ST. ENODER is a parish 2½ miles south-south-west from St. Columb Road station on the Newquay branch and 5 north from Grampound Road station on the Great Western railway, 10 north-by-east from Truro and 5 south-south-west from St. Columb: the parish is in the Mid division of the county, hundred and petty sessional division of Pydar and Powder, union and county court district of St. Columb, rural deanery of Pydar, archdeaconry of Cornwall and diocese of Truro. The river Gannel rises in this parish, which also affords the chief source of the river Fal. The church of St. Ennodorus is an ancient building of granite in the Early Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel with aisles, nave of four bays, aisles, north transept, south porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 5 bells: the tower was partly rebuilt in 1686: there is a Norman font and a few good bench ends: there are monuments to Dorothy (Arundell), wife of Anthony Tanner, gent. ob. 1634; to Anthony Tanner, ob. 1742, erected by George Penwarne; to John Freseyse, yeoman, 16-6, and a number of modern date: at the east end is a memorial window erected by the parishioners, to the Rev. Samuel M. Walker, rector from 1828: a new organ was provided in 1896 at a cost of £250, in memory of the Rev. Jefferys Wilkins Murray M.A. rector from 1874-83: the church was thoroughly restored in 1870, the interior refitted and three new windows added, at a cost of £850: there are sittings for 600 persons. The register dates from the year 1571. The living is a rectory, net income £224, including 20 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Truro, and held since 1892 by the Rev. William Horsburgh M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin: the living is endowed with the great tithes of three fields only: the impropriate tithes amount to £463 yearly. There are Bible Christian chapels at Summercourt and Fraddon, and a Wesleyan chapel at Summercourt. In the parish are china clay works and a tin mine. Carvinick House, in this parish, built by Anthony and Grace Tanner, in 1699, is now occupied as a farmhouse. Dr. Clement M. Smith, of Torquay, is lord of the manor of Penhale. The principal landowners in the parish are Viscount Falmouth K.C.V.O., C.B., Mrs. Heywood Johnstone of Trewithen, Probus; Richard Gully Bennet esq. of Tresillian House, St. Columb Minor; Henry Harcourt Williams esq. of Pencalenick, St. Clement's; John C. S. Rashleigh esq. M.D. of Menabilly, Tywardreath, and A.C.P. Willyams esq. of Tolcarne House, Mawgan The soil is loamy; subsoil, clay and spar. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, mangolds and potatoes. The area is 7,269 acres of land, partly arable, pasture and meadow, and the remaining portion an open waste and 6 of water; rateable value, £8,352; the population in 1901 was 1,169.


SUMMERCOURT, a hamlet about three-quarters of a mile south from the church at St. Enoder, is intersected by the road from Truro to St. Colomb. It has an annual fair, held on the 25th of September, for cattle and horses.


MITCHELL, or St. Mitchell, formerly an ancient Parliamentary borough, partly in this parish and partly in the parish of Newlyn, is on the high road from Truro to St. Columb, 2½ miles south-west from the parish church, 2 south-east from Newlyn and 7 north-north-east from Truro: it is said to have been a town of considerable importance in the time of the Saxons, but has now dwindled down to a small village: the borough returned two members to Parliament from the 6th year of Edward VI. (1552), until it was disfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832. It was never incorporated, but was governed by a portreeve, annually elected by a jury at the court leet of the high lord. Among the parliamentary representatives of this borough may be named Richard Carew, the Cornish historian, Sir Walter Raleigh and Colonel Clive. The manor of Mitchell was, in the time of Edward I. the property of Walter de Raleigh, whose son Peter sold it to Ralph de Arundell. John de Arundell, in the year 1301, certified his right to a market or fair on his manor called “Modeshole” which appears to have been allowed in the same manner as it had been previously granted to his predecessor, Walter de Raleigh. The market has been long discontinued, but an annual fair is held on the 15th of October for cattle and sheep.


Post, M. O. & T. O., T. M. O., S. B. & A. & I. Office, Fraddon. -

Richd Best Hore, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Grampound Road at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 4.45 p.m.; no deliveries on sundays


Post Office. Mitchell. -

Miss Mary Tamblyn, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from Grampound Road at 7.45 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.10 p.m. ; no delivery on sundays. Summercourt, 2 miles distant is the nearest money order & telegraph office


Post, M.O. & T.O., T.M.O., S.B. & A. & In. Office, Summercourt. -

Miss Jane Harvey Liddicoat, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from Grampound Road at 7.30 a.m. ; dispatched 5.25 p.m.; no delivery on sundays


Wall Letter Box, Penhale, cleared at 5 p.m. week days only


Public Elementary School (mixed), established in 1828, & since enlarged for 175 children; average attendance, 136; Frederick Waddleton, master


Benny's 'bus to Truro, from Summercourt, on wed. & sat. at 9 a.m. & to St. Columb from Summercourt on thurs. at 4.30 p.m. to St. Austell, fri. at 11.30 a.m.


