Extract from Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall, 1883 (page 861) St Enoder St Enoder is a parish containing the hamlet of Summer Court, and a portion of that of Michell, or St Michael as it was called formerly. The parish is in the Western division of the county, hundreds of Pyder and Powder, union and county court district of St Columb, rural deanery of Pyder, archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Truro, 10 miles north-by –east from Truro, 5 south-west from St Columb, 2½ from St Columb Road station and 5 from Grampound Road. The church of St Ennodorus is an ancient building of granite in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel with aisles, nave, aisles, north transept, south porch, and an embattled tower, with pinnacles, containing 5 bells: the tower was partly rebuilt in 1686: there is a Norman font and a few good bench ends: the church was thoroughly restored in 1870, the interior refitted, and three new windows added, at a cost of £850: there is a monument to Dorothy (Arundell), wife of Anthony Tanner, Gent. 1634: another, erected by George Penwarne, to Anthony Tanner, 1742; one to John Freseyse, yeoman 16-6, and a number of modern memorials: a stained window has been inserted by the parishioners, at the east end, in memory of the late Rev. S.M. Walker, a former rector: there are sittings for 600 persons. The register dates from the year 1571. The living is a rectory, yearly value from tithe rent-charge, £320, net income £275, with residence and 20 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of Truro, and now vacant: the living is endowed with the great tithes of three fields only: the impropriate tithes amount to £463 yearly. Here is a Bible Christian chapel and Wesleyan chapel at Summer Court and one at Fraddon and at Michell. By the side of the road leading to Fraddon, are the head and base of a cross. There are china clay works and a tin mine in this parish. Carvinick House, situated in this parish, and built by Anthony and Grace Tanner, in 1699, is now occupied as a farm house. Dr. E.L. Smith of Torquay, is lord of the manor of Penhale. The principal landowners in the parish are Viscount Falmouth, Christopher Henry Thomas Hawkins esq J.P., D.L., Richard Gully Bennett esq, Michael Henry Williams esq J.P., D.L., Jonathan Rashleigh esq J.P., D.L., and Mrs Stephens. The soil is loamy; subsoil, clay and spar. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, mangolds and potatoes. The area is 7,037 acres, partly arable, pasture, and meadow, and the remaining portion an open waste; rateable value £8,189; and the population in 1881 was 1,120. Parish Clerk, Charles Bice Summer Court hamlet is situated about three quarters of a mile south from the church of St Enoder, and is intersected by the road from Truro to St Columb. Summer Court has an annual fair, which is held on the 25th of September, for large shows of cattle and horses. Michell, or St Michael, is an ancient borough, partly in this parish and partly in the parish of Newlyn, situated on the turnpike road from Truro to St Columb, 2½ miles south-west from the parish church, 2 south-east from Newlyn, and 7 north from Truro: this is said to have been a town of considerable importance in the time of the Saxons, but it has now dwindled down to a small village: it possessed the privilege of returning two members to Parliament from the 6th year of Edward VI (1552), but ceased to do so after the Parliament 1831-2, when it was disfranchised. The borough was never incorporated, but was governed by a portreeve, annually elected by a jury at the Court leet of the high lord. Among the parliamentary representatives of this borough may be named Carew, the Cornish historian, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Col. Clive. The manor of Michell was, in the time of Edward I, the property of Walter de Raleigh, whose son Peter sold it to Ralph de Arundell. John de Arundell, in the year 1301, certified his right to a market or fair on his manor called Modeshole, which appears to have been allowed in the same manner as it had been previously