NEWLYN (near Penzance) is an ecclesiastical
parish, formed in 1848 from the parishes of Madron and St.
Paul, 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, 1 mile south-west of Penzance, on the sea coast of
Tolcarne stream. The church of St. Newelina, or St.
Peter, rebuilt in 1865–6 is a building of granite in the
Early English style; it consists of chancel, nave, south
aisle, south transept, or Trisilian aisle, north transept, or
Cargol manor aisle, and south porch, with parvise and an
embattled tower with pinacles containing 5 bells, the monuments
include one to the Arundell family, dated 1691: there is a
stained window in the chancel to the Rev. James Jenkins Keigwin
B.A. a former curate, 1829, and Anne, his wife, 1839, and
another in the nave. [This is a description of the church
of Newlyn East.] The church will seat 400 persons. The register
dates from the year 1866. The living is a vicarage, net yearly
value £150 with residence, in the gift of the Crown and
Bishop of Truro alternately, and held since 1874 by the Rev.
Wladislaw Somerville Lach-Szyrma M.A., of Brazenose College,
Oxford, F.R.H.S. There is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1834, and
enlarged in 1866, at a total cost of £2,250, it will seat
upwards of 750 persons. The charities for distribution are
valuable, amounting in all to about £100 yearly, and there
are several almshouses founded November 10th, 1848, by Mr.
William Searle, of Trafele, in this parish. This is the chief
fishing station of Mount’s Bay, and maintains a fleet of
about 400 boats, engaged in the mackerel and pilchard
fisheries. During the 20 years between 1852 and 1872, a yearly
average of 6 millions (or about 1,900 tons) of mackerel, and
about 13,500 hogsheads of pilchards, were brought in to this
station. The principal landowners are Messrs. Thomas Simon and
William Bolitho esqrs. the Misses Carne, and Charles Day
Nicholls Le Grice esq. J.P. D.L. The soil is light, resting on
granite rock. The chief crops are wheat, oats and roots, with
some pasturage. The area is 386 acres; and the population in
1881 was 3,686.
Post & Money Order & Telegraph Office, Jack lane.—Miss Elizabeth Johns, postmistress. Letters through Penzance arrive at 9.40 a.m. & 4.30 p.m.; dispatched at 7.30 a.m. & 2.20 & 7.20 p.m.
National (girls & infants), supported by the vicar, voluntary contributions & school fees; H. Roberts, master; Miss M. A. Mackay, mistress
Wesleyan (mixed), built, with master’s residence, in 1858, at a cost of £1,000, of which £400 was granted by Government; there are about 260 children on the books; the school is supported by Government grant, voluntary contributions & school fees; William Bryant, master; Miss Emily Hockaday, mistress
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PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Aplin Capt. Philip, 6 Alexandra terrace Boase John, Paul hill Bone Miss, Clifton place Foster Mrs., Antoine villa Geard Mrs. Chypons villa Hitchens Mrs. Clifton place Lach-Szyrma Rev. Wladislaw Somerville M.A., F.R.H.S. Vicarage Langley William, Pembroke house Maskell Wm. J.P., D.L. 1 Alexandra ter Pickells Rev. Charles [Wesleyan], Belle vue Preston Rev. George Henry, 2 Alexandra terrace Richards Mrs. Clifton place Roberts Mrs. Paul hill Robinson Sir George Abercrombie bart. 9 Alexandra terrace Rogers Emanuel, Coombe Sullivan John, Fradgen Thomas Miss, Clifton place Tregarthen Mrs. Fradgen Trewavas Mrs. 4 Alexandra terrace Vingoe Mrs. Clifton terrace COMMERCIAL. Ball William, lodging house, 7 Alexandra terrace Baines Benjamin, market gardener, Clifton terrace Batten John, fish merchant, Green st Batten Joseph, shopkeeper, Coombe Bennett Christopher, Red Lion,Fore st Blackwell George (Mrs.), lodging house, 8 Alexandra terrace Bodinar Joseph, builder, Prospect place Bradbeer Benjamin Masterson, fish, net & cork merchant, Fore street Carter Wm. shopkpr. Street-an-Nowan Cattern James Phillips, master mariner, Antoine terrace Cornwall Thomas (Mrs.), lodging house, 5 Alexandra terrace |
Chirgwin Samuel, farmer, Coombe Curnow Thomas & James, market gardeners, Coombe Davis John, cooper, Fore street Downing Simon, cooper, Clifton terrace Dusting Martha (mrs.), Three Tuns, Fore street Harris William, shopkeeper, Fore street Harvey James Richard, fish merchant Harvey Richard, fish mercht. Clifton ter Harvey Thomas, master mariner, Antoine terrace Hichens John, seine owner, Green st Hooper Charles, cooper, Jack lane Hoskin Thomas, shopkeeper, Jack lane James Henry, Dolphin Inn, Jack lane Jenkin John, accountant, Rose cottage, Church lane Jenkin Maria (Mrs.), shopkpr. Tolcarne Kelynack Jane (Mrs.), shopkpr. Fradgen Kelynack Richd. shopkeeper, Fradgen Kelynack Richard Boase, master mariner, Bellevue Kelynack William (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Duke street Kitchen Henry, shopkeepr, Duke street Lavin Edward (Mrs.), lodging house, The orchards Maddern Henry, carpenter, Bellevue Maddern John, market gardener, Jack lane Maddern Rd. market gardener, Bellevue Maddern William, rope maker, Jack la Marrack Catherine (mrs.), Union inn, Union street Mounts Bay Fishing Boats Mutual Insurance Club (R. Toman, sec.), Tolcarn Newlyn & Gulval Ice Works Co. (Wm. Polglase, man) Nicholls Jane (Mrs.), baker, Jack lane North Charles, farmer, Coombe Olds Peter (Mrs.), butcher, Old Bridge Peacock Frederick & Co. fish merchants, Fore street |
Payne Samuel, Fisherman’s Arms, Fore st Peake Wm. wheelwright, Tolcarne ter Pearce Thos. fish merchant, Clifton ter Polglase Wm. Thos. shopkpr. Fore street Reseigh John, shopkeeper, Fore street Richards John & Thomas, fish merchants, Trewarwith street Richards Andrew, shoe maker, Tolcarne Richard James, tea dealer, Florence pl Richards John, master mariner, Clifton ter Richards Stephen (Mrs.), cooper, Clifton terrace Roberts William Chas. market gardener Rouffignac Prudence (Miss), shopkeeper, Fore street Rowe Richard, smith, Tolcarne Runnalls James, stone crushing mills Simons Charles, boot & shoe ma. Fore st Smith Jn. Henry, rope maker, Bowgey Sullivan Anthony, cooper, Street-an-Nowan Sullivan John, Star, Wharf Thomas & Blewett, iron founders, Mounts Bay foundry Thomas John, shopkeeper, Jack lane Thomas Peter, builder &c. Green street Thomas Rebecca (Mrs.), ladies’ school, Antoine terrace Toman John (Mrs.), grocer, Chapel st Tonkin William, farmer, Lyn vue Trahair William Henry, grocer, &c. Fore street Trereife Smelting Works (James H. Williams, manager) Trevaskis James, Tolcarne inn, Tolcarne Trevennen Wm. market gardenr. Coombe Wallis Wm. farmer & carpentr. Tolcarne Warren Richard, shipwright, Tolcarne Warren Thomas, grocer, Jack lane Weeks John, builder, Westholm White James, mason, Church street Wills Jn. master mariner, Antoine ter |
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