The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 4 (of 4)
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The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 4 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
At the hed of this pille is a chapel of _St. Wilow_, and by it is a
place caullid Lamelin, lately longging to Lamelin, now to Trelauny by
heir general. Trelauny’s house is at Meneheneth by Liscard. On the
south side of this creke is the paroch church, caullid _Lanteglise
juxta Fawey_, being the paroch chirch of Bodenek and Poulruan. From
the mouth of this creke to _Poulruan_, a good fischar town, a quarter
of a mile. And at this Poulruan toun is a tower of force, marching
again the tower on Fawey side. Ther was ons, as it is said, a chaine
to go over the haven from tower to toure. The haven mouth of Fawey is
a 2 bow shottes of.
The very point of land at the est side of the mouth of this haven, is
caullid Pontus crosse, _vulgo_ Paunch crosse.
From Lostwithiel to _Castledour_, now clene doun, 3 good miles by
plentiful ground of corn and grasse. Castledour longgid to the Erle of
Sarisbyri.
A mile of is a broken crosse thus inscribed, CONOMOR ET FILIUS CUM
DOMINA CLUSILLA.
From Pontus Crosse to _Poulpirrhe_ about a six miles, wher is a little
fischar toun and a peere, with a very litle creke and a broke. Ther is
a crikket betwixt Poulpirrhe and Low. From Poulpirrhe to Low creke dry
at half ebbe a 2 miles. On eche side of the entery of this creke is a
toun, the one caullid Est Low, the other West Low.
_Est Low_ is a praty market toun. There is a great bridge of a 12
archis over Low creke, to go from the one toun of Low to the other.
Good wood about Low creke.
Ther is a maner place caullid _Trelaun_ about this Low creke, sumtyme
Bonvilles, now the Marquise of Dorsetes. Salmon taken yn this creke.
Kendale and Code, gentilmen, dwelle yn Morel paroche on the est syde
of this creke.
From Low creeke to Seton bridge of stone of a 2 archis, and Setoun
ryver a 3 miles.
From Seton to Ramehed, about a 9 miles.
From Fawey over the haven to _Bodenek_, a fischar town, wherby Mr.
Mohun hath a manor place.
Thens a 5 miles by very pleasaunt inclosid ground prately wooddid,
plentiful of corn and grasse.
Then a 3 miles by mory and hethy ground.
Then 2 miles by hilly and woddy ground to Liscard.
About half a mile or 1 cam to Liskard, I passid in a wood by a chapel
of owr Lady, caullid “our Lady in the Park,” wher was wont to be gret
pilgrimage. This chapelle of ease longgith to Liskard, and so doth 2
or 3 more.
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