The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 2 (of 4)
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The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 2 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
The church is unusually large and handsome, with a fourth aile at the
eastern end, and a lofty tower; and few prospects are equally
beautiful with that of the town and bay from the hill near Tregenna.
The parish feast is celebrated at the same time as that of Lelant the
mother church; and Lelant, Redruth, and Crowan, are said to honour St.
Eury by holding their feasts on the nearest Sunday to her day,
February 1st, but no trace of any such saint can be found.
The parish measures 1524 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property, as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 5,560 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 1,174 0 0
Population, {in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 2714 | 3281 | 3526 | 4776
giving an increase of 76 per cent. in 30 years.
GEOLOGY, BY DR. BOASE.
The north-eastern part of this parish is composed of compact and slaty
felspar rocks, like those of St. Just in Penwith; the other part is
situated on granite. Both these rocks are traversed by metalliferous
veins, which have been for many ages the objects of mining
speculations.
ST. JULYOT.
HALS.
Is situate in the hundred of Lesnewith, and hath upon the north St.
Gennis, west St. George’s Channel, south Lesnewith, east Otterham. As
for the modern name, it is so called from its tutelar guardian and
patron thereof, St. Julius, Pope of Rome and Confessor. In Domesday
Tax, 20 William I. (1087), it was rated under the jurisdiction of
Lesnewith or Otterham. In the taxation of benefices made by the
Bishops of Lincoln and Winchester in Cornwall, 1294, ecclesia de
Sancta Juliot, in decanatu de Major Trigshire (id est, before Stratton
was dismembered from it) is rated xii_l._ Again, Capella de Sancta
Julyot, xxvi_s._ viii_d._; but where this latter Church or Chapel now
stands, I am wholly ignorant; for in Wolsey’s Inquisition, 1521, and
Valor Beneficiorum, both are forgotten or omitted; the patronage is in
Molesworth, and the parish rated to the 4_s._ per pound Land Tax,
1696, 66_l._ 16_s._
TONKIN.
This parish is a donative, the patrons Sir John Molesworth and Mr.
Rawle. The name is from St. Juliet, a virgin saint and martyr.
THE EDITOR.
Mr. Whitaker agrees in assigning to St. Juliet the honour of giving
her name to this parish.
There seems to be some confusion in Mr. Hals’ narrative between the
appropriations of the Rectory and of the Vicarage, which Mr. Whitaker
endeavours to explain in the following note.
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