Excursions in the County of Cornwall: Comprising a Concise Historical and Topographical Delineation of the Principal Towns and Villages, Together With Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Every Other Interesting Object of CuriosityStockdale, Frederick Wilton Litchfield
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Excursions in the County of Cornwall: Comprising a Concise Historical and Topographical Delineation of the Principal Towns and Villages, Together With Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Every Other Interesting Object of Curiosity
Stockdale, Frederick Wilton Litchfield
Cornwall (England : County) -- Description and travel; Cornwall (England : County) -- History
_Pengersick Castle_, the remains of which chiefly consist of the keep,
and a machicolated gate, are highly deserving of notice. History is
silent as to the origin of this fortress; it however appears that the
manor and barter were purchased in the latter end of the reign of Henry
VIII., by a Mr. Milliton, (Job Milliton, who is mentioned as possessor
of St. Michael’s Mount, in the time of Edward VI.,) who having slain a
man privately, made the purchase in the name of his son, and immured
himself in a secret chamber in the tower, where he died without being
called upon to account for the offence! The remains are situated at the
bottom of an eminence, on the borders of a creek near the sea, and
although not very extensive, form a very interesting and picturesque
subject for the pencil of an artist.
The manor is chiefly the property of the Duke of Leeds, and William
Aremdell Harris, Esq.
From hence to Marazion, the distance is six miles, and a very pleasing
ride.
MARAZION or MARKET JEW, is a small town distant 286 miles from London,
and exactly 10 from Helston; but few places in England surpass it for
mildness of climate and agreeable prospects. This town is stated in
former times to have been a place of some consequence, and to have
suffered more than once by conflagration. It now consists of about 200
houses, chiefly built at the bottom of a hill, which shelters the town
from the cold north winds, and, by the late returns, contains about 1300
inhabitants. This town is governed by a Mayor, eight Aldermen, and 12
Burgesses, according to a charter granted in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, although it does not return members to Parliament.—It has a
weekly market, and two fairs annually.
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