The following is from [Pigot 1844] and must be read in the context of that date.
SAINT IVES is a sea-port, market town, borough and parish, in the hundred of Penwith—278 miles from London, and 104 from Exeter; situated on the western side of the bay of its name, which opens to the Bristol channel. Its proper name is St. Ia’s, though it has been written St. Ies, and sometimes St Ithes. It is a place of great antiquity, and probably was founded by a colony from Ireland in the first ages of christianity. The fisheries and mines, which are flourishing, and its maritime trade (including its connexion with Hayle, Portreath and St. Agnes), are the paramount sources of the prosperity of St. Ives. Its imports are chiefly articles for the supply, and its exports the products of these branches of industry. The pilchard fishery is pursued here on a more extensive scale than upon any other part of the coast of Cornwall—in some years there are nearly two hundred seins employed. The Season commences in July, and continues till the latter end of November—during which period, in prolific seasons, seventeen thousand hogsheads have been taken, each hogshead containing about two thousand fish, which are cured here, and chiefly sent to the Italian markets. In the valleys near the town there are many rivulets, which propel the machinery used in the preparation of tin and copper ores for the market, and turn corn mills. St. Ives was first incorporated by Charles I; this charter was superseded by the Municipal Act passed in 1835, which vested the government in a mayor, four aldermen and twelve councillors—styling the corporate body ‘the mayor and burgesses of the borough of St. Ives:’ the same act gave to the borough a commission of the peace. Courts baron for the manor are held annually. The borough first sent members to parliament in the reign of Philip and Mary, and continued to return two burgesses until the passing of the Reform Bill, when it was allowed to retain but one.
The church, erected about the time of Henry V, and dedicated to St. Andrew, is a beautiful edifice, with an elegant lofty tower; the living is a perpetual curacy in the gift of the diocesan bishop. There are places of worship for Wesleyan Methodists and Lady Huntingdon’s connexion. There was an endowment for a free grammar school, of which, by some means not accounted for, the town is deprived. The market is held on Saturday, and a fair on the 7th of December. The borough and parish contained, in 1831, 4,776 inhabitants, and in 1841, 5,666.
Hayle omitted.
POST OFFICE, St. Ives, Mary Kelly, Post Mistress.—Letters from London &c. arrive every afternoon at half-past four, and are despatched every night at ten.— Letters from Birmingham and the North, arrive every morning at nine, and are despatched every afternoon at three.
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GENTRY AND CLERGY. Edwards Mr. Hugh, St. Ives Ellis Rev. Samuel Adcock, St. Ives Halse Mrs. —, St. Ives Harvey Mr. Charles A., Hayle Harvey Henry, Esq. Hayle Harvey Mr Nicholas, Hayle Hickens Mr Richard, St. Ives Hobson Rev. John, St. Ives May Mr. Francis, St. Ives Millett Rev. John Thomas, Penpol Millett Richard Oake, Esq. Penpol Millett William, Esq. Rivier Mollard Mrs. Mary, St. Ives Morgan Miss Catherine, St. Ives Pool John, Esq. Hayle Praed William, Esq. Trevethan park Stephens Saml. Esq. Tregenna Castle Stevens Mr. James, St. Ives Sydal Mrs. —, St. Ives Trevithick Mr. Fredk. Harvey, Hayle Trevithick Mrs. Jane, Sencliff Trevithick Mr. John Harvey, Hayle Trewhella Mrs. —, St. Ives Vivian Mr. John, Hayle Vivian Mr. William, Bodrigg Wearne Mrs. Eliza, St. Ives Wearne Mrs. Maria, St. Ives West Mr. William, Hayle ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS. Bryant James, St. Ives Charity School, St. Ives—Henry Smith Lea, master Nash Mrs. —, St. Ives National School (girls), —Willis, mistress Randle John, Hayle Short John, St. Ives Stephens John, St. Ives Sydal Eliza & Susan, St. Ives AGENTS—SHIPPING, &c. Bamfield Duk[?] (& to Lloyd’s) St. Ives Hocking Joseph, St. Ives |
