LELANT or Uny Lelant, is a township and parish, within the parliamentary borough of St. Ives, from which it is 3½ miles south-east, 6 miles north-east from Penzance, and 1 mile from St. Ives road station on the West Cornwall railway, 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, on the estuary of the Hayle River, opposite Hayle. The church of St. Uny is an old building, partly Norman, with some marks of the thirteenth century restoration which in turn gave way to a further reconstruction in the fifteenth century: It is now being restored in accordance with the fifteenth century work, under the superintendence of Mr. J. D. Sedding, architect, of Bristol: it has chancel, nave, two aisles, and square embattled tower with 6 bells, and contains some monuments. The register dates from the year 1672. The living is a vicarage, with Towednack annexed, joint yearly value £440, in the gift of the Bishop of Exeter, and held by the Rev. Richard Frederick Tyacke M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. There is a National school for 160 boys and girls, supplying a district of about 1 mile radius; also a Sunday school held in the same building. The following mines are at work in this parish — Providence, Wheal Margaret, Wheal Mary, Tre-croben, Trevarrack and West Wheal Lucy. A fair is held on the 15th of August, yearly for cattle. Trevethoe, half a mile distant, is held on lease by Sir John St. Aubyn, bart, M.P., of Mr. Tyringham, who is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is gravelly; the subsoil is killas and granite. The chief crops are wheat. The area is 3,927 acres, of which 170 is water; gross estimated rental, £5,691, rateable value, £4,883; and the population in 1871 was 2,178. Chy-an-gwail, situated near the providence mine, and Lelant Down, or Tre-coben, on the side of the hill so called, are hamlets.
Post Office.—Charles Burt, sub-postmaster. Letters per railway arrive at 9 a.m. & 5 p.m.; dispatched at 3.30 p.m. & 7 a.m. The nearest money order office is at Hayle
National School, J. H. Hodge, mastr.; Miss J. Morley, mistrss
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PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Hawes Sampson Nicholls Loam Michael, Venayr Nicholls John, Carninney Richards Charles St. Aubyn Sir John, bart. M.P. Trevethoe Tyacke Rev. Richd. F. M.A. Vicarage COMMERCIAL Adams Thomas, coal agent Andrews Thomas, shopkeeper Anthony Arundel, mine agent Bartlett John William, farmer Bennotts Ann (Mrs.), farmer Boundey Priscilla (Mrs.), shopkeeper Brush John, farmer Bryant William, shoe maker Card John, farmer, Lock Christopher Thomas, master mariner Christopher William, farmer Christopher William, farmer, Boskerras Eddy Samuel, farmer Eddy William, farmer, Withen Edmonds John, farmer Friggens John, farmer Giles John, farmer, Trink Glasson James, farmer, Polpear Glasson Nancy (Mrs.), shopkeeper |
Griffin Matthew, farmer Harris John, farmer, Ninnes Hicks Thomas, farmer, Carn Hocken Ann (Mrs.), Praed’s Arms Hodges John H. schoolmaster Hollow John, coal merchant Hollow Matthew, farmer, Boskerras Hollow William, mine agent Hosking James, farmer, Gunwing Hosking Richard, farmer, Beersheba Jennings Margaret (Mrs.), shopkeeper Jennings Robert, farmer, Vowes Johns John, carpenter Laming Whitsed, farmer Lanyon Richard, farmer Martin William, farmer, Ninnes Martin William, farmer, Trewartha Michell Sampson, farmer, Trevarrack Mitchell William & Son, corn & manure merchants Mitchell James, farmer Morley William, coal merchant Olds William, butcher Payne William, farmer, Charlestown Pearce John, farmer & gardener Pearce John, farmer, Durloe Penberthy James, farmer, Vowes Penberthy James, mine agent Perry Capt. Geo. farmer & mine agent |
Perry Daniel, farmer, Chyangweal Polkinghorne Stphn. farmer, Gunwing Pollard John, farmer & gardener Quick John, farmer, Gonew Richards Charles, farmer, Venvoyn Roach Paul, farmer & shopkeeper Roscorla Robert, schoolmaster Rosewarne John master mariner, Hampton court Sandow James, grocer & registrar of births & deaths Sandow Henry, farmer, Trembethow Sandow William, farmer, Trembethow Stevens John, coal agent & carpenter Thomas John, gardener Thomas Simon, farmer Thomas William, farmer, Wheal wreeth Toms John, farmer & gardener Treglown Thomas, mine agent & broker Treweeke Thomas, mining engineer Trewhella Matthew, farmer, Brunnion Tyack John, farmer, Carn Uren Edmund, farmer, Foque[?] Uren Francis, farmer, Westway Uren Vivian[?] farmer, Carntiscoe[?] Wearne William, farmer Winnan Edward, tin dresser & buyer Woodward Robert, farmer |
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