ST. JUST-IN-PENWITH is a township, parish and market town, near the coast at Cape Cornwall, 7 miles west from Penzance, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Penwith, Penzance union and county court district, rural deanery of Penwith, Cornwall archdeaconry and Exeter diocese. The church of St. Just is a fine building, having nave, aisles, chancel, porch, clock, and square embattled tower: in the church is a curious old incised slab bearing a crozier, with the inscription “Selus hic jacet”; there is also an ancient cross built into the wall of the north aisle: the church was restored in 1865, at a cost of £2,000. The register dates from the year 1599. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £500, with residence and 12 acres of glebe land, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held by the Rev. Henry Stuart Fagan, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford. There is a National school for boys and girls; also chapels for Wesleyans, Bible Christians, and Methodist Free church. The market is held on Saturday. The Literary Institution is in Chapel street, and has a library, museum and news room; there are science and art classes in connection with it; lectures are also delivered weekly throughout the winter months. this institution was established in 1842. Messrs. Cornish, Richard Boyns, S. H. James, and others, are lords of the manor. Viscount Falmouth, Lord Robartes, Usticke Scobell, John Borlase, esqrs., and the Rev. W. Hodgson, are chief landowners. The soil is killas; the subsoil is granite and felspar. Cape Cornwall is in this parish, 1 mile north-west of the town. The chief crops are wheat and barley, and pasture. The area is 7,421 acres, of which 30 are water; gross estimated value, £14,[obscured]; rateable value, £12,560; and the population is 1871 was 9,011.
Parish Clerk, Samuel Veal.
Post & Money Order & Telegraph Office & Post Office Savings Bank.—John Warren, postmaster, Chapel street. Letters through Penzance, arrive at 10.10 a.m. & 5.30[?] p.m.; dispatched at 7.30[?] a.m. & 3 p.m
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County Police Station, Chapel st. Nicholas Trenerry, sergeant
Institution, Chapel st. Francis Oats, hon. sec
Public News Room, Chapel st. Walter Holman, hon. sec
Clerk to the Highway Board, Wm. Triggs
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, John Chenhalls
Surveyor of Highways, Wm. Merrifield
National, Jas. Lawry Rowe, master
Wesleyan, Geo. Fredk. Glasson, master
Omnibuses to Penzance.—Eddy, 4 times daily; A Thomas, 3 times daily; Mrs. Mary Williams (through Pendeen), tues. thurs. & saturday, all returning same day
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[SECTION ENTIRELY OBSCURED] […] [vicar], […] […] [Bible Christian], […] […] street […] Bosavern […] Cape-Cornwall street […] Bank square […] [Wesleyan], Wesley vil COMMERCIAL. [START OF SECTION OBSCURED] […] James, insurance agent, […] street […], shopkeeper, Fore st […], chemist & druggist, […] […] John Carne, manager to Batten, Carne & Carne, bankers, Bank house Batten, Carne & Carne, bankers (John Carne […], manager); draw on […] & Co. Lombard […] […] & Thomas, […] Bennetts John, estate agent, Carallack Bennetts John, shoe maker, Cape-Cornwall street Bennetts William, farmer, Bostrase Bolitho, Sons & Co. bankers (Richard Boyns, manager); draw on Ransom, Bouverie & Co. 1 Pall Mall east […] Bolitho James, draper & grocer, Nancherrow terrace […] Hitchens, grocer, Cape-Cornwall street Bone George, farmer, Brea Vean Boyns Henry, boot warehouse, & grocer, Market place & Downs Boyns Hen. grocer & drapr. Bosorne rd Boyns John, mine agent, Green lane Boyns Nicholas, farmer, Hendra Boyns Richard, manager to Bolitho Sons & Co. bankers, The Bank Boyns Richard, miller, Bostrase Boyns Richard, purser of mines, Boswedden house Boyns Richard, wholesale & retail grocer & wine & spirit mer. Market pl Candy Charles, farmer, Bosorne Candy Henry, farmer, Bosorne Casley Ann (Mrs.), grocer, Church st |
[Obscured], shoe maker, Angle st Casley Henry, farmer, Truthwall Casely James, farmer, Boscean [Obscured] George Hemmings, farmer, Truthwall Chenhalls John, farmer, & registrar of births, deaths & marriages, Market st Chenhalls William, surgeon, Church st Chirgwin Ralph Wm. & Co. grocers & drapers, Cape-Cornwall street; & at Trewellard Clements Wm. mine agent, Market pl Daniel Nicholas Charles, tin plate worker & watch maker, Fore street Davey John Taylor, farmer, Tregeseal Duke of Cornwall Artillery Volunteers (13th) (Capt. Richard Thomas, officer commanding; 1st Lieut. John C. Barwis; 2nd Lieut. A. H. James) Duke of Cornwall Rifle Volunteers (20th) (Capt. Richard Boyns, officer com.), Armoury, Cape-Cornwall street Eddy Francis, farmer, Leswidden Eddy James, farmer, Trevegean Eddy James, lodging house & bus proprietor, Chapel street Eddy Jane (Miss), dress maker, Fore st Eddy Joseph, grocer, Queen street Eddy Mary (Mrs.), grocer & draper, Green lane Eddy William, lodging house, Cape-Cornwall street Eddy William Robert, carpenter, Nancherrow terrace Ellis James, farmer, Little Brea Gendall James, shoe maker, Chapel st Gibson Francis, carpenter, Regent ter Gibson James, carpenter, Princes ter Goninan Alfred, shopkeeper, Cape-Cornwall street Grenfell Pascoe, farmer, Bosorne Genfell William, beer retailer, Nancherrow terrace Grenfell William, farmer, Bosorne Harvey Andrew, surgeon, Market st Harvey John, Star inn, Fore street Harvey William, baker, Queen street Hattam William, farmer, Boscregan Hicks Richard, farmer, Tregeseal Hill Thomas, farmer, Cape-Cornwall st Hoblyn William Treffry, harness ma. Market place Hocking Nicholas, mine agnt. Green la Hocking Richard, farmer, Dowran Hocking William, farmer, Dowran Hocking William, farmer, Hendra Hocking William, farmer, Nanjulian Hocking William, farmer & grocer, Kelynack Hollow Thomas, greengrocer, Angle st Hollow William, farmer, Bosavern Hollow Wm. jun. farmer, Bosavern Holman Nicholas & Son, engineers & iron & brass founders, Tregeseal Hosking Henry, farmer, Dowran Hosking John, farmer, Chycarne Hutchens John, Wellington hotel, Market place Institution (Francis Oats, hon. sec.), Chapel street James Henry, carrier, Victoria row James Peter, blacksmith, Kelynack |
James Stephen Harvey, purser of Botallack mine, Alma villa Jenkin William, farmer, Trevedra Johns Martin, farmer, Numphra Johns Richard, farmer, Dowran Johns William, shopkeeper, Dowran Jones Thomas, shopkeeper, Fore street Lawrey Elizabeth, (Mrs.), farmer, Nancherrow Lawrey Peter Curnow Veale, farmer, Bosvargus Leathan Alexander, draper, Fore street Leathan Charles, farmer, Gurland Leathan Jhn. Tonkin, farmr. Bollowall Leathan Wm. boys’ school, Green lane Maddern Richard, farmer, Trevegean Mason Thomas & William, frmrs. Brea Matthews Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Chapel street Merrifield William, surveyor of highways, Lafrowder terrace Michell — (Miss), ladies’ school, Lafrowda terrace Mitchell James, shoe maker, Kelynack Mitchell Thomas, farmer, Kenidjack Nicholas John, farmer, Trevedra Oates Richard, bookbinder & stationer, Market street Olds Elizabeth (Mrs.), butcher, Carrallack terrace Olds Henry, butcher, Nancherrow ter Olds Henry, farmer, Bosavern Olds Peter, butcher, Cape-Cornwall st Olds Peter, jun. butcher, Regent ter Paull Wm. Henry, shoe maker, Fore st Pengelly William, farmer, Cryon [Cryor?] Penrose Wm. beer retailer, Chapel st Phillips John, farmer, Nanquidno Pooley James, grocer, Fore street Public News Room (Walter Holman, hon. sec.), Chapel street Reseigh Lavinia (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Market place Richards Thos. shopkeeper, Market pl Richards Thomas, tailor & draper, Market place Richards William, hair dresser, Nancherrow terrace Roberts James, carpenter, Trevedrea Roberts Ralph Hill, carpenter, Nancherrow terrace Roberts William, draper & grocer, Regent terrace Rodda John, shoe ma. Boswedden ter Rowe James, carman, Lafrowda terrace Rowe John, farmer, Letcha Rowe John, mine agent, Lafrowder ter Rowe Joseph, ironmonger, Fore street Searle Richard Bemford, surgeon Shackerley Thomas, farmer, Kelynack Thomas Archelaus, bus proprietor, Bosorne terrace Thomas Edmund, farmer, Dowran Thomas Henry, grocer & draper, Lafrowder terrace Thomas Henry Grylls, grocer & draper, Market place Thomas James, mine agent, Pleasant row Thomas John, farmer, Trevegean Tippett Charles, wheelwright, Kelynack Tippett James, grocer, Kelynack Trahair William, grocer, Fore street |
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Trahair William James, linen draper, Market place Tregear James, farmer, Boswarlas Tregear Thomas, blacksmith, Fore street Tregear William, farmer, Boswarlas Tregenza Robert, mason, Fore street Trembath Edwin, photographer, Fore st Trembath Richard, grocer, Bank sq Trezise Geo. Edwards, draper, Fore st Trezise Noah, blacksmith, New town Trezise William, carpenter, Green lane Triggs William, clerk to the highway board, Tregeseal |
Trounson Thomas, carpenter, & watch maker, Nancherrow terrace Uren James, blacksmith, Market place Veal John, farmer, Bollowall Veal Samuel, shoe maker, Fore street Warren William, farmer, Tregeseal Wearne Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Carrallack White Nathan, mine agent, Truthwall White Richard, agent, Levant mine White Thos. farmer, Cape-Cornwall st Williams James, grocer & draper, Victoria row |
Williams James, draper, Fore street Williams John, grocer & [obscured], Market place Williams Mary (Mrs.), bus proprietor, Chapel street Williams Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Fore street Williams Nicholas, carpenter, Chapel st Williams Thomas, King’s Arms, Market place Williams William, Commercial hotel & posting house, & farmer, Market pl Williams William, farmer, Numphra |
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