicholl, jun. farmer, Glebe Payntor James, farmer, Penhale Reynolds William, blacks::nith Hellyar Thomas, farmer, Treg-unnar Rounswell William, carpenter West S.lmuel, farmer Hicks Nicholas, blacksmith,White cross Thomas John, miller, Hustyn Key John, farmer & landowner, Perless Tresethen David, farmer, Tregunna Trevanson Key Hart, farmer, Penquain WestJames, farmer, Hay Blake Henry, farmer Key Samuel, f:lrmer, Carhart West Samuel, farmer, Treverder Hawken John, farmer Key Thomas, farmer, Bodellock Wilcox William, farmer, Trelile Key Sylvester, farmer & landowner, Key Thomas Henry, farmer, Pewton Williams John, farmer, Dunveth Trevanson house Martin John, farmer, Treneiage Wills Samuel, miller, Pawten Oatey & Martin, farmers ST. BREWARD, or Sr~IONWARD, is a village and large; well; the structure is dilapidated, but the arched entrance parish, situated between the rivers Jump, Camel and De remains, and there are remains near of some ecclesiastical Lank, 7 miles north from Bodmin, 5 south from Camelford, buildings. Sir William Wallace Rhoderic Onslow hart. J.P., and IO north-by-west from the Bodmin Road station, on D.L. is lord of the manor. The principal lan l,lwners are the Cornwall railway, in the Eastern division of the county, Lord Robartes, Captain John Morshead, Captain Cyril Dud hundred of Trigg, Camelford union and county court dis- ley Fortescue and William Henry Pole-Carew esq. J.P., D.L. trict, rural deanery of Trigg Minor,archdeaconry of Bodmin, The soil is various; subsoil, granite. The chief crops are and diocese of Truro. The church of St. Breward, founded wheat and barley. The area is 9,237 acres; rateable value, by William Brewer, bishop of Exeter (I224-45), is a building £2,974; and the population in r88r was 728. of stone, in the Early English style and consists of chancel, KEYBRIDGE, 2~ miles south, situate on the river De Lank; nave, south aisle, north transept, south porch and a tower HIGHER LANK, ri south; LowER LANK, 2 south; PENPONT, containing 4 bells: there are sittings for 300 persons: it 2t south; PENQUITE, I south and SwALLOCK, I north-east, was thoroughly restored in I865 by subscription. The are hamlets. register dates from about the year 1513. The living is a vicar- Parish Clerk, William Edward Parsons. age, yearly value from tithe rent-charge, £290, net income PosT 0FFICE.-Zachariah Spare, Rowe, receiver. Letters £288 with residence and 71 acres of glebe, in the gift of the are recei\·ed through Bodmin; arrive at I0.30 a.m. ; dis Dean and Chapter of Exeter and held since I882 by the Rev. patched at 2.5 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph James Arthur Kempe M.A. of Christ's Colle~e, Cambridge. office is at Camelford The Wesleyans and Bible Christians have each a chapel here. The highest mountains in the county, Brown Willy (1,368 INSURANCE AGENT.-Lancashire, Z. Spare feet) and Rough Tor (pronounced" Rowtor ") (t,296 feet), National School (mixed), built in I852, for 130 children; are in this parish. In a sequestered valley is an ancient average attendance, 76; Nicholas Cole, m'l.ster Billing Miss, Penpont j Elford Robert, farmer, Chaple Miller William, farm~r, L1wer Lanka Collins William Henry, Lanke house Ford John, farmer, Swallock Pearce John, farmer, Candra Kempe Rev. JamesArthur M.A.Vicarag-e French Thomas, farmer, Keybridge Pethick Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Ranter- Parsons William Edwd. Harley cottage George Edward, carpenter, Keybridge gantick Tom Nicholas, Higher Lanke Harris William, farmer, Bradford Pethick Thomas, farmer, Hametathy Co:\IMERCIAL. Hawken Benjamin, farmr.Lower Lanke Pett Edward John,carpenter,Keybridge Bastard John, farmer, Penrose Hawken Francis, farmer, Penpont Philp John, farmer, Ivy Best Richard, farmer. Higher Lanke Hawken Joseph, carpenter Philp Samuel, farmer, Hantergantick Billing Susannah (Miss), beer retailer, Hawken Mark, farmer, Penpont