ST. JUST-IN-PENWITH is a township, parish and market town, near the coast at Cape Cornwall, 7 miles west from Penzance, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Penwith, Penzance union and county court district, rural deanery of Penwith, archdeaconry of Cornwall and diocese of Truro. The town consists of several streets diverging from a triangular space in the centre. The church of St. Just is a fine building of granite and free stone, in the Later Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, battlemented south porch, vestry and an embattled tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock and 3 bells: in a recess in the north wall of the chancel is a curious old incised slab bearing on one side the inscription “Selvs ic iaet,” and on the upper side an incised cruciform pastoral staff: there is also an ancient cross built into the wall of the north aisle: the large chandeliers were given by John Edwards, of Truthwall, in 1746: the communion plate consists of gifts by various donors from 1666 to 1747: there are memorials to the families of Millett, Chenhalls and others: the church was restored in 1865 under the direction of J. P. St. Aubuyn esq. at a cost of £2,000: there are sittings for 500 persons: a new burial ground formed from land purchased of Major Pascoe R.A. was opened April 12th, 1829. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1630; marriages and burials, 1599. The living is a vicarage, vicarial tithe rent-charge £484, gross yearly value £516, with residence and 12 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor and held since 1882 by the Rev. John Andrews Reeve M.A. of christ’s College, Cambridge. In the vicarage grounds are two ancient granite crosses and a mên-an-tol, or holed stone: on the isthmus which unites the bold headland called “Cape Cornwall” with the adjoining hill, are the remains of an ancient chapel, known as “St. Helen’s Oratory:” there are the ruins of another on Carn Brea. Here are chapels for Wesleyans, Bible Christians and United Methodist Free Church. The Market House, which is spacious and convenient, was built in 1840 by James Trembath esq. of Sennen. The market is held on Saturday. The Literary Institution in Chapel street, established in 1842, has a library, museum and news room; science and art classes are held in connection with it and lectures are also delivered weekly throughout the winter months. Messrs. Cornish, Richard Boyns (Boswedden), R. Boyns (Bank), S. H. James and others, are lords of the manor. Viscount Falmouth, Lord Robartes, trustees of John Usticke Scobell esq. John Borlase esq. and Mrs. Richard Hichens are chief landowners. The soil is granite; the subsoil is rab. Cape Cornwall is in this parish, one mile north-west of the town. The chief crops are barley, oats, potatoes and pasture. The area is 7,421 acres, of which 30 are water; rateable value, £15,789; the population in 1871 was 9,011 and in 1881 was 6,358.
Parish Clerk, William Merrifield.
Post & Money Order & Telegraph Office & Savings Bank—John Warren, postmaster, Bank square. Letters through Penzance, arrive at 10.10 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.; dispatched at 7.30 a.m. & 2 p.m
County Police Station, Nancherrow, William Williams, sergeant
Institution, Chapel sreet, John Holman, hon. sec
Clerk to the Highway Board, Thomas Williams, New Downs
Medical Officer St. Just District, Penzance Union, Andrew Harvey, Market street
Registrar of Births & Deaths for St. Just, Sancreed & Morvah, Alfred Chenhalls, Fore street
Registrar of Marriages for St. Just sub-district, John Chenhalls, Market street
Surveyor of Highways, William Merrifield
St. Just Church, Rev. John Andrew Reeve M.A., vicar; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; & 8.30 a.m. daily
Bible Christian, Rev. S. Pollard & E. Hortop, ministers; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m
