ST. JUST-IN-PENWITH is a township and
parish, market and church town, 7 miles north-west from
Penzance, in the western division, Penwith Hundred, Penzance
Union, Penwith deanery, Cornwall archdeaconry, and Exeter
bishopric. The church of St. Just is a fine stone building; it
has nave, 3 aisles, chancel, porch, transept, monuments, font,
clock, and square embattled tower. The living is a vicarage,
worth £500 yearly, with residence and 10 acres of glebe
land, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The Rev. George Hadow
M.A., is the incumbent. There are chapels for Wesleyans, Bible
Christians and Teetotal Methodists. There is a National school
for boys and girls. The Market is held on Saturday. The
population, in 1851, was 8,759. The soil is killas; the subsoil
is granite and felspar. Lord Viscount Falmouth, and Samuel
Borlase, Esq., are the chief landowners. The chief crops are
wheat and barley. Dr. Borlase was born here. There are the
following mines in this parish at work—Boblowall and
Nanpean, Boscean, Ballis Widden, Boswedden, Boscaswell Downs,
Carnyorth, Levant, North Levant, Pendeen Consols, Spearn Moor,
Spearn Consols, Wheal Bal, Wheal Carne, Wheal Hearl, Wheal
Owles, and Wheal Poule. The population in 1851, was 5,559,
and the area 7,391 acres
Pendeen is a chapelry, with a population of 3,200.
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GENTRY. Aitken Rev. Robert, M.A. Pendeen Angwin Mrs. Margaret Chenhalls Mr. Alfred, Market street Chenhalls Mrs. William Daniels Rev. Hy. [Wesleyan] Fore st Hadow Rev. George, M.A. Vicarage Harvey Andrew, esq. Chapel street Hicks Capt. Thomas, Chapel street Permewan John, esq. Fore street Savery Rev. Geo. [Wesleyan], Market st Searle Richard B. esq. Chapel street Trahair Mr. Richard, Fore street Widow Mr. Thomas TRADERS. Angwin Andrew, farmer, Carngorth Angwin Wm. farmer & mine agnt. Bosorne Angwin William, shopkeeper, Bojewyan Bennetts James, mine agent, Trewellard Bennetts John, farmer, Carrallack Bennetts John, mine agent, Trewellard Bennetts John, jun. farmer, Carallack Bennetts Thomas, farmer, Boseaven Bolitho James, ‘New House,’ Truthall Bolitho Walter, farmer, Carngorth Boyne Richard, farmer & mine agent, Henidjack Boynes John, farmer & mine agent, Bollowall Boynes John, smith, Truthall Boynes John, jun. mine agent, Truthall Boynes Nicholas, farmer, Boswedden Boynes Nicholas, jun. farmer, Hendra Boynes Richard, miller, Bostrase Burton Thomas Bury, Wellington hotel & posting house, Market place Casley George, farmer, Boscean Casely George, farmer, Breavean Casley James, miller, Bosavern Casley James, farmer, Carrarrack Casley Thomas, farmer, Kelynack Casley William, farmer, Truthwell Chenhalls John, farmer, Bosvarrus Cheynalls Geo. H. farmer, Bollowall Daniel Nichls. watch & clock mkr. Fore st Dillen James, tailor, Chapel street Eddy James, shoemaker, Chapel stree[t] |
Eddy Wm. farmer & mine agent, Clartha Eddy Wm. ‘King’s Arms,’ Market pl Ellis Charles, shopkeeper, Carngorth Gartrell Richard, farmer, Keigwin Gartrell William, farmer, Keigwin Goldsworthy Ralph, farmer & mine agent, Bocean Grenfell John, mine agent, Trewellard Grenfell Pascoe, farmer, Carrallack Hall Thos. linendraper & grocer, Fore st Harvey Andrew, surgeon, Chaple street Harvey James Stephen, land agent, & mine purser Harvey James Stephen, jun. mine agent & miller, Kenidjack Harvey Philip, mine agent, Bottallack Hatham Henry, farmer, Boscregan Hicks Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper Hill John, Academy Hill William, ‘Star,’ Fore street Hocking Nicholas, mine agent, Trewellard Hocking Richard, farmer, Dowran Hocking William, miller, Nanjulian Hollow John, farmer, Boscaswell Holman Nicholas & Son, ironfounders Holman Nicholas, farmer, Tregeseal Holman Wm. ironfounder, Bojewyan Hoskin Uter, carpenter, Trewellard Hosking John, farmer, Dowran James Joseph R. farmer, Bottallack James Stephen, agent to Lord Falmouth James Stephen, jun. miller, Bottallack James Thomas, grocer Johns Thomas, farmer, Portheras Lawry Bryan, farmer, Truthwell Leathan John Tonkin, farmr. Bollowall Leathan William, academy, Green lane Leggoe John, farmer & smith, Boscaswell Leggoe John, shopkeeper, Trewellard Martin Edward, framer, Bojewyan Martin Edward, jun. farmer, Bojewyan Mason Thomas, farmer, Brea Murrish James, shopkeeper, [M]arket pl Nawkervis ohn, mine age[nt,] Bottallck Newton John, farmer, N[page lost] Noal William, mine age[nt] [page lost]well [remainder of page lost] |
