KELLY’S DIRECTORY OF CORNWALL 1906

Page 45-46 BREAGE

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Breage is a parish near the coast, on the road between Helston and Marazion, 3 1/2 miles west from Helston terminal station on a branch of the Great Western Railway, 7 east from Marazion, 8 south from Gwinear and 9 ½ miles from Penzance, in the Truro division of the County, hundred and 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. Breage is an ancient building of stone and granite, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles separated from the nave by arcades of seven arches, transepts, south porch and an embattled western tower, surmounted by four pinnacles and containing a clock and one bell, dated 1771: in the north transept are portions of the old carved oak roof, with elaborate corbels and beams: the east windows of the chancel and south aisle are memorials respectively to Caroline Isabella Wilson 1846-54 and Elizabeth Wilson, 1780-1866; the west window of the same aisle commemorates the marriage of their Majesties King Edw. VII and Queen Alexandra, March 10^th 1863, and was erected by the parishioners; there are monuments to the Coode family, 1671-94, and others of modern date: Margaret (Blagge), Wife of Sidney, first Earl of Godolphin K.G. was buried here, September 27^th 1678; in the south aisle are three helmets, two bearing the Godolphin crest; the church affords 300 sittings; in the churchyard, near the south entrance, stands the head of an ancient cross: the church was thoroughly restored and reseated with open benches in 1890- 1891, at a cost of  £4,000. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1607; marriages and burials, 1559.  The living is a vicarage, with Germoe annexed, joint net yearly value £230, with residence and 5 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Crown, and held since 1904 by the Rev. Harry John Petty. 

There is a Mission church at Ashton. There are Wesleyan chapels at St. Breage, Carleen, Ashton, Trenwheal and Keneggie; Bible Christian chapels at Churchtown, Herland Cross and Ashton and Free Methodist chapels at Ashton and Rinsey. In this parish is Godolphin Hill, 495 feet, and Tregoning Hill, 596 feet above the sea level; on the summit of the latter are the remains of an entrenchment, measuring about 106 by 92 yards; on the western declivity of the hill is a well, and part of its southern base is dotted with tumuli; along the cliffs at Methleigh are many graves of bodies washed in by the sea; and at Trewavas Head stands a singular columnar rock, known as “the Bishop.”  Breage was once a prosperous mining centre, but little or no tin mining or streaming is now carried on.  Foote’s charity, of £8 8s. yearly, is distributed as follows:- £2 2s to the school; and £2 2s. for the poor, and £4 4s. to the parish of Germoe; there is also a sum of £7 16s. given by the Duke of Leeds for poor widows of this parish. The Duke of Leeds, Lord Churston, Maj.-Gen John Jago-Trelawny, of Goldrenick, and Capt. Richard Carlyon Coode, of Polapit Tamar, are lords of the manor and principal landowners.  The soil is light; subsoil, granite.  The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats.  The area is 7,265 acres of land, 9 of water and 121 of foreshore; rateable value, £9,225; the population in 1901 was 2,475.

 

Constable in charge, George Carpenter.

 

RINSEY is a village on the sea coast, 2 miles south-west; TREW, 1 mile north; CARLEEN, or CAERLEON, 1 ½ miles north; KENEGGIE, 4 miles west; PENGERSICK, 3 miles west, is the site of an ancient castle, built in the 16th century, and formerly the residence of the Millytons; most of the building is now ruinous, but a battlemented tower of three stages (temp. Hen. VIII.) still remains; ASHTON is 1 mile west from Breage; other villages in this parish are HENDRA,  2 west-south-west, TRESCOWE, 4 north-west, TREVERVAS, 2 west-south-west, and HERLAND, 2 north-north-west; PORTHLEVEN, 2 ½ south-south-east, is a fishing village, partly in this parish and partly in Sithney.

 

POST & T. OFFICE – Miss Anna Olive Nicholas, sub-postmistress. Letters through Helston, arrive at 10 a.m.; dispatched at 3.40 p.m. No delivery on Sundays. Porthleven is the nearest money order office, 3 miles distant.

ASHTON SUB-OFFICE – Miss Bessie KING, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive 10.25 a.m. from Helston; dispatched 3.35 p.m. No delivery on Sundays. Porthleven is the nearest money order & Breage the nearest telegraph office 1 mile distant. 

Wall Letter Box, Coach & Horses, Keneggie, cleared at 2.15 p.m.

