KELLY’S DIRECTORY OF CORNWALL 1906
Page 122 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,
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 Kerrier, 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 1846. The
living is a vicarage, net yearly value £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
Kerrier and surrogate. 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 in 1588-9, 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 come I, the
reeve of the Manor of Lamburne, to demand my Lord’s dues: eight groats and a
penny in money, a loaf, a cheese, a collar of brawn and a jack of the best beer
in the house; God save the King and the Lord of the Manor.” This must be repeated at the inner door and
at the table in the hall, after which his demand is satisfied. The population
are chiefly engaged in mining. The
principal landowners are the Duke of Leeds, Charles Trelawny,
esq. and Lord Churston. The soil is light, resting on granite and
spar. The chief crops are wheat,
barley, oats and roots. The population
in 1901 was 854.
Parish Clerk and Sexton, vacant.
POST OFFICE, Godolphin Cross – Miss Catherine Rowe TYACKE,
sub-postmistress. Letters, through
Helston, arrive at 10.30 a.m.; dispatched at 2.40 p.m.; no delivery on
Sundays. Goldsithney is the nearest
money order office & Breage, 3 ½ miles distant, the nearest telegraph
office.
POST OFFICE, Trescowe – Mrs Grace SYMONS, sub-postmistress. Letters through Marazion S.O. arrive at
11.15 a.m.; dispatched at 3.45 p.m.; no delivery on Sundays. Goldsithney is the
nearest money order office & Breage, 3 1/2 miles distant, the nearest
telegraph office.
Public Elementary School, Herland Cross (mixed), erected in 1876, for
160 children; average attendance, 85; Alfred James SPILLER, master; Miss
Mary Louisa DAVIES, mistress.
CARRIERS. – John ROBERTS & Joel BAWDEN, to Helston, on sats.; to Penzance, on thurs. returning same day.
(Marked thus + should be addressed Marazion S.O.)
RICHARDS Trice, Godolphin House
RUNDLE Rev. Samuel, jun. M.A. (Vicar, rural dean & surrogate), Vicarage.
STEVENS Thomas, Durbanin
WOOLCOCK John, Elm Cottage
COMMERCIAL
ADAMS |
Paul Thomas |
Farmer |
Trenear |
|
ADAMS |
Wm. Hy. |
Farmer |
Chytodden |
|
BAILEY |
Theophilus James |
Carpenter & builder |
Herland Cross |
|
BAWDEN |
Joel |
Carrier |
Herland Cross |
|
BENNETTS |
John |
Farmer |
Sparnon |
|
BLIGHT |
George |
Farmer |
Tregoning |
|
CHAMPION |
Alfred |
Farmer |
Polladrass |
|
CHAMPION |
Stephen |
Collector of rates |
Polladrass |
|
CORNISH |
John |
Farmer |
Redallan |
|
EDWARDS |
Samuel |
Carpenter |
Colsluick |
|
EDWARDS |
Thomas |
Farmer |
Herland |
|
HARRIS |
Edward |
Farmer |
Penhaleandrea |
|
HARRIS |
Stephen |
Mine Agent & farmer |
Poldown |
|
HARRY |
Charles |
Seed & manure merchant & grocer |
Herland cross |
|
HOCKING |
Thomas |
Farmer |
Gwedna |
|
JAMES |
Richard |
Farmer |
Herland cross |
|
JOHNS |
James |
Smith |
Herland cross & Sparnon |
|
JOHNS |
William |
Farmer |
Herland Cross |
|
+LAITY |
Joseph |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
+LAITY |
William |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
+LUKEY |
Joel |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
MAGOR |
James |
Farmer |
Colswick |
|
NEWTON |
Wm. John |
Farmer |
Pengwedna |
|
PASCOE |
Thomas |
Farmer |
Pengilly |
|
+PEARCE |
James |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
|
POLGLASE |
Thos. |
Shoe ma. |
Herland cross |
|
POLMOUNTAIN |
Isaac |
Frmr |
Lit. Gilley |
|
POOL |
Christian (Mrs.) |
Shopkeeper |
Herland cross |
|
+POPE |
John |
Mine agent |
Trescowe com |
|
POPE |
Joseph |
Godolphin Arms P.H. |
X |
|
PRYOR |
John |
Farmer |
Pengwedna |
|
PRYOR |
William |
Farmer |
Pengwedna |
|
RICHARDS |
Mary (Mrs.) |
Frmr |
Wheal Vor |
|
RICHARDS |
Trice |
Farmer |
Godolphin ho |
|
ROBERTS |
Jn. |
Bus propr. |
Herland cross |
|
SAMPSON |
Richard |
Farmer |
Sparnon |
|
STEPHENS |
Hugh |
Farmer |
Mary villa |
|
STEPHENS |
Richard |
Farmer |
Herland |
|
STEPHENS |
Rd. |
Shopkpr |
Herland Cross |
|
STEVENS |
Thomas |
Stained glass artist, antique glass & lead window maker (high class windows repaired or restored); memorial windows a speciality |
Durbania |
|
+TREVASKIS |
Johnson |
Farmer |
Trescowe common |
|
TYACKE |
Jacob Jn. |
Frmr |
Herland cross |
|
VINGOE |
John (Mrs.) |
Farmer & shopkeeper |
Wheal Vor |
|
WATERS |
Jn. Richd. |
Blacksmith |
Gwedna |
|
WHITE |
James |
Butcher |
Herland cross |