DIRECTORY. J CORNWALL. BODMIN. 821 Grigg Isaac, farmer, Pendrift ; Lean John Theodore, farmer, Carwen Runnalls William, farmer, Trencreek Harris Rchd.Arundel, farmer, Tregenna ·Masters John, farmer, Tregenna Rush Christopher, farmer, Meatherin Harris Richard Arundell, jun. farmer, 1 Pearce Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Penrose Sandercock George, farmer, Lease Meatherin I Rich Thos. Olver, farmer & sh~pkeeper Sanders Nicholas,farmer,Great Pennant Hawken Richard, farmer, Durfold I Riddle George, London inn,Pou11dscross Tom Cornelius, farmer, Pendreft Hawkins Richd. farmer,HigherPengelly Roosa Albert, farmer, Stokeley TrethewyThomas,farmer,Trehwedreath Hicks William George, farmer, Tomrose Roosa Richard, farmer, Penstrode Whale & Son,carpenters &wheelwrights, Hooper Wm. blacksmith,Merry meeting I Rowe John, captain of Central Cornwall Waterloo Hoskin Sml. miller (water),Trevint mill China Clay works Williams John, Blisland inn, Church Keat Thos. miller(water),Levethan mill Rowe William, farmer, Carbeglett Town Kingdon John, farmer, Merrymeeting Runnalls Hercules, farmer, Treswiggar Williams William, farmer, Moss Lean George, farmer, Bradford BOCONNOC is a parish, in the Eastern division of the 7 feet high, removed from Lanlivery, was placed on a double county, hundred of ·west, umon and county court district hexagonal pedestal in 184o, by G. M. Fortescue esq. and of Liskeard, rural deanery of West, archdeaconry of Bodmin, inscribed to the Right Hon. William Wyndham, Lord Gren­ and diocese of Truro, 3 miles north-east from Lostwithiel ville. Boconnoc House, formerly the property of the Pitt station on the Cornwall (Great Western) railway and 7 family, and now the seat of Capt. Cyril Dudley Fortescue, is north from Fowey station on the Cornwall Minerals and situated about 3 miles north-east of Lostwithiel, in a richly­ Great Western railway. A small stream, a tribute of the wooded park of about 300 acres, well stocked with deer. river Fowey, runs through this parish to Lerryn. The The mansion, plainly but substantially built of stone, stands church (dedication unknown), an ancient building of stone, on rising ground surrounded by well-grown trees and shrubs, in the Perpendicular style, consists of chancel, nave, south and commands very fine views of the park; additions to the aisle of nearly equal length, separated from the nave by an present house are now ( I8831 being carried out; in the south arcade of six arches, supported on granite pillars, south porch front, I IO feet in length, and partly built by the first and a turret at the south-west angle, containing I bell, and a Lord Camelford, is a gallery 65 feet long containing many second aisle on the north of shorter dimensions: the east family and other portraits by distinguished artists: in the window is stained and there are memorial windows to park, placed on an eminenc• a short distanee from the Louisa Susan Anne, wife of W. W. Moore ( I864) and Hugh house, stands an elegantly-proportioned obelisk, 123 feet Granville (I875), children of the Hon. G. M. & Lady L. Fortes- high, erected in 1771 to the memory of Sir Richard Lyttle­ cue: to the Hon. George Matthew Fortescue, second son of ton. Captain C) ril Dudley Fortescue is lord of the man.:~r Hugh, first Earl (I877), and to the late William Pease esq. and principal landowner. The soil is rather light; subsoil, (r88r), who was steward to the estate; there is a monument spar and clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and to Penelope (Mohun), wife of William Drew esq. 1637, be- turnips. The area is 2,230 acres; rateable value, i,"I,983; sides others: the church, restored in I873, will seat 300 and the population in I88I was 267. persons. The register of baptisms and burials dates from CoucHES MILL, three quarters of a mile south of Boron­ the year 1709; marriages, 1712. The living is a rectory noc House and 3 miles east of Lostwithiel, is a village (with that of Broadoak, or Braddock, annexed), tithe rent- here. charge £390, joint gross yearly value £470, in the gift of Parish Clerk, James Stephens. Capt. Cyril Dudley Fortescue, and held since I874 by the Letters through Losh ithiel, the nearest money order & Rev. Vernon Harcourt Aldham M.A. of St. Edmund Hall, telegraph office Oxford, and rural dean of West. There is a chapel for WALL LETTER Box, Couches 1\Iill, cleared at 10 h.m. week Wesleyans and one for Bible Christians at Couches Mill. days only An ancient round-headed stone cross was re-erect.ed on an WALL LETTER Box, at Boconnoc House, cleared at 4.15 p.m elevated site, called Druids' hill, in this parish, in 1846 : it INSURANCE AGENT.