[CORNWALL.] POUNDSTOCK. 848 [POST OFFICE Carnsew Rev

[CORNWALL.] POUNDSTOCK. 848 [POST OFFICE Carnsew Rev. Thomas Stone, B.A. Bowey William, farmer, Maidenwood Pearce Thomas, farmer, Bush [vicarl, Flexbury Bridgman William, farmer, Northcott Penwarden David, butcher Delmar .lames Frederick, Trelana Brock Joseph, fanner, Bush Rowland William, Union inn English Joseph Thomas, J".P. Stam- Cornish Samuel, tailor & shopkeeper Shepherd William, farmer, M air ford hill Francis Henry, farmer, lvyleaf Skitch Robert, shoe maker Gurney Sir Goldsworthy ,knt.J. P.RPeds Gubhins James, fanner, Mair Southwood John, ma<;on Hockin Edward, Vicarage Ivy Thomas, farmer, W ooda Uglow Nichls. f.'lrmer, Mount Pleasant Hockin John, Broomhill J ennin~s Richard, shoe maker Vinner James, farmer, Crockwood Ilockin Mrs Jewell William, farmer, Burshill Wackley Samuel, blacksmith Hopkins John, Trevalgus Knight Samuel, miller Wackley William, carpenter Tuke J oseph S Metherell Thomas, farmer, Northcoit ·warren John, farmer, Wells Barrable Daniel, butcher, Peaze Oke Matilda (Miss), farmer, Budges Yeo Benjamin, farmer, Tuscott POUNDSTOCK is a parish, in the Eastern division of ofBalliol College, Oxford. The manorial rights are divided, the county, hundred of Lesnewth, union of Stratton, Hols The principal landowners are G. L. Basset, esq., and the worthy county court district, rural deanery of Trigg Major, Rev. Lord John Thynne. The soil is chiefly clay; subsoil, Cornwall archdeaconry, and diocese of Exeter, 12 miles the same. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oat<~ north-west from Launceston, and 5 south from Stratton, on and roots. The area is 4,814 acres (including 190 of water); the shore of Bude bay. The church of St. N eot is an gross estimated rental, £2,851 ; rateable value, £2,504; ancient building, consisting of nave, north aisle, and tran and the population in 1871 was 515. BANGORS, CoPPEL sept, and square tower containing 5 bells. The register THORNE, PENLEAN and TRESINNIA CROSS are hamlets. dates from the year 1613. The living is a vicarage, yearly --Letters through Stratton, which is the nearest money value £202, with 25 acres of glebe, in the gift of J. Dayman, order office. • esq ., and held by the Rev. Phillips Donithorne Dayman, M.A., Dayman Rev. Philli ps Donithorne, M .A Goman William, farmer Pearce Samuel, miller, Millook COMMElWIAL. Greenaway Thos. farmer, Trebarfoot l'earce Thomas, farmer, Blackdown Alien William, carpenter, Swell corner Ham Richard, farmer Pearce Thomas, farmer, Crethorne Bassett Thomas, farmer, Widemouth Ham Samuel, Turk's Head, Tresin Row land Thos. shopkpr. Coppelthorne Batten Thomas, blacksmith, Coppel- nick cross Sandercocll John, farmer, Trevolter thorne cross Henwood Samuel, blacksmith, Tresin Sandercock Thomas, farmer, Penlean BrayJohn,shopkeeper&tailor, Tresinnck nick cross Smee Edward, farmer, :M:illook Brown John, shoe maker Marks William, farmer Sutton John, farmer Congdon J ames, farruer, Penfound .Marshall William, carpenter, Tresin· Webb William, farmer, Penholt Dennis George, farmer, W oolstone nick cross Wilcock Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Bangors Dennis Richard, farmer, Widemouth Parminter J olm, farmer Wilcox l\Iary (Mrs.), shopkpr. Bang-on PROBUS, with a portion of the bamletofTRESULIAN, with residence and 3() acres of glebe land, in the gift of the is a large parish and compact village, situate on the high Bishop of Exeter, and held by the Rev. Richard William road from Truro to St. Austell, 2~ miles south-west from llarnes, M.A., of Queen's College, Oxford, prebendary of the Grampound Road railway station, 5~ north-east from Exeter. Here is a college for boys, established in 185j by Truro, and 8 south-west from St. Austell, in the Western the Rev. D. Trinder, for the purpose of giving a liberal division of the county, west division of the hundred of education to the middle classes of Cornwall; the building Powder, Truro union and county court district, rural was designed and erected under the supervision of G. E. deanery of Powder, archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Street, esq., R.A., and bas accommodation for 80 boarders; Exeter. Tresillian bridge, across the river Tresillian, which the principal is now the Rev. R. Black more, M.A. There is a is a small stream, connects the parishes of Merther and National school for boys and girls, erected in the year 1852, on Probus. Merther and Cornelly were originally annexed to a site adjoining the churchyard, given by C. H. T. Hawkins, this parish. The town of Grampound is partly in Probus esq.; it has recently been enlarged to meet the requirements and