KELLY’S DIRECTORY OF DEVON & CORNWALL 1902
Part 2 Page 119 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, 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 1891 was 1,061.
Parish Clerk and Sexton, James ROBERTS.
POST OFFICE, Godolphin Cross – Benjamin EDWARDS,
sub-postmaster. Letters, through
Helston, arrive at 11.5 a.m.; dispatched at 1.55 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. Helston is the nearest money order &
telegraph office, 5 miles distant.
POST OFFICE, Trescowe – Mrs Mary SYMONS, sub-postmistress. Letters through Marazion R.S.O. which is the
nearest telegraph office, arrive at 11.15 a.m.; dispatched at 2.10 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not
paid. Goldsithney is the nearest money
order office & Marazion the nearest telegraph office, 5 miles distant.
This parish is included in Breage School Board district.
Board School, Herland Cross (mixed), erected in 1876, for 160 children;
average attendance, 89; Alfred James SPILLER, master; Miss Mary Louisa DAVIES,
mistress.
CARRIERS. – John BERRYMAN & Joel BAWDEN, to Helston, on sats.; to Penzance, on thurs. returning same day.
(Marked thus + should be addressed Marazion R.S.O.)
RICHARDS Trice, Godolphin House
RUNDLE Rev. Samuel, jun. M.A. (Vicar & surrogate), Vicarage.
COMMERCIAL
ADAMS |
Paul Thomas |
Farmer |
Trenear |
ADAMS |
Wm. Hy. |
Farmer |
Chytodden |
BAILEY |
James |
Carpenter & builder |
Herland Cross |
BAWDEN |
Joel |
Carrier |
Herland Cross |
BENNETTS |
John |
Farmer |
Sparnon |
BLIGHT |
George |
Farmer |
Tregoning |
CARNE |
John |
Farmer |
Tregoning |
CHAMPION |
Stephen |
Collector of rates |
Polladrass |
CORNISH |
John |
Farmer |
Redallan |
EDWARDS |
Samuel |
Carpenter |
Colsluick |
EDWARDS |
Thomas |
Farmer |
Herland |
EDWARDS |
William |
Farmer |
Colsluick |
HARRIS |
Edward |
Farmer |
Penhaleandrea |
HARRIS |
Stephen |
Mine Agent |
Poldown |
HARRY |
Charles |
Seed & manure merchant & shopkeeper |
Herland cross |
HOCKING |
Thomas |
Farmer |
Gwedna |
JAMES |
Richard |
Farmer |
Herland cross |
JOHNS |
James |
Smith |
Sparnon |
JOHNS |
William |
Farmer |
Herland Cross |
+LAITY |
Joseph & Son |
Frmrs |
Trescowe |
+LAITY |
William |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
+LUKEY |
Joel |
Farmer |
Trescowe |
NEWTON |
Wm. John |
Farmer |
Pengwedna |
+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 |
REYNOLDS |
George & Sons |
Tailors |
Herland cross |
RICHARDS |
Mary (Mrs.) |
Frmr |
Wheal Vor |
RICHARDS |
Trice |
Farmer |
Godolphin ho |
ROWE |
Wm. |
Blacksmith |
Herland cross |
SAMPSON |
Richard |
Farmer |
Sparnon |
SHEPHARD |
Wm. Hendy |
Farmer |
Pengilly |
STEPHENS |
Hugh |
Farmer |
Mary villa |
STEPHENS |
Richard |
Farmer |
Herland |
STEPHENS |
Rd. |
Shopkpr |
Herland Cross |
+TREVASKIS |
Johnson |
Farmer |
Trescowe common |
TYACKE |
Jacob Jn. |
Frmr |
Herland cross |
VINGOE |
Jn |
Frmr & shopkpr |
Wheal Vor |
WATERS |
Jn. Richd. |
Blacksmith |
Gwedna |
WHITE |
James |
Butcher |
Herland cross |