- West of England, W. Pease is placed on a massive square pedestal, raised on three National School, built for 6o children ; average attendance, steps, and the total height is about I8 feet. Another cross, about 54; Miss Mary C. Prisk, matron Bryant Samuel, :Foard 1 Brokenshire Joseph, shoe ma. Killgeare Honeycombe Thos. farmer, Menaburle Fortescue Lady Louisa, Boconnoc ho Couch Jonathan, miller (water) & far- Knott William, farmer, Polpiece Fortescue Capt. Cyril Dudley, Bocon- mer, Couches mill Osborne Mrs. shopkpr. Clearbrook noc house Dun bar William, farm bailiff to Capt. Phillip William, farmer, Nethertown Heaven Mrs. The Stewardry C. D. Fortescne, Ford Richards William, farmer, Cuttapitt Willis Stephen, Couches mill Harris Edward, Scantlebury, farmer, Searle James, shopkpr. Couches mill COM:liERCIAL. Botallick Stephens James, farmer, Hill BryantKitty(Mrs.),shopkeeper,Couches I Hicks Daniel, blacksmith, Couches mill Spear Benjamin, boot & shoe maker, mill Hocken William, carpentr.Couehes mill Couches mill B 0 1) l\1 IN. BoDMIN is a parliamentary and municipal borough, market The town is well paved and lighted with gas, and has a and union town, head of a county court district, township constant supply of water at high pressure. and parish, and the capital of Cornwall; it is in the hun­ The church of St. Petrock, which belonged to the priory, dred of Trigg, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Bodmin, and is the largest Cornish church of its style, was rebuilt, and diocese of Truro. The town is pleasantly situated in a according to an inscription on the wall-plate of the south valley near the centre of the county, 32 miles from Ply­ aisle, in I472 and is an edifice of stone with some Norman mouth, on the road to Falmouth, 34 from the latter town and Early English details, but for the most part is in the and 273! from London by rail. later Perpendicular style, with aisles of earlier date and con­ The nearest station on the Cornwall railway, in connec­ sists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, with gromed roof tion with London, is at Bodmin road, 3~ miles south-east. anci parvise and three saints' niches in front, and on the There is also a short line of railway between Bodmin and north side an embattled tower, containing 8 bells and a Wadebridge, which. belongs to the London and South West­ clock, originally surmounted by a spire 150 feet total b.eight, ern Company. which was destroyed by lightning, December 9th, 1699: the This was a corporate town at a very early period, and is pulpit and reading desk and the remains of the ancient seats mentioned as a borough as early as ngo, in the reign of are beautifully carved: in the south-west corner, near the Richard I. The corporation, under the Municipal Act, con­ south porch, is a very fine Norman font, and there is a sists of a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors. The cunous pillar piscina, once used as an alms-box; the head of borough has a commission of the peace, but is under the a Gothic cross, with a sculptured representation of the Cru­ control of the county police. The corporation act as the cifixion is preserved in the church: there are memorial win­ urban sanitary authority. This is a seat of election and a dows to the Rev. J. Wallis, late vicar, Mr. and Mrs.Watkin, polling place for the Eastern division of the county, and Mr. Flamank and Mr. W. R. Hicks ; the eastern portion formerly sent two members to Parliament, but by the of the church is in a dilapidated state, but a large amount "Representation of the People Act, 1867," it now returns has been subscribed towards the restoration, which is now one only. The parliamentary borough comprises the parishes (I883) being carried out. The register of baptisms ard of Bodmin, Helland, Lanhydrock and Lanivet. burials dates from the year 1558 ; marriages, 1559. 'fhe living .