partly in Creed; the latter is connected with Probus of the Elementary Education Act. John Williams, esq., by a bridge across the river Fal. This parish is generally formerly of this parish, left £10 a year to a school to be con considered to be very healthy, standing on an elevation ducted by an M.A. to teach the poor children of the parish 305 feet above the level of the sea. The church of 88. grammar; this money now goes towards the support of the Probus and Grace, restored by the parishioners in 1550, National school. William Williams, esq., also late of this is wholly built of granite in the .Perpendicular style, parish, gave a piece of ground on which to erect a master's and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, 11orth and south house. There is a chapel for W esleyans in the village, and one porches, with a remarkably handsome square tower, con at Trt!sillian, in this parish. Richard Tredenham, esq., left taining a fine peal of 6 bells and clock; the tower stands lands of the annual value of £20, for the repairs of the 125 feet high; the angles are supported by double buttresses, church, and for the poor of this parish. Trewithan, the which are embellished by embrasures, and forty pinnacles handsome seat of C. H. T. Hawkins, esq., is about l mile in eight clusters; the plinth, cornices, and upper story to the east of Probus church, and the house and grounds are ornameated with small figures, foliage, fleur-de-lis, present a very fine appearance when viewed from the animals, and other carvings : there are three Gothic niches road leading to Golden : the mansion was commenced by on the north and south sides, which were intended for Thomas Hawkins, esq., who died in 1766, before the building-s the reception of images of saints; in the interior are were completed. From the windows of the saloon is a two ancient brasses in the Golden aisle, and on the floor delightful prospect overlooking the lawn, and also a rich is laid a stone tablet in memory of the Rev. William landscape in the distance. Trehane, the seat of Captain Cornish, who died in 1789; also of Mrs. Jane Cornish, his wife, William Stackhouse C. Pinwill, is 3 miles west from Probus first cousin and heiress of John Kelly, esq., of Exeter and church: it was erected by the Williamses, formerh' Washboorne, in the county of Devon, who died in December, residents here, and does not appear to have undergone 1773, aged 29: on the rood screen, which divides the chancel much change: its situation is retired and surrounded by from the nave, is an inscription as follows:-" Jesus, hear fertile lands. Christopher Henry Thomas Hawkins, esq., us, thy people, and send us grace and good for ever," who is lord of the manor, the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, ( alludiQg to the dedication to " Grace" and "Probus"). The Viscount Falmouth, Lord Hobartes and Captain Pinwell, church was partly rebuilt and thoroughly restored in the are the chief landowners. The soil is of a loamy nature; year 1851, by G. E. Street, esq., R.A.,architect, at a cost of subsoil, shale. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, upwards of £1,500, raised by voluntary subscription, and a turnips anti mangold. The area is 8,113 arres; gross esti church rate. There are several stained glass windows, the mated rental, £10,045; rateable value, £8,943; and tlw principal being one in the north to the memory of the Rev. population in 1871 was 1,29(), exclusive of Grampound to\\n, Wm. Stackhouse, M.A., formerly of Trehane, erected IJy his which will be found under a separate heading. daughters; and the west window. with the inscription : The hamlet ofTRESILLIAN, partly in this and partly in "The clergy of the neighbourhood to the memory of their Merther and St. Erme parishes, is 2 miles west-south-we~t departed brother, Robert Lampen, vicar of this parish. from Probus village, and contains several houses ; an ex Anno Domini, 1851." The two windows display the Four tensive coal, timber and manure trade is carried on here . .Evangelists in rich colours. The east window was erected GOLDEN, formerly called Wolvedon, from its ancient by the present rector in memory of his parents; the owners, is situated in the parish of Probus, 2 miles south-east tracery is of Polyphant stone, and the stained glass from the church, near the Fal, and was formerly the seat ol represents the Ascension. The register dates from the the Tregians, who have been particularly noticed in the year 164.J. The living is a vi<'arage, yearly value £55'2, heraldry for their misfortunes, brought on, it appears, by .

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