LUDGVAN is a township and parish, 3½ miles north-east from Penzance, 1 mile north from Marazion 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, archdeaconry of Cornwall and diocese of Truro, situated on the hill side facing Mount’s Bay. The parish is governed by a local board of 12 members. The church of St. Paul is an ancient building of granite, in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, porch and an embattled tower containing 5 bells: the doorway of the porch is Norman: in this church lie the remains of the Rev. William Borlase LL.D., F.R.S. the well-known historian and antiquary of this county, he was a native of Pendeen, in the parish of St. Just, and rector of this parish fifty-two years; he died at Ludgvan Aug. 31 1772, aged 78. The church plate was presented by the 2nd Earl of Godolphin in 1728; there is also a cup, with cover, dated 1376 [1576]: In the churchyard is a rude cross, 3 feet in height. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1566; marriages and burials 1563. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge £808, with residence, and 23 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Duke of Cleveland, and held since 1862, by the Rev. David John Harrison M.A. of Pembroke College, Oxford. There are three chapels for Wesleyans, one for Bible Christians, and two for Primitive Methodists. A Cemetery of half-an-acre was laid out in 1860 at a cost of about £150, and is under the control of a burial board of 12 members. There are charities of £3 15s. yearly value, applied to education. A fair is held on the 2nd of October, yearly, at Lower Quarter, for cattle. Captain John Peverell J. Rogers R.A., who is lord of the manor, the Dule of Leeds, and the Duke of Cleveland are the chief landowners. The soil is clayey; subsoil is killas. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, potatoes and brocoli. The area is 4,584 acres (including 40 of water); rateable value, £7,939; and the population in 1881 was 2,632.
Crowlas is a hamlet half-mile east on the road from Penzance to Redruth.
Post Ofice, Crowlas.—Richard Pearce, postmaster. Letters through Penzance arrive at 11 a.m.; dispatched at 1.40 p.m. Wall Letter Boxes at Long Rock cleared at 2.10 p.m.; Mounts View, 2 p.m. Nancledra, 12.20 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Marazion
Board day, 1st saturday in month, at National School.
Clerk, Richard Edwards, Lower Quarter
Medical Officer of Health, John Couch, Chapel st. Penzance
Surveyor, William Beer, Crowlas
Inspector of Nuisances, William Beer, Crowlas
Collector, Thomas Sampson, Crowlas
A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1875; Richard Edwards, clerk to the board
Board School at Canons Town (mixed), for 90 children; Miss Elizabeth Clark, mistress
Board School at Church Town, for girls, for 215 children; Miss Emily Blackber, mistress
National School at Church Town for 120 boys; Alfred Bishop, master
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Ludgvan. Harrison Rev. David John M.A. [rector], Rectory Smales William Clayton, Mounts view Tregonning Samuel, Rock villa Warren Henry, Rose vale White Henry, Trevorrow |
COMMERCIAL. Baker W. K. china clay works, Trenowen downs Caddy Edward, gardener Cemetery (W. H. G. Johns, clerk to the burial board) Chellew Benjamin, farmer, Church town Clarke Thos. miller (water), Curcuryan |
Corin Catherine (Mrs.), farmer, Long Rock Corin Jas. market gardener, Tregarthen Couch Hy. market gardener, Long rock Couch Rd. market gardener, Long rock Craze William, farmer Curnow Andrew, farmer, Borea Curnow Uriah, farmer, Rospeath |
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Davy Thomas William, farmer, Church town Davy Thomas William, jun. farmer, Manwinnion Dunstan James, surveyor, Canons town Eddy Thomas, farmer, Trenowin Eddy Thomas, farmer, Treassowe Edwards James Henry, farmr. Baldue Edwards John, farmer, Trenowin Edwards Richards[sic], smith, Lower Quartr Edyvean John, farmer, Boskenal Ellis John, smith, Lower Quarter Friggens John, Commercial inn, Long Rock Gwinnep John, farmer, Nanceldan Harvey Martin, market gardener, Manwidden Hicks William, market gardnr, Tregarthen Hosking Fk. Dymond, frmr. Tregender Hosking James, farmer, Tressowe Hosking Jas. farmer, Ludgvan lease Hosking John, butcher, Carvosa Hosking John, farmer, Rosvidney Hosking John, Old inn, Carvosa Hosking Richard James, wheelwright, Lower Quarter Hosking Wm. farmer, Tremenheere Inch James, farmer, Castle road Ivey Henry, miller (water) & farmer, Truthall Johns John, farmer, Truthall Jones William Robert, shopkeeper Jose John, beer retailer, Baldue |
Laity Silas, farmer, Tregelloe Laity Thomas, farmer, Curcuryan Lanyon James, farmer, Chyvella Lanyon John, farmer, Rospeath Lawrey Andrew, farmer, Varfell Leggo Thomas, farmer, Mount’s view Mitchell Charles, farmer, Chellew Oats John, butcher, Baldue Osborne James, cattle dlr. Canons town Pascoe Rd. market gardener, Tregarthen Pearce Hy. market gardener, Church twn Penberthy James, tin stamping mills, Carvosa Polmear Samuel, farmer Pool Thomas, farmer, Polgrean Quick Hy. market gardener, Willanoweth Quick Thomas, market gardener, Manwidden Richards John, farmer, Carvosa Roach Robert, stone mason, Baldue Roach Robert, farmer, Truthall Rogers Abraham, builder, Canons town Rogers John, farmer, Rosevidney Rowse William, farmer, Tregellas Rubery Trevennen, farmer, Colloryan Rubery William, carpentr. Canons town Semmens Geo. farmer, Ludgvan lease Stevens Christopher, White Hart inn Thomas Hy. Shackly, farmer, Truthall Thomas James, farmer, Croft Hooper Tilly Charles, farmer, Rosevidney Tilly John, farmer, Bowjyhere Trembath Grace (Mrs.), frmr. Manwindd Trembath James, farmer, Manwidden |
Trembath William, farmer, Chellew Trewhella Matthew, farmer, Trenowin Trewhella William, shoe maker Trythall William, farmer, Villanoweth Vingoe John, farmer, Cargease White Henry, farmer, Trevorrow White Nicholas, farmer, Tremenhere White William, tin stamping mills, Curcuryan White William, farmer, Boswase Williams Richard, brick & tile maker, Newtown brick works Crowlas. Williams Zechariah COMMERCIAL. Bailey John, grocer Bennetts Robert, Star inn Carne Thomas, farmer Edwards William, smith Giles Joseph, relieving officer for Western division Hocking William, carpenter Jenkin James, shoe maker Morris Richard, grocer Ninnas[sic] Frederick, grocer Pearce James, farmer Pearce Richard, grocer, & Post office Phillip Joseph, basket maker Sampson Thomas, rate collector Williams Francis, boot maker Williams William, boot maker |
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