Roberts Michael, farmer, Church town Church town Hawken Richard, farmer, Stanon Runnalls Thomas, farmer, Fendavey Broad Edward, Old inn, Church town Hawken William, carpenter,Limb head Shearer, Hugh & Co. quarries owners, Broad Thomas, farmer, Palmar's street Hosken Hercules, farmer E:ldystone quarries Chapman Edward,blac:ksmith& farm~r, Hosken Nehemiah William,stone mason 5lpare Ezekiah, miller (water) & shop- Limb head & assistant oversee!', Lower Penquite keeper, Rowe Colwill Sarah (Mrs.), Wanford inn Hosken Thomas, farmer, Irish Spare Zachariah, sub-postmaster, Rowe Dennis J. farmer, Henon; & at St.Tudy Hosken Zachariah, mason, Rowe Wickett George, farmer, Lamp hill Ede Joseph, farmer & miller (water), Keat Charles, shopkeeper, Penpoint Wickett John, farmer, Heneward Comb Miller Francis A. farmer, Keybridge BROAD OAK is a parish, 3 miles west from Doublebois Aldham 1\I.A. of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and rural dean of station, on the Cornwall railway, and 7 west from West. There is a Wesleyan chapel at West Taphouse, built Liskeard, in the Eastern division of the county, in the about I828. On Braddock Downs are several ancientbarrows, hundred of West, Liske1rd union and county court dis- 1 in which rude arms have been found. In 1643, the forces of trict, rural deanery of West, archdeaconry of Bodmin, and Charles I. under Sir Beville Grenville, obtained an important diocese of Truro. The church of St. Mary is an ancient j advantage here over a much larger Parliamentary force, building of stone and granite, in the Perpendicular style, commanded by Ruthven, governor of Plymouth ; on S.ttur consisting -of double aisles with chancel, transept and a day, August 31st, 1644, Lord Essex, closely pursued by the tower of two stages with pinnacles and containing 5 bells, king, abandoned his army, which afterwards forced a passage all recast in I845 by Mears, from a previous peal of 4, with through the royal troops and escaped to Plymouth. Captain additional metal: the base of the rood-screen remains, but Fortescue is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The the upper part is now in Boconnoc church: the reading desk, parish is said to be remarkably healthy and its climate formed of bench ends, bears the arms of the Ringwood peculiarly fa,·ourable to sufferers from ague. The soil is family and the date 1634: the pulpit is cinque-cento: in the rather light; the subsoil is spar and clay. The crops are windows are the arms of Pitt, Fortescue and Ryder: the wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area is 3,367 acres; font, of Pentewan stone, is Early English: in the church- rateable value, £2,748; the population in I88r was 290. yard is an originallych gate: the church was sometime since WEST TAPHOUSE is a hamlet ri miles north-west from fully restored: there are sittings for 300 persons. The the church. register of baptisms dates from the year I 57 I ; burials, I555; Parish Clerk Thomas Philp. marriages, r619. The living is a rectory, with that of ' Boconnoc annexed, yearly value (of Braddock) £ 2o8, with Letters through Lostwithiel, which is the nearest money residence and 84 acres of glebe, in the gift of Captain order office ; telegraph office at Moorswater station Fortescue and held since I874 by the Rev. Vernon Harcourt National School (boys & girls), Miss Duckham, mistress Aldham Rev. Vernon Harcourt 1\LA. Bunt William, farmer, Penadlake Oliver William, farmer, Largingate [rural dean J, Rectory Chapman Henry, farmer, Bellasize Pearce Rd. farmr. Treganver&Penwa.tr Edwards Daniel, farmer, Wheaton Pendray Thomas, farmer, Bagston COMMERCIAL. Feby Wm. miller, Crickapit Water mill Philp Thomas, farmer, Pendargy Rlewett George, blacksmith Hosking Richard, farmer, Babbington Pyne J oseph, West Taphouse inn Blewett Jos. farmer, Middle Taphouse Ivey Henry, farmer, Penventon Scantlebury Jabez, farmer, Cripston · • .