Kelly’s Post Office Directory of Cornwall 1856

TOWEDNACK is a parish, 6 miles north-east from Penzance, 2 miles south-west from St. Ives, in the western division, Penwith Hundred, Penzance Union, Penwith deanery, Cornwall archdeaconry and Exeter bishopric. The church is an old stone building, with square tower containing 3 bells; in the church are nave, two aisles, chancel, transept, font, and a few mural monuments. The living is a donative annexed to the vicarage of Lelant Uny, and of the joint annual value £441; the Rev. Uriah Tonkin, M.A., is the incumbent, and the Rev. Marshall Spink, of St. Ives, is the curate. There are four chapels for Wesleyans, and one for Teetotal Methodists. A fair is held on the nearest Tuesday to 26th September yearly, for cattle. The population, in 1851, was 1,057, and the acreage is 2794. The soil is killas; the subsoil is granite. The Duke of Cleveland and William Batten Praed, Esq., of Lelant, are lords of the manor, and chief landowners. The chief crops are wheat and barley. Wheal Consol’s mine is in this parish.