United Methodist Free Church, ministers various; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; daily 7.30 p.m
Wesleyan, Rev. George Baugh & Rev. Thomas Bryant, ministers; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; tues 7 p.m
A School Board of 7 members was formed in 1875; Alfred Chenhalls, clerk to the board; Stephen Harvey James, chairman
Board (boys’ & girls’),Thomas Polkinghorne, master; Miss Annie Blight, mistress; Miss Mary Gasson, infants’ mistress
Kelnack (mixed), Miss Kate Clark, mistress
Omnibusses to Penzance.—Eddy, thurs 5 times, 4 times every other day; A. Thomas 3 times daily; Williams & James Henry Williams (through Pendeen), tues, thurs & sat. all returning same day
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PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Baugh Rev. George [Wesleyan] Boyns Richard, Boswedden house Boyns Richard, The Bank Bryant Rev. Thomas [Wesleyan] Chenhalls Alfred, Market street Chenhalls John, Market street Chenhalls William, Cape-Cornwall st Clements Mrs. Market place Harvey Andrew, Market street Harvey William, Bank square Hocking Mrs. Green lane Holman John, Nancherrow Holman Walter, Foundry house Holman William, Chapel street Hortop Rev. E. [Bible Christian] James Misses, Nancherrow terrace James Mrs. Chapel street James Stephen Harvey, Alma villa Lawry John, Tregeseal Oates Miss, Market street Pollard Rev. S. [Bible Christian] Reeve Rev. John Andrews M.A. [vicar], Vicarage Saundry Misses, Bosavern Searle Richard Burford L.R.C.P.Lond Thomas Mrs. Bank square Trahair Thomas, Market street Trezise Mrs. Trewellard Tuobey[?] John Joseph, Market place Wesley John, Lafrowda terrace Williams James, Fore street COMMERCIAL. Angwin Benjamin, shopkeeper, Fore st Batten, Carne & Carne, bankers (branch), draw on Robarts, Lubbock & Co. Lombard street, London e.c Bennetts Jn. Wm. & Thos. frmrs. Bosavern Bennetts William, farmer, Bostrase Bolitho, Sons & Co. bankers (Richard Boyns, manager); draw on Ransom, Bouverie & Co. 1 Pall Mall east, London s.w Bolitho James, draper & grocer, Nancherrow terrace Bone George, farmer, Brea Vean Botallack Mine (tin & copper) (Stephen Harvey James, purser), Alma villa Boyns Henry, mine agent, Green lane Boyns John, mine agent, Green lane Boyns Nicholas, farmer, Hendra Boyns Richard, manager to Bolitho, Sons & Co. bankers, The Bank Boyns Richard, miller (water), Bostrase Boyns Richard, wholesale & retail grocer & wine & spirit merchant, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey Limited, wine & spirit merchants, Market place |
Boyns Richard, purser of mines, Boswedden house Candy Charles, farmer, Bosorne Candy Henry, farmer, Bosorne Casley Henry, farmer, Truthwall Casely James, farmer, Boscean Chapel James, grocer, Cape Cornwall st Chenhalls Alfred, jun. farmer & registrar of births & deaths for St. Just Sancreed & Morvah sub-districts & clerk to the school board, Fore street Chenhalls George Hemmings, farmer, Bolowall Chenhalls John, farmer & registrar of marriages for St. Just-in-Penwith sub-district, Market street Chirgwin Ralph Williams & Co. grocers & drapers, Cape Cornwall street County Police Station (William Williams, sergeant), Nancherrow Daniel Nicholas Charles, tin plate worker & watch maker, Fore street Duke of Cornwall Artillery Volunteers (9th Battery) (Capt. Richard Thomas commanding; 1st Lieut. A. H. James) Duke of Cornwall’s Rifle Volunteers (1st J Co.) (Capt. Richard Boyns), Armoury, Cape Cornwall street East Botallack Mine (tin & copper) (John Hollow, purser) Eddy James, farmer, Trevegean Eddy Benjamin, lodging house & ’bus proprietor, Chapel street Eddy James Daniel, farmer, Kelynack Eddy Joseph, grocer, Queen street Gendall James, shoe maker, Chapel st Gibson Francis, carpenter, Regent ter Goninan Alfred, shopkeeper, Cape-Cornwall street Grenfell Pascoe, farmer, Bosorne Grenfell Richd. baker & grocer, Fore st Grenfell William, farmer, Bosorne Guy Saml. Miners’ Arms, Nancherrow ter Hall Jane (Miss), grocer, Fore street Harvey Andrew, surgeon & medical officer St. Just district Penzance union, Market street Harvey William, baker, Queen street Hattam William, farmer, Boscregan Hill Thomas, farmer, Cape-Cornwall st Hocking Nicholas, Wellington hotel, Market place Hocking Richard, farmer, Dowran Hocking William, farmer, Nanjulian Hocking William, farmer & grocer, Kelynack Hocking William (Mrs.), farmr. Hendra Hollow John, farmer, Trevedra |