Oats Grace (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Market pl Oats James, farmer, Nanquidno Pearce William Henry V. Commercial hotel & posting house, Market place Penrose William, farmer & porter merchant, Bojewyan Permewan John, surgeon, Fore street Phillips Matthew, farmer, Boseaven Pool Oliver, miller, Bosvargus Pooley James, shopkeeper, Fore street Reseigh William, shopkeeper, Market [pl] Richard John, farmer, Trevedra Richards William, hairdresser Roach Paul, mine agent, Boscaswell Roberts Henry, farmer, Clartha Roberts Richard, shoemaker & agent to the West of England fire & life assurance company, Market place Rodda Matthias, grocer, Trewillard Rowe Anne (Miss), draper & grocer Rowe Nicholas, farmer, Trewillard Rowe Thomas, farmer & smith, Bocean Rowe Thoams, smith, Market place Saundry John, farmer, Boseaven Searle Richard B. surgeon, Chaple st Shackerley Thomas, farmer, Kelynack Stevens John, farmer, Boscaswell Taylor Willias, shopkeeper, Fore street Thomas Edmund, farmer, Dowran Thomas Henry, grocer, Market place Thomas Henry, miller, Pendeen Thomas Henry Grylls, draper & grocer, Market place Thomas John, farmer, Clartha Trahair William, shopkeeper, Fore st Tregear James, farmer, Boswarlas Tregear William, farmer, Boswarlas Trembath John, farmer, Pendeen Trembath Richard, shopkeeper, Fore st Trembath Wm. mine agent, Trewellard Trenear Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper Trezeise Geo. E. draper & grocer, Fore [st] Trezise Henry, [m]ine agent, Carngorth Trezise James[, F]armer, Bollowall Trezise John[, C]arpenter, Carngorth Trezise O[page lost] Edward, general & [page lost]onger, Market street [Remainder of page, if any, lost] |
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Trezise William, farmer, Carngorth Trezise William, farmer, Carngorth Uren Benjamin, carpenter, Trewallard Veal Samuel, shoemaker, Fore street Vingoe John, farmer, Tregiffian Warren James, builder Warren Jane (Mrs.), shpkpr. Trewallard Warren John, bookseller, stationer, printer & fancy repository & postoffice, Chaple street Warren Nicholas, smith, Bojewyan |
Waters Richard, carpenter, Bojewyan Wearne Richard, mine agent, Bojewyan White Henry, smith, Bojewyan White John Thomas, farmer & mine agent, Bojewyan White Nicholas, farmer, Trewillard White Richard, mine agent, Trewillard White Thomas, farmer, Bojewyan Williams Hy. frmr. & shpkpr. Boscaswell Williams Hy. Geo. carpenter, Market pl Williams James, hairdresser |
Williams James, shopkeepr. Boscaswell Williams John, North inn, Boscaswell Williams John, grocer, Market place Williams William, farmer, Boseaven Woolcock Thos. shopkeeper, Boscaswell Wonnacott Mrs. mistress of National school Wonnacott William, master of National school Wroath Catherine (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Fore street |
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Post Office.—John Warren, postmaster, Chapel street. Letters through Penzance, arrive at 6 p.m.; dispatched at 5 a.m. Box closes at 10 p.m. Money orders are granted & paid Insurance Agents:— Atlas, B. Lowry, jun County Fire, J. Ackerman Leeds & Yorkshire, W. Holman Legal Commercial Life, J. J. Leatham Liverpool & London Fire & Life, R. P. Goldsworthy National Live Stock, J. Ackerman Phœnix, Richard Boyns Provident Life, J. Ackerman |
Travellers’ & Marine, R. Boyns Union Life, Henry Boyns West of England Fire & Life, R. Roberts
St. Just Church, Rev. George Hadow, M.A. National School, William Wonnacott, master; Mrs. Wonnacott, mistress Institution, Chapel street, O. E. Trezise, hon. sec Public News Room, Chapel street, W. Angwin, sec Posting Houses:— Wellington Hotel, Thomas B. Burton Commercial Hotel, W. H. V. Pearce Omnibuses to Penzance—Eddy, daily; Rowe, thursday & saturday, both returning same day |
The spelling in this extract is, as far as possible, as it was written. It was not possible to point out every anomaly as there were too many.
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