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)
From Liner bridge to _Asche_ aboute a 4 miles by much like grounde.
Asche is a praty market toun, and is set from the toppe of a rokky
hille, as by west to the roote of the same, and very shore of Tamar
haven by este. The tounes men use boothe marchandise and fischar. Thir
is a chapel of ease in Asche. The paroch chirch is caullid _S.
Stephan’s_, about half a mile off by south, the personage wherof is
impropriate to Windesore College.
By S. Stephanes, and in S. Stephanes paroch is the graunt and auncient
castelle of _Tremertoun_, apon a rokky hille, wherof great peaces yet
stond, and especially the dungeon. The ruines now serve for a prison.
Great libertees long to this castelle. The Valetortes, men of great
possession, wer owners, and, as far as I can gather, builders of this
castel, and owners and lordes of the toun of Aische.
These crekes I notid on the west side of Tamar. Fyrst, I markid in
sight above Asche toun, a 2 miles or more, the principal arme of Tamar
haven going up into the land about a 10 miles from that place to
Caulstoke bridge, witherto it almost ebbith and flowith. And shippes
cum up within a mile of this bridg to a place caullid Morleham. And
this place is but a 3 miles from Tavestoke. Tavestoke is countid to be
but 10 miles from Asche to go the next way. Betwixt the 2 miles from
Asche to the mayne arme of Tamar in sight I markid, descending in the
haven, 3 crekes breking out into the land, wherof the first lyith by
north-west creking up into the land. The second lyith west-north-west.
The 3 plaine west, and this crekid to the land scant half a mile.
Scant a mile lower lyith Liner creke, goyng up onto S. Germanes.
The toune of Asch stondith bytween these 2 crekes. Then brekith a
litle creke out caullid John’s or Antony. And at the mouth, about S.
Nicholas, brekith in a creek goyng up to _Milbrok_, 2 miles up in land
from the mayn haven. This Milbrok is a riche fischar toun.
Penle, a fore land, lyith 3 miles lower from this creke into the ――――.
And the promontorie of Ramehed a mile lower.
_Morwel_, the Abbat of Tavestok house, about a mile from Morleham.
Tamar a litle from Morwelle.
From Tavestok to Greston bridge a 6 miles, and then a 3 miles to
Launston.
Tamar a 2 miles and more from Tavestok.
Calstok bridge, or New Bridge, two miles from Milbrok, the first
creeke. S. John the next. Liner the 3. The 4 a litle above Aische. The
5 without fail is the maine streame of Tamar.
From Reddon the land lying south-west on S. Nicholas Isle to Cair
Grene, wher Tamar turnith west a 6 miles. Tamar, going a mile west,
for the most part after goith north.
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