Tippett's, from Fraddon, to St. Columb, thurs. & St. Austell, fri



ST. ENODER



Horsburgh Rev. William M.A. (rector). Rectory

Jewell William, farmer, Burthy

Bullock Joseph, farmer


Liddicoat Thomas (Mrs.) & Sons, farmers, Burthy Row

Crowle Henry, farmer

COMMERCIAL

Liddicoat Tom, farmer, Benallack

Hore M. B. & Sons, drapers & grocers, Post office

Anchor Chna Clay Works (Joseph Grigg, resident agent)

Minear Arthur, farmer, Retew

Jane John, mason

Arthur William, farmer, Ennis

Minear Edred, farmer, Melangoose

Tippett James, farmer & carrier

Barkle James, farmer, Trevisa

Nancarrow Lerrin, farmer, Nanpean


Bassett Richard, cowkeeper, Brighton

Osborne Benj. farmer, Blue Anchor

MITCHELL.

Bassett Wm. John, farmer, Trefullock

Osborne Wm. Hy. frmr. Resparva gate


Bettison Hy. farmer, Penrose Sophia

Richards John Henry, farmer, Retyn

Dunstan Mary (Mrs.), farmer

Bice, Fanny, Philippa & Kate (Misses), farmers, Glebe

Rose James, farmer, Lower Penscawn

Hawke William, mason

Boundy James, farmer, Melador

Rose Joseph, farmer, Nantillow

Manhire Simeon, butcher

Brenton William James, shoe maker, Blue Anchor

Rose Simeon, farmer, Rosewin

Morcomb Anne (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Bullock George, farmer, Barton

Rose Thos. farmer, Higher Penscawn

Philp Daniel, blacksmith

Bullock Hart, wheelwright, Blue Anchor

Rowe Richard, farmer, Brighton

Tamblyn Mary (Miss), draper & tea dealer, Post office

Bullock James, farmer, Low. Penhale

Solomon Jas. farmer, Little Penhale


Bullock Jasper, farmer, Trewhela

Spear Thomas, miller (water) & farmer, Arrallas mill

SUMMERCOURT

Bullock Thomas, farmer, Trewhela

Stephens Richd. Hy. farmer, Halvenna


Chapman John, farmer, Hendra

Trebilcock John, carter, Chytane

Bassett William John, farmer

Chapman Robt. Hy. Farmer, Boswollow

Trebilcock Joseph (Mrs.), farmer, Perrose Udda

Benny Joseph, 'bus propr. & carrier

Clarke Josiah Robins, Trenithan

Turner Jasper, Blue Anchor P.H

Brenton James, watch maker

Clemow James, farmer, Tresawna

Ward Albert, farmer, Goonrounson

Burt Jn. mason & collector of taxes

Cole John, farmer & assistant overseer, Trefullack & Resparva

Wheal Benallack China Clay Works (Edward Hocking, res. agent)

Currah Henry, shoe maker

Coppin Nicholas, farmer, Penhale

Wheal Parsons China Clay Works (James Martin, agent)

Flamank Richard Henry, butcher

Cornwall Constabulary (Stephen Dunstan, constable)

Wheal Remfry China Clay & Brick Co. (J. Phillips, resident manager)

Huddy & Thomas, farmers

Drew James, yeoman & farmer, Carvinick

Wheal Retallack China Clay Works (William Bullock, resident agent)

Liddicoat Jane Harvey (Miss), shopkeeper, Post office

Fal Valley China Clay Works

Williams Felix, farmer, Halvenna

Martin Wm. Jas. London inn, & farmr

Great Halwyn China Clay Co. (W. J. North, agent)

Williams Nicholas, farmer, Troan

Nancarrow Herbert, grocer & draper

Grigg John, jun. farmer, Resparva

Williams Samuel, farmer, Polmenna

Osborne Richard, cowkeeper

Grigg William, farmer, Nankervis

Woodley Abraham, farmer, Chytane

Rundle Sleeman, blacksmith

Hawkey William & Son, farmers, Trewinion, Goonhoskyn

Yelland Arthr. blcksmth. Blue Anchor

Trevarton Dyer, mason

Hawkey Hy. farmer, Pencorse & Troan

Yelland Geo. carpenter, Blue Anchor

Williams Wenn Hooper, carpenter

Hawkey Thomas, farmer, Goonhoskyn



Hellyar John, farmer, Trevossa

FRADDON.


Hocking Edward, cowkeeper, Retew



Hopper Wm. farmer, Gunnabarren

Richards Samuel


Jane Richard, farmer, Retew

Bazley Henry, farmer


Jelbert E. J. farmer, Arralles

Brenton Minnie (Mrs.), farmer




























































 

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