The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
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The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
The tales translated from the Celtic by Jeffery of Monmouth, Bishop of
St. Asaph in 1152, are followed by the author from whom Mr. Hals
collected his materials; they are also copied into the romance of
Prince Arthur, where in Caxton’s edition is a print of the king
sitting in the middle of his round table, with the knights companions
surrounding its circle. And this print has evidently given origin to
the lines of our most facetious poet, proving from the round table
that knight errants were accustomed to eat like other persons. See
part I. canto 1, line 387.
Mr. Hals says this is the place called Donecheniv in Domesday Survey.
Dunechine, would mean the fortress or a chasm, corresponding precisely
with the situation.
Joseph of Exeter, from whom Mr. Hals has translated some lines on this
place, is mentioned with great commendation in Warton’s History of
English Poetry: “But a miracle of this age in classical composition
was Joseph of Exeter, commonly called Josephus Iscanus. He wrote two
epic poems in Latin heroic verse. The first is on the Trojan War; it
is in six books, and dedicated to Baldwin Archbishop of Canterbury.
The second is entitled Antiocheis, The War of Antioch, or the Crusade.
The former is preserved; but a fragment only remains of the latter,
found in the library of Abingdon Abbey.”
In the retreat of Gothlouis before Uter Pendragon, Mr. Hals mentions
Exeter under the name of Caer Iske, but without much commendation of
the martial spirit possessed by its inhabitants. If either Iske is the
proper name of this river, or the general term for a river has been
changed into Ex, the Celtic name will exactly accord with the present
Ex-cester, as the word is still pronounced in Devonshire, the camp or
fortress on the Ex.
Tintagel parish contains 4001 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property, as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 3674 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 499 10 0
Population, { in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 649 | 730 | 877 | 1006
giving an increase of 55 per cent. in 30 years.
Present Vicar, the Rev. Charles Dayman, presented by the Dean and
Canons of Windsor in 1810.
GEOLOGY, BY DR. BOASE.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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