ATTORNEYS. Bamfield Robert H. St. Ives Hitchens Wm. (and town clerk) St. Ives Tresidder William Edwd. Walmsley (and notary), St. Ives BAKERS. Chellew John, St. Ives Dawe Henry, St. Ives Ellacott James, St. Ives Harvey Thomas, St. Ives Sanear Betsy, Hayle BANKERS. Bolitho, Sons & Co. St. Ives—(draw on Ransom & Co. London) BLACKSMITHS. Allen Charles, St. Ives Bawden Thomas, St. Ives Luke James, St. Ives Veale Richard, Hayle BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS. Brenton Henry, Hayle Jenkyn Richard, St. Ives Jenkyn Thomas, St. Ives Jones George, Hayle Jones John, Hayle Lampen Thomas, Hayle Nelnoworth [Velenoweth?] Nicholas, St. Ives Thomas John, St. Ives Thomas William, St. Ives Tonkin John, St. Ives Tronern Peter, Hayle Whitford Nicholas (and leather cutter), Hayle Williams Josiah, St. Ives BRAZIERS AND TINMEN. Jenkin John, Hayle Johns Robert, St. Ives Major Ephraim, St. Ives Ninnis Francis, St. Ives Ninnis John, St. Ives |
BUTCHERS. Baragwanath matthew, St. Ives Edmonds Henry, St. Ives Pearce John, St. Ives Pearce Richard, St. Ives Pearce William, St. Ives Polkinghorne John, Hayle Punnalls Sampson, Hayle CARPENTERS. Curnow Henry, Hayle Hall Sampson, St. Ives Hocking Bartholomew (and organ builder)
Launders James and Brothers, St. Ives Rogers Abraham, Hayle Stephens John, St. Ives Stephens William, St. Ives Truscott Richard, Hayle Williams John, Hayle Yeoman James, Hayle COAL MERCHANTS. Anthony Thomas, St. Ives Bryant Peter, St. Ives Harvey and Co. Hayle Sandys, Carne & Vivian, Hayle COOPERS. Harvey Thomas, St. Ives Richards John, St. Ives Quick Charles, St. Ives Wearne John, St. Ives Williams George, St. Ives DRUGGISTS. Chellew William D. St. Ives Trezise Betsy Dawe, St. Ives Williams Richard E. St. Ives FIRE, &c. OFFICE AGENTS. Atlas, William Edward
Walmsley Tresidder, St.
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FISH CURERS AND SEINE OWNERS Bamfield & Co. Bazeley William Bolitho & Co. Hichins William Hocking Samuel Stevens Vivian Tremearne John Newman Union Company Wearne John Wearne Richard J. & Co. Williams John B. & Brothers GROCERS & TEA DEALERS. (See also Shopkeepers, &c.) Paynter Honor, St. Ives Bazeley James & Co. Hayle Ellis Eliza, Hayle Freeman William, St. Ives Harris Anthony, St. Ives Harvey & Co. Hayle Jelbart Thomas, St. Ives Jennings Robert, St. Ives Kernick Richard, St. Ives Richards William Stevens, St. Ives Sampson Caroline, St. Ives HOTELS. (See also Taverns & Public-houses.) Commercial, Peter Hooper, Hayle Hotel, Elizabeth Stephens, St. Ives White Hart Hotal, William Crotch, Hayle IRONFOUNDRS, ENGINEERS Harvey & Co. Hayle Sandys, Carne & Vivian, Hayle IRONMONGERS. Best Peter, St. Ives Hambly John, Hayle Harvey & Co. Hayle Ninnis Francis, St. Ives Ninnis John, St. Ives LINEN & WOOLEN DRAPERS Bazeley William (and wholesale mercers) St. Ives Hancorne Edard Mansel, Hayle Harvey & Co. Hayle Hocking Eleanor & Nancy, St. Ives Richards & Mollard, St. Ives Richards John & William, St. Ives Stephens Martha, St. Ives Trerise John, Hayle MASONS. Daniel Henry, St. Ives Daniel William, St. Ives Quick Gabriel, St. Ives Quick James, St. Ives Roberts James, St. Ives Shugg Thomas, St. Ives Shugg William, St. Ives MERCHANTS. Bamfield Daniel (and vice consul) St. Ives Harvey & Co. (and corn and flour factors) Hayle Sandys, Carne & Vivian (and corn and flour factors & millers) Hayle Stevens Vivian, St. Ives Tremearne John Newman, St. Ives Trewhella Matthew, St. Ives Wearne James, St. Ives Wearne John, St. Ives Wearne Roger, St. Ives Wearne William, St. Ives Williams Richard, St. Ives Yonge James, St. Ives |