Hollow John, purser of mines Hollow Wm. jun. farmer, Bosavern Holman Nicholas & Son, engineers, machinists &c. Tregeseal; & at Penzance. Hosking Henry, farmer, Dowran Hosking John, farmer, Chycarne Institution (John Holman, hon. sec.), Chapel street James Peter, blacksmith, Kelynack James Stephen Henry, purser of Botallack mine, Alma villa Johns Martin, farmer, Numphra Johns Richard, farmer, Dowran Lawrey Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Nancherrow Leathan Charles, farmer, Gurland Leathan John Tonkin, farmer, Bollowall Maddern Richard, farmer, Trevegean Marks Richard, grocer, Fore street Martin John, framer, Bosvargus Mason Thomas & William, frmrs. Brea Matthews Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Chapel street Merrifield William, surveyor of highways Mitchell James, shoe maker, Kelynack Mitchell Thomas, farmer, Kenidjack Nicholas John, farmer, Trevedra North Levant Mine (tin & copper) (R. Boyns, purser), Bank Olds Henry, butcher, Nancherrow ter Olds James, butcher, Carnallack Olds Peter, butcher, Cape-Cornwall st Olds Peter, jun. butcher, Princes terrace Penrose Wm. beer retailer, Chapel st Phillips John, farmer, Nanquidno Pooley James, grocer, Fore street Reseigh Thomas, shopkeeper, Fore st Richards Thomas, tailor & draper, Market place Richards William, hair dresser, Nancherrow terrace Roberts James, grocer, Market square Roberts Ralph Hill, carpenter, Nancherrow terrace Roberts Wm. draper & grocer, Regent ter Rodda John, shoe ma, Boswedden ter Rowe James, carman, Lafrowda terrace Rowe John, mine agent, Lafrowder ter Rowe John, Star inn & farmer, Fore st Rowe Joseph, ironmonger, Fore street Rowe Samuel, shoe maker, Angel street Rowe William Henry, farmer, Letcha Searle Richard Burford L.R.C.P.Lond. surgeon Shackerley Thomas, farmer, Kelynack St. Just United Mine (tin & copper) (Richard Boyns, purser), Bank Thomas Hy. grocer & draper, Fore st |
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Thomas Archelaus, omnibus proprietor, Bosorne terrace Thomas James, mine agent, Bollowall Thomas Jas. mine agent, Pleasant rowe Thomas John, farmer, Trevegean Thomas Nicholas, boot & shoe maker, Fore st Thomas Richard, grocer & draper, Market place Tippett Charles, wheelwright, Kelynack Trahair William, grocer, Fore street Trehair William James, linen draper, Market place Tregear James, grocer & draper, Cape-Cornwall street |
Tregear James, farmer, Boswarlas Tregear John, farmer, Bosavern tregear William, farmer, Boswarlas Trembath Edwin, photographer, Forest [Fore st] Trembath Richard, grocer, Bank square Trezise Geo. Edwards, draper, Fore st Uren James, blacksmith, Factory lane Veal John, farmer, Bollowall Warren Thomas, farmer, Tregeseal Watters James, farmer, Dowran Wearing John, chemist, Market place Wheal Hermon Mine (tin & copper) (Richard Boyns, purser), Bank Wheal Owles Mine (tin & copper) (Richd. Boyns, purser), Bosweddan ho |
Williams Grace (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Fore street Williams James, grocer, New downs Williams John, grocer & seedsman, Market place Williams Nicholas, carpenter, Chapel st Williams Thomas, King’s Arms, Market place Williams Thomas, clerk to highway board, New downs Williams William, Commercial hotel, Market place Williams William, farmer, Numphhra[sic] |
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