KELLY’S DIRECTORY OF DEVON & CORNWALL 1902
(Part 2: Cornwall)
Page 45-46 BREAGE
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by Althea Johnson. Check originals for confirmation)
Breage is a parish near the coast, on the road
between Helston and Marazion, 3 miles west from Helston terminal station on a
branch of the Great Western Railway, 7 east from Marazion and 8 south from
Gwinear, in the Truro division of the County, hundred and petty sessional
division of Kirrier (west), Helston union and county court district, rural
deanery of Kirrier, archdeaconry of Cornwall and diocese of Truro. The church
of St. Breage is an ancient building of stone and granite, in the Perpendicular
style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles separated from the nave by arcades
of seven arches, transepts, south porch, and an embattled western tower,
surmounted by four pinnacles and containing a clock and one bell, dated 1771:
in the north transept are portions of the old carved oak roof, with elaborate
corbels and beams: the east windows of the chancel and south aisle are
memorials respectively to Caroline Isabella Wilson 1846-54 and Elizabeth
Wilson, 1780-1866; the west window of the same aisle commemorates the marriage
of their majesties King Edw. VII and Queen Alexandra, March 10th
1863, and was erected by the parishioners; there are monuments to the Coode
family, 1671-94, and others of modern date: Margaret (Blagge), Wife of Sidney,
first Earl of Godolphin K.G. was buried here, September 27th 1678;
in the south aisle are three helmets, two bearing the Godolphin crest; the
church affords 300 sittings; in the churchyard, near the south entrance, stands
the head of an ancient cross: the church was thoroughly restored and reseated
with open benches in 1890- 1891, at a cost of
£4,000. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1607; marriages and
burials, 1559. The living is a
vicarage, with Germoe annexed, joint net yearly value £332, with residence and
5 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Crown, and held since 1888 by the Rev.
Jocelyn Barnes M.A. of Worcester College, Oxford.
There is a Mission church at Ashton. There are
Wesleyan chapels at S. Breage, Carleen, Ashton, Trenwheal and Keneggie; Bible
Christian chapels at Churchtown, Herland Cross and Ashton and Free Methodist
chapels at Ashton and Rinsey. In this parish is Godolphin Hill, 495 feet, and
Tregoning Hill, 596 feet above the sea level; on the summit of the latter are
the remains of an entrenchment, measuring about 106 by 92 yards; on the western
declivity of the hill is a well, and part of its southern base is dotted with
tumuli; along the cliffs at Methleigh are many graves of bodies washed in by
the sea; and at Trewavas Head stands a singular columnar rock, known as “the
Bishop.” Breage was once a prosperous mining
centre, but little or no tin mining or streaming is now carried on. Foote’s charity, of £8 8s. yearly, is
distributed as follows:- £2 2s to the school; and £2 2s. for the poor, and £4
4s. to the parish of Germoe; there is also a sum of £7 16s. given by the Duke
of Leeds for poor widows of this parish. The Duke of Leeds, Lord Churston, Maj.
Gen John Jago-Trelawny, of 5 Atheneum Terrace, Plymouth, and Capt. Richard
Carlyon Coode, of Polapit Tamar, are lords of the manor and principal
landowners. The soil is light; subsoil,
granite. The chief crops are wheat,
barley and oats. The area is 7,263
acres, 9 of water and 121 of foreshore; rateable value, £9,243; the population
in 1891 was 1,690.
RINSEY is a village on the sea coast, 2 miles
south-west; TREW, 1 mile north; CARLEEN, or CAERLEON, 1 ½ miles north;
KENEGGIE, 4 miles west; PENGERSICK, 3 miles west, is the site of an ancient
castle, built in the 16th century, and formerly the residence of the Millytons;
most of the building is now ruinous, but a battlemented tower of three stages
(temp. Hen. VIII.) still remains; ASHTON is 1 mile west from Breage; other
villages in this parish are HENDRA, 2
west-south-west, TRESCOWE, 4 north-west, TREVERVAS, 2 west-south-west, and
HERLAND, 2 north-north-west; PORTHLEVEN, 2 ½ south-south-east, is a fishing
village, partly in this parish and partly in Sithney.
POST OFFICE – Miss Anna Olive Nicholas,
sub-postmistress. Letters through Helston, arrive at 10 a.m.; dispatched at
2.45 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. Porthleven is the
nearest money order & telegraph office, 3 miles distant.
ASHTON SUB-OFFICE – Miss Bessie KING,
sub-postmistress. Letters arrive 10.25 a.m. from Helston; dispatched 2.35 p.m.
Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. Porthleven is the nearest money
order & telegraph office 4 miles distant.
Wall Letter Box, Coach & Horses, Keneggie,
cleared at 2.15 p.m.
SCHOOLS:-
A School Board of 5 members was formed April 4th 1871; Joseph Nicholls,
Church Town, clerk to the board; Thomas BOWDEN, Wheal Vor, attendance
officer.
Board, Wheal Vor (mixed), for 140 children: average attendance, 66.
Miss Mary Pope, mistress
Church, at St. Breage, Church
Town, supported by the Vicar of the parish; average attendance, 131; William Pidgeon,
master.
.
CARRIERS – John Charles, to Penzance, tues. & thurs. & Helston, sat.; Thomas Tregear & Stephen Hoare to Helston, wed & sat
(Marked thus + should be addressed Marazion R.S.O.)
Barnes Rev. Jocelyn M.A. The Parsonage
Broad Mrs. Church Town
Stephens Henry, Church Town
COMMERCIAL |
|
+Andrewartha James Eade |
Farmer, Keneggie |
Beare Thos. |
Shoe ma., Church Town |
Bennett Paul |
Farmer, Tolmennor |
Blight Thomas |
Farmer, Trevena |
Breage Granite Quarry Co. (Thomas Eustice) |
Purser & Manager |
+Coast Guard Station (Board of Trade rocket apparatus No. 276) |
William Badcock, chief boatman, Prussia Cove |
Cock Wm |
Trelawney’s Arms P.H. Trew |
Eustice Edmund Truscott |
Temperance hotel, Ashton |
Eustice Loveday (Mrs) |
Shpkpr, Ashtn |
Eustice William George |
Lion & Lamb P.H., Ashton |
Gilbert John Hy. |
Farmer, Trevorian |
+Gilbert William John |
Coach & Horses P.H., Keneggie |
Harry Constance (Mrs) |
Shpkpr, Ashtn |
Hosken Frederick |
Farmer, Penbro |
James John |
Farmer,Church Town |
James Jsph Harry |
Shopkpr, Ashton |
James Susan (Mrs) |
Farmer, Trevena |
James William |
Farmer, Trevervas |
Joyce John Adams |
Wheelwright, Church Town |
King Bessie (Miss) |
Shopkeeper, Post Office, Ashton |
King Robert |
Farmer, Pengersick |
King Wm |
Drapr & Gro, Church Town |
Kitto Francis & Christopher |
Farmers, Pengersick |
+Kitto Mary Ann (Mrs) |
Shopkeeper, Keneggie |
+Marks Henry |
Farmer, Keneggie |
Matthew Francis William & Son |
Farmers, Tranno |
Metal & Flow Mine |
George E. Collins, manager |
Michell Henry |
Farmer, Methleigh |
Nicholas Anna Olive (Miss) |
Postmistress, Church Town |
Nicholas Joseph |
Builder & Carpenter, Church Town |
Nicholls Joseph |
Clerk to school board, Church Town |
Nicholls Stephen |
Registrar of births & deaths for sub-districts of Breage & Germoe, Church Town |
Perry David |
Farmer, Crava |
+Phillips Brothers |
Farmers, Keneggie |
Richards Alfred |
Farmer, Pellor |
Richards Jane (Mrs) |
Shopkeeper, Church Town |
Richards John |
Farmer, Rosemaber |
Richards John |
Farmer, Trevalence |
Richards Thomas Mitchell |
Farmer, Treworlas |
+Richards William |
Farmer, Keneggie |
Richards Jane (Mrs) |
Farmer, Little Methleigh |
Rogers William |
Queen’s Arms P.H., Church Town |
Rowe Jacob |
Farmer, Sethnoe |
Rowe William |
Farmer, Tregew |
Sampson Thomas |
Farmers, Hendra |
Sampson Trevenen |
Farmer, Trevervas |
Stephens James |
Farmer, Tremearne |
+Thomas Hy. Davey |
Farmer, Keneggie |
Toll John Henry |
Farmer, Trevervas |
Toll Simon |
Farmer, Pengersick |
Tredrea Jas |
Shopkpr, Church Town |
Tregear John |
Farmer, Pentreath |
Tregoning Hill Brick & China Clay Co. |
John Martin, manager & purser |
Treloar Jn. |
Shopkpr, Church Town |
Tripp Thos. Hy. |
Farmer, Trevervas |
Tyacke John |
Farmer, Chynoweth |
Williams Frnk |
Blacksmith, Church Tn |