MILLERS. Chellew John, St. Ives Hosking William, St. Ives Pascoe William, Hayle MILLINERS & DRESS MAKRS. Boase Jane, St. Ives Boase Sarah, St. Ives Davey Elizabeth Amy, Hayle Williams & Peters, St. Ives PAINTERS AND GLAZIERS. Carbinet Henry, Hayle George & Son, Hayle Roberts William, St. Ives ROPE MAKERS. Harry William, St. Ives Harvey & Co. Hayle Meriton John, Hayle Richards John, Hayle Sandys, Carne & Vivian, Hayle Thomas William Pye, St. Ives Veale Martin, Hayle SADDLERS. Best Peter, St. Ives Tredinnick William & John, Hayle SAIL MAKERS. Harvey & Co. Hayle Jennings William, St. Ives Row Henry, St. Ives Waren Thomas, St. Ives SHIP BUILDERS. Berryman William, St. Ives Bryant Thomas, St. Ives Harvey & Co. Hayle Paynter William, St. Ives Thomas James, St. Ives Tonkin William, St. Ives SHOPKEEPRS & DEALERS IN GROCERIES & SUNDRIES. Adams Francis, St. Ives Boaze Mary, St. Ives Boaze Elizabeth Jane, St. Ives Burgess Thomas, St. Ives Burrel Betsy, St. Ives Cogar Thomas, St. Ives Grenfell Vivian S. St. Ives Hodge Edmond, Hayle Hosking Thomas, Hayle Major Jane, St. Ives Paynter John, St. Ives Pearce William, St. Ives Penberthy William, St. Ives Quick Israel, St. Ives Richards James, St. Ives Row & Kempthorne, St. Ives Row Thomas, St. Ives Rule Thomas, Hayle Tonkin William, St. Ives Tredinnick Richard, Hayle Treloor John, St. Ives Wearne Mary, Hayle Williams Clara, Hayle Williams Ferdinand, Hayle Williams John, Hayle SPIRIT DEALERS. Hocking J. & M. St. Ives Williams Vivian Stephen, St. Ives STEAM PACKET OFFICES. Brunswick, the Quay — W. G. Pool, manager Cornwall and Herald, the Quay—John Vivian, manager STRAW HAT MAKERS. Row Mary, St. Ives Sincock Maria, St. Ives Worth Hannah, St. Ives |
SURGEONS. Bevan George William, St. Ives Chawner Paget, Hayle Hocking Samuel, St. Ives Lye Horatio, Hayle Vawdrey George, Hayle Yonge Walter, St. Ives TAILORS. Blewett William, Hayle Dewstone William, St. Ives Docton William, St. Ives Glasson Robert, Hayle James Richard, St. Ives Kemmins James, Hayle Mollard William, St. Ives Paynter John, St. Ives Sly George, St. Ives Tregwza[!] Oliver, Hayle Wyatt Francis, Hayle TAVERNS & PUBLIC HOUSES Castle, Samuel May, St. Ives Commercial, Mary Roach, St. Ives Crown & Anchor, Betsy Sampson, St. Ives George & Dragon, Stephen Curnow, St. Ives Golden Lion, John Edward, St. Ives Hayle Inn, Samuel Pick, Hayle King’s Arms, Mary Morton, St. Ives Red Lion, George Wasley, St. Ives Royal Standard, John Lloyd, Hayle Sloop, John Trench, St Ives Star, Joshua Eva, St. Ives Steam Packet Inn, John James, Hayle Union Inn, Joseph Johns, St. Ives Wheat Sheaf, Henry Roach, St. Ives White Hart, Charles Richards, St. Ives TIMBER AND LIME MERCHANTS. Harvey & Co. Hayle Sandys, Carne & Vivian, Hayle Wearne Roger, St. Ives TIN SMELTERS. Grenfell & Co. Trelissick House Williams, Harvey & Co. Mellanear Smelting House WATCH & CLOCK MAKERS. Anthony John Bray, St. Ives Ingram John, Hayle Ley Thomas Stephens, Hayle Rice Nicholas, Hayle Sandow Thomas, St. Ives Williams Jasper, St. Ives Miscellaneous. In St. Ives when not otherwise stated. Best Peter, saddler and harness maker Gas Works—John Short, Manager Hamlyn Edward, currier Harris Benjamin, hair dresser, Hayle Harvey James, china dealer, Hayle Lazarus Isaac, hardwareman, Hayle Mitchell William, wheelwright Prade James, hair dresser Quick Joh Couch, veterinary surgeon Stamp Office, Hayle—Thomas Bryant, sub-distributer Thomas Williams Pye, rope maker Tonkin Michael, flour dealer Wearne John, lime burner Williams James, bookseller, Hayle Woolcock John, flour dealer CUSTOM HOUSE, ST. IVES. Collector—Mamby Davie, St. Ives Comptroller—Charles Watson, St. Ives Chief Officer of the Coast Guard—Martin Moxs, St. Ives CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY. To REDRUTH. Trains (from Hayle), three times a day. CARRIERS. To HAYLE, John Clymo, daily. To PENZANCE, Richard Morice and Richard Major, from St. Ives, daily. To REDRUTH, Walter Hamly, daily. STEAM PACKETS. To and from BRISTOL and HAYLE, the Brilliant, the Cornwall, and the Herald, every Tuesday and Thursday. |
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