KELLY’S DIRECTORY OF CORNWALL 1883
Page 883 GODOLPHIN
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GODOLPHIN is a village and ecclesiastical parish, formed in February
1846, from the parish of St. Breage, in the Western division of the county,
hundred of Kerrier, Helston union and county court district, Kirrier rural
deanery, Cornwall archdeaconry, and Truro diocese, 4 ½ miles north-west from
Helston and 7 south from Gwinear road station on the West Cornwall (Great
Western) railway. The church of St.
John the Baptist, erected in 1851, is a building of stone with granite facings
in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, lofty nave, aisles separated from
the nave by arcades of four arches, north porch and a small bell-turret on the western
gable containing two bells. The
register dates from the year 1851. The
living is a vicarage, net yearly value from Ecclesiastical Commissioners £147,
with residence, erected in 1877 at a cost of
£1,000, in the gift of the Crown and the bishop of Truro alternately,
and held since 1879 by the Rev. Samuel Rundle, jun. M.A. of St. Edmund
Hall, Oxford. Godolphin House, a
Quadrangular structure, situated in a large and well-wooded park and now
occupied as a farm house, was the seat of the Earls of Godolphin (cir.
1706), but at the present building is only a portion of the original. Charles II. it is reported, slept here when
on a journey to St. Michael’s Mount. A
high lordship is paid by the Duke of Leeds, the present owner, to the
St. Aubyn family, as reeve of the manor of Lamburne, to which family,
failing an heir, the estate returns. On
Candlemas Day (February 2nd), before sunrise, the reeve must appear at the
outer door and give three distinct knocks, saying “Oh yes! Oh Yes! Oh Yes! Here
comes I, the reeve of the Manor of Lamburne, to demand my Lord’s dues: three
groats and a penny in money, a loaf, a cheese, a collar of brawn and a jug of
the best beer in the house; God save the King and the Lord of the Manor.” This must be repeated at the two inner
doors, after which his demand is satisfied.
It was a Sir Francis Godolphin who introduced the first stamping
machine for tin ore into Cornwall. At
Great Works Mine gunpowder was first used in 1688 for blasting purposes; and at
Wheal Vor, also in this parish, the first colliery engine was erected in
1710. The population are chiefly
engaged in mining. The principal
landowners are the Duke of Leeds and C. Trelawny, esq. The soil is light, resting on granite and
spar. The chief crops are wheat, barley,
oats and roots. The population in 1881
was 1,245.
Letters, through Helston, the nearest money order & telegraph
office.
This parish is included in Breage school board district.
Board School,
Herland Cross (mixed), erected in 1876, for 160 children; average attendance,
70; Richard Smitherm, master.
CARRIER – Joseph BERRYMAN to Helston, on sats.; to Penzance, on
tues. & thurs. returning same day
ROSEWARNE Roseveare, Godolphin House
RUNDLE Rev. Samuel, jun. M.A. Vicarage
COMMERCIAL
ADAMS |
Jane (Mrs) |
Frmr |
Penhaleandrea |
ADAMS |
Paul Thomas |
Farmer |
Trenear |
|
ADAMS |
Wm. Henry |
Farmer |
Chystodden |
|
BAILEY |
James |
Carpenter & builder |
Herland Cross |
|
BENNETTS |
John James |
Farmer |
Sparnon |
|
BENNETTS |
Mry (Mrs) |
Frmr |
Herland Cross |
|
BLIGHT |
Francis |
Farmer |
Tregoning |
|
BRIAN |
Hugh |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
BROWN |
Ann (Mrs) |
Farmer |
Sparnon |
|
CARNE |
John |
Farmer |
Tregoning |
|
EDWARDS |
Benjamin |
Farmer |
Herland |
|
EDWARDS |
James |
Blacksmith |
Gwedna |
|
EDWARDS |
William |
Carpenter & Farmer |
Colsluick |
|
GILBERT |
Thomas |
Shopkeeper |
Carleen |
|
HARRIS |
Stephen |
Mine Agent |
Poldown |
|
HARRY |
Charles |
Seed & manure merchant, Shopkeeper & Carrier |
Herland Cross |
|
HEBBARD |
Arthur |
Farmer |
Trescow |
|
HOCKING |
John |
Farmer |
Gwedna |
|
JACKA |
Joseph |
Farmer |
Redallen |
|
JOHNS |
Robert |
Blacksmith |
Trescowe |
|
OATS |
John |
Tin streamer |
Maiden Stamps |
|
PEARCE |
Emanuel |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
PEARCE |
Mary (Mrs) |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
POLKINGHORNE |
William |
Shoe maker |
Herland cross |
|
POLGLASE |
Mary (Mrs) |
Shopkeeper |
Great Work |
|
POLMOUNTAIN |
Isaac |
Farmer |
Little Gilley |
|
POOL |
Christian |
Shopkeepr |
Herland cross |
|
POOL |
James |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
POPE |
Elizth. (Mrs) |
Shopkpr |
Herland Cross |
|
POPE |
Jeremiah |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
POPE |
John |
Mine agent |
Trescowe com |
|
PRYOR |
John |
Farmer & tin merchant |
Wheal Vor |
|
REYNOLDS |
George & Sons |
Tailors |
Herland cross |
|
RICHARDS |
Thos. |
Shopkeeper |
Pengwedna |
|
RICHARDS |
Wm. Hy. |
Farmer |
Wheal Vor |
|
RIDDINGTON |
Edwin |
Surveyor & Mine agent |
Polladrass |
|
ROSEWARNE |
Roseveare |
Farmer |
Godolphin house |
|
ROWE |
John |
Blacksmith |
Herland cross |
|
ROWE |
William |
Farmer |
Pengwedna |
|
RUSSELL |
James |
Farmer |
Pengwedna |
|
SAMPSON |
Wm. |
Farmer & carman |
Sparnon |
|
SCHOLAR |
Thomas |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
SHEPHARD |
Wm. Hendy |
Farmer |
Pengilly |
|
STEPHENS |
William |
Tin merchant |
Godolphin bridge |
|
THOMAS |
Wm. |
Farmer & carman |
Herland |
|
TREDREA |
Mary (Mrs) |
Shopkeeper |
Herland cross |
|
TRELOAR |
Mary (Mrs.) |
Farmer & Shopkeeper |
Trescowe |
|
UREN |
John |
Carrier |
Tregoning hill |
|
WELLINGTON |
John |
Britannia Inn |
Herland cross |
|
WHITE |
James |
Butcher |
Herland cross |
|
WILLIAMS |
John |
Farmer |
Penhaleandrea |