The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 4 (of 4) — John Shaqi
The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 4 (of 4)
History
The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 4 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
There are several monuments, and among them one to Mr. William
Phillipps, probably father of the gentleman who removed to Camelford
as an attorney, and grandfather to the three brothers mentioned above.
He is stated to have been of Treveans, and to have died on the 12th of
April 1712, in the 62d year of his age. The turnpike road leading from
St. Columb by Wade Bridge and Camelford to Launceston, nearly
surrounds this Church. It was for some years the great line of
communication to the west of Cornwall, till in 1767 a commencement was
made on a more direct line over Tregoss Moors on one side of Bodmin,
and Temple Moors on the other. This road so entirely superseded the
former as to cause an entire loss of capital to those who contributed
towards making it; and the road itself fell back into a state of
repair inferior to that of most parish roads. It has, however,
recently been taken up as a new concern, and in 1835 a stage coach has
been established on it.
The Editor has heard from the Rev. William Phillipps, who died in
1794, that the making of this road was taken up as a matter of
patriotism; and that to assist the undertaking, he cut with his own
hands the figures on the granite mile stones, which still remain.
The entry of this parish, in the Taxation of Pope Nicholas, is thus:
“Sech (and in a note, Eccƚia S[~c]e Thete) taxat’ ut sequitur.
£. _s._ _d._
Prebend’ Mag’ri Osbt^i 4 10 0
Prebend’ Mag’ri W. de Wymondeston 4 10 0
Vicar’ ejusdem 1 0 0”
St. Teath measures 4,721 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 5,041 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 800 2 0
Population,――{ in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 911 | 857 | 990 | 1280
giving an increase of 40½ per cent. in 30 years.
It is not improbable but that the 8 printed in the place of hundred,
under the return of 1811, should have been a 9.
Present Vicar, the Rev. Joseph Fayrer, collated by the Bishop of
Exeter in 1830.
GEOLOGY, BY DOCTOR BOASE.
This parish is situated on rocks belonging to the calcareous series.
On the eastern boundary, however, near the church, the slate is nearly
connected with the porphyritic series; here at Treburget is a lead
mine in a blue pyrituous slate; the lodes run north-east and
south-west, varying from two feet to five feet in thickness. The
matrix of the ores consists of angular pieces of slate like fragments
cemented by quartz, in which galena, blend, iron pyrites, and spathous
iron occur.
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