 

PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS:-

These schools are controlled by the Launceston, Camelford & Stratton District Education Committee; Francis Dewsbury B.A., LL.B. Avenue place, Launceston, clerk; Thomas Bowden, Wheal Vor, attendance officer

Wheal Vor (mixed), for 140 children: average attendance, 66. Miss Mary Pope, mistress

 St. Breage Church Town; average attendance, 131; William Pidgeon, master.

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CARRIERS – Arthur James, to Penzance, tues. & thurs. &  sat.; Thomas Tregear to Helston, wed. & sat.; Penzance, thurs. & Redruth, Friday.

 

(Marked thus + should be addressed Marazion S.O.)

 

PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Cock James	Church Town
Hosking Miss	Church Town
Lukey Joel	Leseave house
Pellew Mrs	Church Town
Petty Rev. Harry John	The Parsonage
Pidgeon William	Sunny cottage
Polglase William	Church Town
Richards John	Church Town
Rowe Jacob	Church Town
Stephens Henry	Church Town
Williams Miss	Church Town
COMMERCIAL
Alford Charles John	Insurance agent, Church Town
Beare Thos.	Shoe ma., Church Town
Bennett Paul	Farmer, Tolmennor
Blight Thomas	Farmer, Trevena
Breage Granite Quarry Co. (Thomas Eustice)	Purser & Manager
Buckett Thomas	Farmer, Trevena
+Coast Guard Station (Board of Trade rocket apparatus No. 276)	William Goyne, chief boatman, Prussia Cove
Cock Wm	Trelawney’s Arms P.H. Trew
Eustice Edmund Truscott	Temperance hotel, Ashton
Eustice Loveday (Mrs)	Shpkpr, Ashtn
Eustice Hy.	Lion & Lamb P.H., Ashton
Gilbert John Hy.	Farmer, Trevorian
+Gilbert William John	Coach & Horses P.H., Keneggie
Glasson Joseph	Farmer, Trewavas
Gundry James Wearne	Builder, contractor, undertaker & painter (estimates given), Church Town
Harry Wm. Henry	Shopkeeper, Ashton
Hosken Fredk	Ingleton, Frmr, Penbro
Hosking John Bawden	Frmr, Trevena
James John	Grocer, Church Town
James Joseph Harry (Mrs)	Shopkeeper, Ashton
James Sophia (Mrs)	Farmer, Trevena
James William	Farmer, Trevervas
Johns James	Farmer, Rinsey
Joyce John Adams	Wheelwright, carriage builder & undertaker, Church Town
King Bessie (Miss)	Shopkeeper, Post Office, Ashton
King Edwin	Farmer, Pengersick
King Wm.	Drapr & Gro, Church Town
Kitto Francis	Farmer, Pengersick
+Kitto Mary Ann (Mrs)	Shopkeeper, Keneggie
+Marks Henry	Farmer, Keneggie
Matthew Francis John	Farmer, Tranno
Nicholas Anna Olive (Miss)	Postmistress, Church Town
Nicholas Joseph	Builder & Carpenter, Church Town & Ashton
Penrose William	Farmer, Trequean
Perry David	Farmer, Crava
Perry John Moyses	Farmer, assistant overseer & Registrar of births & deaths for sub-districts of Breage sub-district, Helston union
+Phillips Mager	Farmer, Keneggie
Richards Alfred	Farmer, Pellor
Richards John	Farmer, Methleigh
Richards Joseph	Farmer, Trevalence
Richards Thomas Mitchell	Farmer, Treworlas
+Richards William	Farmer, Keneggie
Richards Jane (Mrs)	Farmer, Little Methleigh
Rogers William	Queen’s Arms P.H., Church Town
Sampson Thomas	Farmers, Hendra
Sampson Trevenen	Farmer, Trevervas
Smith Geo.	Blacksmith, Church Twn
Stephens James	Farmer, Tremearne
+Thomas Hy. Davey	Farmer, Keneggie
Toll John Henry	Farmer, Trevervas
Toll Simon	Farmer, Pengersick
Tregear John	Farmer, Pentreath
Tregoning Hill Brick & China Clay Co.	John Martin, manager & purser
Treloar Jn.	Shopkpr, Church Town
Tripp Thos. Hy.	Farmer, Trevervas
Tyacke John	Farmer, Chynoweth
Waters Catherine (Mrs)	Frmr, Ashton
Williams Frank	Farmer, Rosemaber
Williams John Jas.	Farmer, Sethnoe
Wills John	Farmer, Tregew