• ' DIRECTORY.] CORNWALL. BODMIX. 37 mesure fyll. R. F. 1826."; there is also here an ancient part of the vicarage glebe, wail inclosed with adjoinin~ bell, brought from the friary, and I fo()t 4 inches across land, in 1859, to form a new cemetery. at the mouth, the surface of which is relieved by a series A large number of tokens were issued by traders in this of horizontal ridges: it is now rung at the opening and town during the 17th century, of which several examples, closing of the market. bearing th~ names of Harris, ManatQn 8Jld Wills, are There were former:y several ancient chapels, one of extant. which was attached to a lazar house which existed in The Curfew is still rung here at 8 o'clock in the evening, the 13th century; the chapel was consecrated by Thoma:; and a curious custom called " Pa,ul'·s Pitcher " med to be Brentingham, bishop Qf Exeter, 27th August, 1382; the observed on the eve (January 24th) of the festival of St. hospital received from Queen Elizabeth, 9th Mareh, 1582, Paul, when, after nightfall, boys stole along the streets, a charter of incorporation, and J ames I. conferred upon it and threw pitchers into such doorways .a.s might be left additional privileges; it consisted as a corporate body of open : the ancient practiee of viewing the borough boun­ a ma.ster or governor and 39 brethren and sisters, " being daries, was revived and duly celebrated during Rogationtide leprous people," but towards the end of the I8th century I866, by the late W. R. Hicks esq. then mayor. 1 such persons could not be found to maintain the founda­ Mr. M. H. Mark's is lord of the manor, the prinoipaJ tion, and in r8o5, by an Order of the Court of Chancery, landowners are Viscount Clifden, Lmd Vivian, the Moles­ the hospital estates were transferred to the T.nuo In­ wo·rt·h trustees, Col. F. J. Hext, of Tredethy, the HolYlyn firmary, which is therefore now bound to receive any family, the Rev. W. R. Gilbert !M.A., J.P., W. J. Penny leprous persons who may claim the benefits of thiil <!harity; esq. the Truro Infirmary and the Bodmin Town Council. the chapel, which in 1814 was ruinon~ and used as a The area of t·he Bodmin municipal borough parish is stable, has 110W entirely disappeared, but some of its 2,797 acres; rateable value, £20, I6I; the population in ca;rved stones remain in the village. I90I was 5,353, including 8 officers and 70 inmates in the The chapel of St. Leonard was near Town End and that workhouse, 91 in H. M. Prison, 8I in H. M. Naval of St. Nicholas at the top of St. Nicholas street. Traces of Prison, 102 officers and men and I Io other inmates in the the burial ground of ooth these have been discovered, the latter having been met with in the course of excavating Barracks, and 108 officials and their families and 798 foo- the site of the Great Western Railway station. other inmates of the (Jaunty Lunatic .Asylum. 'rhe area of Bodmin parish iSI 3·395 acres of land and 2~ The chapel of St. Anthony stood in Chapel lane, and of water; rateable value, £3,000; the population in 189z that of St. George in another part of the town ; near the ' was 328. ; town were also chapels of St. Anne and St. Margaret at Chapel Hays and Margate respectively. The outlying hamlets are NANST.ALLON, 2 miles west, The number of guilds and fraternities once existing here and ST. LAWRENCE, I mile west-south-west, the latter was very considerable, and as many as 45 are found re­ is noted for its fairs, which are among the largest and best corded; the guild of the Holy Rood, established at the I attended in the county, and are held on October 29th for· Berry, was one of the most prominent, and had a chapel sheep, and October 3oth for horses and bullocks; al-so fo~ with a burial ground annexed ; the ruined tower of the sheep, bullocks and horses on August 21st. chapel is sti] standing, and _the burial ground, forming Parish Clerk, William R(}we, Turf street. OFFICIAL ES'rABLISHMENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c. Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P., S. iB. & Retire Nov. 1907 A. & I. & Telephone Call Office, Honey street·. J. T. Richard Grose Harry Liddell Cross, postmaster fhomas Hore Joseph Stephens Money OO"ders are issued & paid from 7 a.m. ti11 8 p.m. I Bank Holidays 8 a.m. to I2 noon. Te:legrams from 8 Retire Nov. 1908. a.m. till 8 p.m. ; sundays 8 til-l 10 a.m. Stamps &c. John Brown William John P. Jenkins 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; sunday, 7 to 10 a.m George Coad Carpenter Alfred Browmng Lyne 1st town delivery, 7 a. m. (sun days, 7. 1'5 a. m.) ; ~nd Mayor's Auditor, Councillor John Stephens town delivery, 11.5o a.m.; 3rd town delivery, 6.15 p.m. Auditors, William John Adams, Town end & William. (suspended on Saturdays) i 4t'h town d8ilivery, 8.5 p.m Rowe, Turf street Mail Dispatches.-Falmouth, Penzance, Truro &c.(night), 4 a.m.; St. Mabyn, St. Tudy, Washaway, Pad.stow,. St. Issey & Wadebvidge (night), 5.40 a.m.; rural OFFICERS OF 'fHE CORPORATION. deliveries, 6.30 a.m. London 1st (day), Devonport k Town Clerk, John Pet,hybridge, Mount Folly Plymouth, 8. Io a.m. ; West Cornwa.lJ, 9-50 a. m. ; Trea.surer, Henry Durett Foster J.P. ,Ba.rclay & Co.'s Bank Plymouth & Trnro, n.3o a.m. ; Wadebridge &c. 12.45 \:ledical Officer of Health, Bartholomew Gidley Derry p.m.; Nort'h of Engl'and, Scotland & Ireland, South­ L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng. Bore street anlpt(}n, South-West (}f England, Devonport & Ply­ Borough Surveyor & Sanitary Inspecror & Inspeoror ol mouth, Exeter, Falmouth, Penzance, Truro & East Common Lodging Houses, Reginald Thomas Buscombe, Cornwall, 1.45 p.m. ; Devonport & Plymouth, 3·35 Honey street p.m. ; London (night) & all parts, 6.5 p.m. (extra Collector of Rates, Edward Vernoo George, St.Nicholas st stamp, 6.30 p.m.); Plymouth, Exeter & all parts, 8.15 Town Crier, James L. Morris, Pool stre€t p.m. Sund,ays, FalmQut.b, Penzance, Truro &c. 4 a.m.; Mace Bearers, J,ames OliveT, Grockwell street & William St. Mabyn, St. Tudy & Washaway, 5.40 a.m.; Padstow, J. Symons, Robarles road St. Issey & Wadebridge, 5·35 a.m.; London & all parts, 6.5 p.m. (extra stamp, 6.30 p.m) BODMIN RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. Deliveries of Letters, Parcels &c. London (night) & all parts, 7 a.m.; Padstow, St. Issey, Wadebridge &c.; Moo,ts at the Workhouse, fortnightly, at 1.30 p.m. North of England, Scotland, Southampton, South-West Chairman, John Lewarne, La.nhydr()ck, Bodmin of England, Plymouth, Devonport & East & West Clerk, John Pethybridge, Mount Folly, Bodmin Cornwall, n.5o a.m. ; London, Plymouth, Exeter, Ire­ Medical Officer of Health, Thos.Mudge,Tower hill,Bodmin land, Devonport & Bodmin rural deliveries, 6.15 p.m.; T.reasurer, Henry D. Foster, Barclay's Bank St. Mabyn, St. Tudy, Washaway, Padstow, St. I11sey, Sanitary Inspector & Surveyor, William John Jenkins, Wadebridge & West Cornwall &o. 8.5 p.m. Sundays, St. Nicholas gate, Bodmin London & all parts, 7·I5 a.m Road Survevors,• North District, W. B. Geach, Wade- Tcwn Sub-Office & M. 0., S. B. & A. & I. Office, Higher bridge; South district, J. Knight, Lostwithiel Bore street. Box cleared at 6.25, 8.40 & n.Io a.m. 1.30, 5-45 & 8.30 p.m.; sunday, 8-50 a.m COUNTY MAGISTRATER FOR THE PETTY SESSIONAL DIVlSION OF TRIGG. CORPORATION. St. Aubvn Col. Edward D.L. Glynn, Bodmin, chairman 1900-1907· F()ster Henry• Durett esq. Treledan, Bodmm0 :Mayor-William Arthur Marshall. Gilbert Rev. Waiter R., M.A., S.C.L. The Priory, Bodmia Aldermen. Hext C()l. Francis John, Tredethy, Bodmin Retire Nov. Retire Nov. Sanford Edwa.rd OharJes P. esq. B.A. St. Minver, Wade- John Carbart .............. 1907 Harold Harvey ............ 1910 bridge S.O William 1\lartyn .......... 1907 William Henry Jane ... 1910 West Chas. Augustus esq. M.D. Church Stile ho. Bodmia Young-Jamieson Col. Harry James, Fowey Councillors. Retire Nov. 1906. The Mayor of Bodmin & the Chairman of the Rural William Artbur Bowden Thomas Hicks Spear District Council are ex-officio ma.gistrates William Arthur Marshall John Treleaven Clerk to the Magistrates, Arthur 0. Pomery, Fore street .