KELLY’S DIRECTORY OF CORNWALL 1889

Page 943-944 BREAGE

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Breage is a parish, situated near the coast, on the road between Helston and Marazion, 7 miles east from Marazion, 8 south from Gwinear and 3 west from Helston terminal station on a branch of the Great Western Railway.  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 2 bells, dated 1831 and 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 T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, March 10^th 1863, and was erected by the parishioners; there are monuments to the Coode family, 1671-94, and others of modern date: Margaret (Blague), Wife of Sidney, first Earl of Godolphin ? was buried here, September 27^th 1678;in the south aisle are three helmets, two bearing the Godolphin crest; there are 641 sittings; in the churchyard, near the south entrance, stands the head of an ancient cross.  The register of baptisms dates from the year 1607; marriages and burials, 1559.  The living is a vicarage, with that of Germoe annexed, vicarial tithe rent-charge (Breage) £510, (St Germoe) £105, gross yearly value £515, net £140, 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 Ashtown. There are Wesleyan chapels at S. Breage, Carleen, Ashtown, Hendra, Trenwheal and Keneggie; Bible Christian chapels at Churchtown and Herland Cross and Ashtown; and Free Methodist at Ashtown. 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.”  Foote’s charity, of £10 yearly, is distributed as follows:- £2 10s to the school, and £2 10s. for the poor, and £5 to the parish of Germoe; there is also £7 16s. for poor widows of this parish.  At Breage there is now little or no tin mining or streaming industry, though it was once a prosperous mining centre. The Duke of Leeds, ?? Lord Churston and Charles Trelawny esq. and Edward Coode esq. ? 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 7,161 acres (including 105 of water); rateable value, £9,423; the population in 1881 was 3,017.

 

RINSEY is a village on the sea coast, 2 miles south-west; TREW, 1 mile north; CARLEEN or CARRLEON, 1 ½ miles north; KENEGGIE, 4 miles west; PENGERSWICK, 3 miles west, is the site of an ancient castle, built in the 16th century, and formerly the residence of the Miltons; most of the building is now ruinous, but a battlemented tower of three stages(?temp. Hen. VIII.) still remains; ASHTOWN is 1 mile west from Breage; other villages in this parish are HENDRA,  2 west-south-west, TREGUNNO, 1 south, TRESCOW, 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.

 

Parish Clerk, William Pidgeon.

 

POST OFFICE – Miss Mary Nicholas, sub-postmistress. Letters, through Helston, arrive at 10.30 a.m.; dispatched at 2.35 p.m. Helston is the nearest money order & telegraph office.

ASHTOWN SUB-OFFICE – Miss Bessie KING, receiver. Letters arrive 11.30 a.m.; dispatched 2.10 p.m.

INSURANCE AGENT: –

North British & Mercantile, J.B. Nicholas

SCHOOLS:-

A School Board of 5 members was formed April 4th 1871; Rev. J Barnes, Chairman; J.B. Nicholas, is Clerk to the board; Humphrey Roberts, attendance officer.

Church, at St. Breage, Church Town, supported by the Vicar of the parish; average attendance, 130; William Pidgeon, master; Miss Peters, mistress.

Board, Wheal Vor (mixed), for 140 children: average attendance, 60;Miss Mary Pope, mistress.

 

CARRIERS – James Beckerleg, to Penzance, tues. & thurs.; John Rosewarne to Helston, wed & sat

 

Barnes Rev. Jocelyn M.A. The Vicarage

Corry Rev. Henry Wm., Calebnas Row

Robertson Rev. Donald Elphinston, Rinsey

Treweeke The Misses, Methleigh

 

COMMERCIAL
Andrewartha Jas Eade	Frmr, Keneggie
Argall Albert Edward	Farmer, Sunnyvale, Pengersick
Argall Alfred Francis	Mine agent, Church Town
Argall William	Mine Manager & Purser & accountant
Bennett Paul	Farmer, Tolmanor
Breage Granite Quarry Co. (William Argall)	Purser & Manager
Broad Henry	Carpenter
Bryant John	Shoemaker, Church Town
Carter Francis	Farmer & registrar of births & deaths for sub-districts of Breage & Germoe
Curtis John	Mine agent, Keneggie
Curtis John, Jun	Farmer, Keneggie
Davey Henry	Farmer, Keneggie
Davey Stephen	Farmer, Chynoweth
Davey Stephen	Farmer, Trevena
Eade Jane (Mrs)	Trelawny’s Arms P.H., Trew
Eustice William Geo.	Lion & Lamb P.H., Ashtown
Great Hand? Fortune Tin Mine (Great Wheal Fortune Co.)	(Wm. Argall, purser; P Curtis, agent)
Harry Wm Henry	Shopkpr, Ashtown
Hosking Martin	Farmer, Pembro
James Jsph Harry	Shopkpr, Ashtown
James William	Farmer, Trevurvas
Johns William (Mrs)	Shopkeeper
Joyce Jn. Adams	Wheelwrt, Church Town
King Bessie (Miss)	Shopkeeper, Post Office, Ashtown
King Wm	Draper & Grocer, Church Town
Kitto Mary (Mrs)	Farmer, Pengersick
Kitto Mary Ann (Mrs)	Shpkpr, Keneggie
Lukey Joel	Farmer, Leseave
Marks Henry	Farmer, Keneggie
Matthew Francis Wm	Farmer, Trenno
Metal & Flow Mine	Sec. Charles Brougham Parry; manager William Argall; agent Stephen Pope Curtis
Matthew James	Farmer, Trevalence
Nicholas John Bennets	Builder, shipping agent & clerk to the school boards of Breage & Germoe, Church town
Nicholas Mary (Miss)	Postmistress
Parry David	Farmer, Crava
Polglase Thomas	Coach & Horses P.H., Keneggie
Richards Phillippa	Shopkeeper
Richards Thomas	Farmer, Pellor
Richards Thomas	Farmer, Treworlas
Richards William, Jun	Farmer, Little Methleigh
Richards William	Farmer & Assistant Overseer, Keneggie
Richards William (Mrs)	Farmer, Little Methleigh
Roberts Humphrey	School Attendance officer
Rogers William	Queen’s Arms P.H., Church Town
Rogers Wm	Blacksmith, Church Town
Rowe Jacob	Farmer, Sethoe
Sampson Richard	Farmer, Hendrea
Stephens James	Farmer, Tremerne
Sidney Godolphin Tin Mine Limited	William Argall, manager; Alfred F Argall, agent
Thomas John	Farmer, Trevorvas
Thomas Wm. Davey	Farmer, Keneggie
Tippitt Jas & Mary	Farmers, Trewithic
Toy Johannah (Mrs)	Shopkeeper, Trew
Tredrea James	Shopkeeper, Church Tn
Tregear John	Farmer, Pentreath
Tregoning Clay & Brick Works	Wm. Argall, manager & purser
Treweeke Geo	Frmr & Cattle dlr, Trequean
Tripconey George	Farmer & Carman, Trevorwas