granted to his predecessor, Walter de Raleigh. The market has been long discontinued, but an annual fair is held on the 15th of October for cattle and sheep. Post Office, Michell – Charles Tamblyn, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Grampound Road at 8.10 a.m.; dispatched at 4.15 p.m. Newlyn East is the nearest money order office & telegraph office at Grampound Road. Wall letter box – Summer Court, cleared at 12.15 p.m. week days only National School (mixed), established in 1828, for 150 children; average attendance 97; & supported by voluntary subscriptions & a Government grant; George Bray, master ST. ENODER LANGDON, William Blue Anchor WILLIAMS, Michael Henry Arrallas COMMERCIAL BASSETT, John farmer Goonrounson BASSETT, John farmer Trefullock BETTISON, Henry farmer Penrose Sophia BICE, Charles farmer Glebe BICE, Luke farmer Burthy BULLOCK, Thomas farmer Penhale CAPLE, Thomas wheelwright Blue Anchor CARDEW, Thomas farmer Retew CHAPMAN, John farmer Hendra CHAPMAN, Robert Hy. farmer Boswallow Chytane China Clay & Brick Works Co. Limited, manufacturers of fire bricks & tiles, blue Staffordshire vitreous & buff paving (George Middleton Henley, manager) COADE, Richard farmer Benallack COLE, Thomas farmer Trefullock COMMONS, James shopkeeper Blue Anchor COURTNAY, Ann (Mrs) shopkeeper CURTIS, William farmer Blue Anchor DAVIES, Samuel farm bailiff to R.G. Bennett esq Goonhoskyn DENCH, John blacksmith Blue Anchor DREW, James farmer Carvinack EYKYN, Richard Henry farmer Ennis Fal Valley China Clay Works Limited (John Minnear, res. Agent) FRANCIS, Frank farmer Trewolla GILL, John Searle farmer Penhale GLANVILLE, Thomas farmer Resparva Great Halwyn China Clay Co. (Thomas Manhire, res. Agent) GRIGG, John farm bailiff to M.H. Williams esq Arrallas GRIGG, William farmer Nankervis HARDING, Richard farmer Trenithan HAWKEY, Henry farmer Pencorse HAWKEY, William farmer Trewinion HELLIAR, John farmer Trevossa HENLEY, George Middleton manager, Chytane China Clay & Brick Works Co. Ltd. HOARE, Richard draper & shopkeeper Fraddon JANE, John farmer Little Resparva JANE, John farmer Halvenna JANE, John mason Fraddon LIDDICOAT, Thomas farmer Burthy Row MANHIRE, Wm. shoe maker Blue Anchor MARTYN, Joseph King farmer Retyn PASCOE, John farmer Penscawen Penhale & Barton Tin Mines (James Evans, manager; John Bullock, res. Agent) PHILLIPS, John Henry Blue Anchor RESKILLY, James farmer Bodanna RESKILLY, Richard cowkeeper Penhale Retew China Clay Works (William Bullock, res. Agent) RICHARDS, John farmer Troan RICHARDS, Samuel granite quarry Chytane Granite Quarry ROSE, James farmer Low Penscawn SKINNER, John farmer Resparva Gate SNELL, Edwin farmer Nanpean SPEAR, Thomas miller & farmer Arrallas Mill STAPLE, Thos. wheelwright Blue Anchor STEPHENS, Richard farmer Halvenna STRIBLEY, John farmer Resparva TREBILCOCK, Joseph farmer Perrose Udda TRUSCOTT, Lewis Thomas farmer Fraddon VARCOE, Richard farmer & Registrar of births & deaths for the sub-district of Newlyn assistant overseer, assessor & collector of taxes, Treveza WARDEN, Rd. farmer & carrier Fraddon Wheal Benallack China Clay Works (Edward Hocking, res. Agent) Wheal Parsons China Clay Works & Granite Quarry (Albert Best, res. Agent) Wheal Remfry China Clay Works (John Evans, manager) WILLIAMS, James Hy. farmer Halvenna WILLIAMS, Richard miller & farmer Nanpean Mills WOODLEY, John farmer Wood Tenement MICHELL HARRIS, Jane (Mrs) shopkeeper HAWKE, William mason MANHIRE, Richard farmer MANHIRE, Richard, jun. butcher PHILP, Daniel blacksmith TAMBLYN, Chas. draper & tea dealer, Post Office TAMBLYN, David wheelwright TAMBLYN, Nathan shoe maker SUMMER COURT BASSETT, George Garnet House COMMERCIAL BENNY, Walter shopkeeper & carrier BISHOP, Simon saddler HUDDY, Mary Jane (Miss) farmers Summer Court THOMAS, Elizabeth Ann (Mrs) FLAMANK, Richard H butcher LIDDICOAT, Jane Harvey (Miss) shopkeeper MANHIRE, Robert shoe maker MARTIN, John London Inn & farmer NANCARROW, John grocer & draper RUNDLE, Richard blacksmith TAMBLYN, Richard carpenter WILLIAMS, Nicholas Joseph shopkeeper WILLIAMS, William butcher Transcribed by John Evans .