HAYLE FARMERS
By John Higgans
Until the second half of the 18th century, Phillack, which included most of Hayle, was a predominantly rural parish consisting of scattered farmsteads with nearby workers' cottages and Churchtown with some dwellings grouped near the parish church. The arrival of the Cornish Copper Company at the eastern end of the parish in 1756 and John Harvey at the western end with his foundry in 1779 was followed by the building of houses to accommodate the large number of employees for these enterprises. Although the effect of reducing the amount of land available for agriculture was noticeable in some places, the majority of farms in the parish remained untouched by this development.
The following list includes the names of many of those who farmed in the parish as yeomen on the large holdings or as husbandmen with a few acres. The landlords for centuries were among the great land-owning families of the county - the ARUNDELs, GREGORs, HOBLYNs, PRAEDs, and BULLERs. By the 19th century they had disposed of most of their freeholds.
| ANGOVE | Riviere C17 |
| ARUNDEL | Kayle C17 |
| BAWDEN | Riviere and Higher Treglisson C19 |
| BERRIMAN | Troon C18 - C20, Kayle C19 - C20, Leah C19 |
| BLACKWELL | Carthew C18 |
| BONE | Bodriggy B18 |
| BREE | Laity C19 |
| BROAD | Castle Kayle and Kayle C19 |
| CARDELL | Trethingey C18 - C19 |
| CARNARTHEN | Guildford C17 - C18 |
| CLEMENCE | Nanspusker C18, Trethingey C18 |
| COURTIS | Carthew C19 |
| CURNOW | Nanjivel C19 |
| EVA | Leah C18 |
| GOLDSWORTHY | Pulsack C19 |
| GARTRELL | Higher Treglisson C16 - C17 |
| HARVEY | Lower Treglisson C19 |
| HEARLE | Troon C18 |
| HENDRA | Riviere C18 |
| HIGGANS | Laity C19 |
| HOCKIN | Angarrack C18, Carwin C18, Pulsack C18 |
| HOSKING | Carwin C19, Riviere C19; Higher Treglisson C19 - C20 |
| HUTHNANCE | Bandowers C18 |
| JACKA | Penpol C19 |
| JAMES | Bandowers C17 - C18, Higher Treglisson C18, Kayle C18 |
| JONES | Penpol C19, Trevassack C19 |
| LAMBRICK | Nanspusker C19 - C20 |
| MILLETT | Penpol C19 |
| MITCHELL | Barnoon C17, Leah C18, Higher Treglisson C19 |
| MURLEY | Barnoon C17 - C18 |
| NICHOLLS | Lower Treglisson C14 - C19, Nanjivel C17 |
| PASCOE | Trevassack C16 - C18 |
| PAWLEY | Pulsack C18 |
| PEARCE | Trevassack C20 |
| PROUST | Angarrack C17 |
| RICHARDS | Castle Kayle C19 |
| ROSEWARNE | Nanspusker C18 - C19, Barnoon C19, Laity C19 |
| RUNNALLS | Lower Treglisson C19 - C20 |
| RUSSELL | Riviere C18 |
| SAMPSON | Carwin C19 |
| STEVENS | Treeve C18 - C19, Pulsack C19, Lower Treglisson C19 |
| SYMONS | Laity C19 |
| THOMAS | Nanspusker C18, Trethingey C19 |
| TREMAYNE | Angarrack C18 - C19, Carwin C18 - C19, Mellenoweth C18 - C19 |
| TREWHELLA | Pulsack C19, Riviere C19, Higher Treglisson C19 |
| VYVYAN | Pulsack C17 |