Extract from Kelly’s Directory of , 1883 (page 864)

ST EWE is a parish composed of small villages and detached residences, 5 miles south-west from and 3 north-west from Mevagissey, in the Eastern division of the county, western division of the hundred of Powder, St Austell union and county court district, rural deanery of St Austell, archdeaconry of Cornwall and diocese of . The river Tusey flows through the parish. The church of All Saints of St Ewe, or St Tues, is an ancient building of Pentewan stone in the Early Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, north transept, or Treganan aisle, north and south porches, and a tower of two stages, with spire, and containing 3 bells, two dated 1684 and the tenor 1826: there are monuments to the Mohun, Seymour and Scobell families, and to John Williams Hope esq late of Amsterdam in this county; the east window of five lights is a memorial to Frederick Stephens esq of Hembal, erected by his widow; and in the south aisle are memorial windows to Harriet, wife of Francis Hicks esq late of Plymouth, and to Perys Edmund Tremayne, of Heligan, inserted by his parents; the north- east window in the chancel is a memorial to Thomas John Trevenen, for 28 years rector of the parish, who died in 1864, erected by his surviving children: the church was restored in 1881 at a cost of upwards of £2,000, furnished by the rector and parishioners: the original rood screen, replaced across the chancel, is very elaborate: four funeral banners of the Tremaynes hang in the nave. The register of baptisms and marriages dates from the year 1560; of births from 1653, and of burials from 1559. The living is a rectory, yearly value from tithe rent-charge £653, gross income £730 with residence and 100 acres of glebe, in the gift of Sir C.B. Graves-Sawle bart and Major Thomas T.S. Carlyon jointly, and held since 1864 by the Rev. Arthur Lawrence B.A. of St Mary Hall, Oxford. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Tuscoyse [a misprint for Tucoyse] and a Bible Christian chapel at Polmassick. There remains here a portion of an ancient cross, consisting of two broad square steps and a pedestal. The charities amount to £3 2s. 6d. yearly. A fair is held the second Monday in April and October. Heligan House, first built by Sir John Tremayne, sergeant-at-law, in 1692, and rebuilt about the year 1810 by the Rev. H.H. Tremayne, is the seat of John Tremayne esq J.P.; it is situated about 11 miles south-west from St Austell, and is surrounded by extensive grounds very tastefully laid out, with a lodge at each entrance. The chief landowner is the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, and the lords of the chief manors, J. Tremayne, C.H.T. Hawkins, Edward Coode esqs and Major T.T.S. Carlyon are the principal landowners. The soil is rich loam; subsoil, slate. The chief crops are wheat and barley with roots. The acreage is 5,935; rateable value, £6,000; and the population in 1871 was 1,134; in 1881 1,996.

Polmassick, half a mile south, on the banks of the river Luney; Croswin, a quarter of a mile north-east; Kestle, 1 mile south-east, and Lower Sticker, 2½ north, are villages here.

Parish Clerk, Richard Real

Letters through St Austell; the nearest money order & telegraph office is at Mevagissey. Wall letter box cleared at 2.45 p.m. week days only.

A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1876; Rev. A. Lawrence, hon. clerk to the board Schools – Board School, St Ewe (mixed), Joseph Coot, master Board School, Lower Sticker (mixed), Mrs Frudgian, mistress [possibly a misprint for Trudgian?]

LAWRENCE, Rev. Arthur Rectory MARTIN, Edward Nansladron PARNALL, Robert Trewarrick ROGERS, Miss Crosswin TREMAYNE, John J.P. Heligan House COMMERCIAL ADAMS, George farmer Besue BOVEY, Francis farmer BREWER, James grocer Polmassick BURNETT, Daniel farmer Kestle BURNETT, Joseph farmer Tregian BURNETT, Joseph mason Pengrugla CHENOWETH, Richard farmer Pothole CHESTERFIELD, Samuel farmer Killball CLARK, Richard farmer Pengelly CLARK, William farmer Luney COCK, William Henry farmer Polsue CODD, John carpenter Hewas Water COLLIVER, Ann (Miss) farmer Hewas COON, James farmer Little Polgooth DAVIS, James (Mrs) farmer Tregonning DUNGEY, James Davies farmer Tucoyse DUNSTAN, James Crown Inn FRANCIS, Thomas Julyan carpenter Polmassick GILL, Charles shoe maker Polmassick GILLARD, Samuel land steward to John Tremayne esq J.P., Heligan HAM, William farmer Levalsa Downs HAYMAN, Caleb farmer Lower Sticker HICKS, Francis farmer Corran HOLMAN, James farmer Treberrick JENNINGS, John farmer Dairy JOHNS, Josiah farmer Hewas Water KENDALL, Jane (Miss) shopkeeper Hewas Water KENT, John farmer Pensigillas LOBB, James farmer Kestle MAGOR, Richard farmer Levalsa MATTHEWS, William farmer Hewas Water MAUNDER, James farmer & carrier Pothole MAY, Edward butcher Polgooth MAY, Joseph farmer Levalsa Mere NORTHCOTE, John farmer Lannah OLVER, Cyrus farmer & carrier Lower Sticker PARKYN, Ann (Miss) farmer Kestle PARNALL, Moses farmer Treworrick PARNALL, Richard farmer Treleane PARNELL, William farmer Gregilgas PASCOE, John mason POMEROY, William shopkeeper & shoe maker Polmassick REAL, Richard parish clerk ROSEVEAR, Jn. miller (water) Heligan Mill SEARLE, Christopher C farmer Trelewack SECCOMBE, Charlotte (Mrs) grocer & farmer STARK, Stephen Bartley farmer Union Close STOCKER, Francis farmer Tregennow TEAGUE, Richard miller (water) Polmassick TEAGUE, William carpenter Polmassick TONKIN, James Polgooth Inn Polgooth VARCOE, John blacksmith Kestle VENNING, John farmer Lanhadron VINCENT, Nicholas farmer Trevethick VINCENT, Robert Hy. farmer Trelissick VIVIAN, William farmer Lower Sticker WELLINGTON, Richard farmer Penhall WHITEHAIR, David blacksmith Polmassick WILLIAMS, Henry butcher Polmassick WILLIAMS, John Lyne (Mrs) farmer Nansladron

Transcribed by John Evans