KELLY’S DIRECTORY OF CORNWALL 1889
Page 1003-1004 GODOLPHIN
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GODOLPHIN is a village and ecclesiastical parish, formed February 6,
1846, from the parish of St. Breage, and is 4 ½ miles north-west from Helston
Station and 2 miles south from Nancegollan station on the Helston branch of the
Great Western railway, in the Truro division of the county, hundred of Kerrier,
petty sessional division of Kerrier West, Helston union and county court district,
rural deanery of Kirrier, archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Truro. 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 turret on the western gable containing two
bells; there are 467 sittings. The
register dates from the year 1851. The
living is a vicarage, net yearly value from Ecclesiastical Commissioners £147,
with residence, 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, rural dean of Kirrier. Godolphin House, a quadrangular structure
of granite, situated in a large and well-wooded park and now occupied as a farm
house, was the seat (cir. 1706), of the Earls of Godolphin but
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.
Sir Francis Godolphin kt. M.P. for Cornwall in1588-9, was the
first to introduce a stamping machine for tin ore into Cornwall. 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. 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 N.L., J.P.
and Charles 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 1,255.
Parish Clerk and Sexton, Edmund Uren.
Letters, through Helston, the nearest money order & telegraph
office, arrive at 12 noon.
WALL LETTER BOX cleared at 1.30 p.m.
This parish is included in Breage school board district.
Board School, Herland Cross (mixed), erected in 1876, for 160 children;
average attendance, 50; James GASSON, master; Miss Mary Louisa Davies,
mistress.
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 |
Paul Thomas |
Farmer |
Trenear |
|
ADAMS |
Wm. Hy. |
Farmer |
Chystodden |
|
BAILEY |
Jas. |
Crpntr & bldr |
Herland Cross |
|
BENNETTS |
John James |
Farmer |
Sparnon |
|
BENNETTS |
Celeia (Mrs) |
Frmr |
Herland Cross |
|
BLIGHT |
Francis |
Farmer |
Tregoning |
|
BRIAN |
Elizh. (Mrs.) |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
CARNE |
John |
Farmer |
Tregoning |
|
CORNISH |
John |
Farmer |
Tregoning |
|
EDWARDS |
Benjamin |
Farmer |
Herland |
|
EDWARDS |
James |
Blacksmith |
Gwedna |
|
EDWARDS |
Samuel |
Carpenter |
Colsluick |
|
EDWARDS |
William |
Farmer |
Colsluick |
|
GILBERT |
Thos. (Mrs.) |
Shopkpr |
Carleen |
|
HARRIS |
Stephen |
Mine Agent |
Poldown |
|
HARRY |
Charles |
Seed & manure merchant & Shopkeeper |
Herland Cross |
|
HEBBARD |
Arthur (Mrs.) |
Farmr |
Trescowe |
|
HOCKING |
Thomas |
Farmer |
Gwedna |
|
JAMES |
Richard |
Farmer |
Herland cross |
|
JOHNS |
William |
Blacksmith |
Trescowe |
|
NICHOLAS |
William |
Farmer |
Pengwedna |
|
PEARCE |
James |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
PEARCE |
Nicholas |
Frmr & carmn |
Trescowe |
|
POLKINGHORNE |
Jas. |
Shoe ma. |
Herland cross |
|
POLGLASE |
Mary (Mrs) |
Shpkpr |
Great Work |
|
POLMOUNTAIN |
Isaac |
Farmer |
Little Gilley |
|
POOL |
Christian |
Shopkeepr |
Herland cross |
|
POPE |
Elizh. (Mrs) |
Shpkpr |
Herland Cross |
|
POPE |
James |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
POPE |
Jeremiah |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
POPE |
John |
Mine agent |
Trescowe com |
|
POPE |
Joseph |
Godolphin Arms P.H. |
X |
|
PRYOR |
John |
Farmer & tin mer. |
Wheal Vor |
|
REYNOLDS |
George & Sons |
Tailors |
Herland cross & Nancegollan |
|
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 |
|
SAMPSON |
Wm. |
Farmer & carman |
Sparnon |
|
SHEPHARD |
Wm. Hendy |
Farmer |
Pengilly |
|
STEPHENS |
John |
Shopkeeper |
X |
|
THOMAS |
Wm. |
Farmer & carman |
Herland |
|
TREDREA |
Mary (Mrs) |
Shopkeeper |
Herland cross |
|
TRELOAR |
Alice (Mrs.) |
Farmer & Shopkeeper |
Trescowe |
|
TRELOAR |
Jane Morris (Mrs) |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
TYACK |
George |
Farmer |
Herland cross |
|
UREN |
John |
Carrier |
Tregoning hill |
|
WALTERS |
William |
Frmr |
Trescowe com. |
|
WHITE |
James |
Butcher |
Herland cross |
|
WILLIAMS |
Jn. Geo. |
Farmer |
Penhaleandrea |
|
WILLIAMS |
Jn. Jas. |
Farmer |
Penhaleandrea |