KELLY’S DIRECTORY OF DEVON & CORNWALL 1914
(Part 3, Cornwall & Advertisements)
Page 52-53 BREAGE
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Breage is a parish near the coast, on the road
between Helston and Marazion, 3 1/2 miles west from Helston terminal station on
a branch of the Great Western Railway, 7 from Marazion, 8 south from Gwinear
and 9 ½ miles from Penzance, in the Truro division of the County, hundred and
petty sessional division of Kerrier (west), Helston union and county court
district, rural deanery of Kerrier, 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 His late Majesty 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 £455, with residence and 5 acres of glebe, in
the gift of the Crown, and held since 1907 by the Rev. Hugh Robert Coulthard
M.A. of Christ’s College, Cambridge, and rural dean of Kerrier.
There are Wesleyan chapels at St. Breage, Carleen,
Ashton, Trenwheal and Keneggie; and United Methodist chapels at Churchtown,
Herland Cross, 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 Goldrenick, 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 7,257 acres of land,
9 of water and 121 of foreshore; rateable value, £9,492; the population in 1911
was 2,343 in the civil and 2,017 in the ecclesiastical parish..
Sexton, Herbert Rogers
Constable in charge, William Quintrell.
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, 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. Full particulars
of this place are given under the letter P.
POST & T. OFFICE – Miss Anna Olive Nicholas,
sub-postmistress. Letters through Helston, arrive at 9 a.m & 2.35 p.m.;
dispatched at 10.45am & 4.10 p.m. No delivery on Sundays. Porthleven, 2 ½
miles distant, is the nearest money
order office.
ASHTON SUB-OFFICE – Miss Bessie KING,
sub-postmistress. Letters arrive 9 a.m.& 2.45 p.m. from Helston; dispatched
10.40 a.m. & 3.50 p.m., no delivery on Sundays. Porthleven is the nearest
money order & Breage the nearest telegraph office 1 mile distant.
Wall Letter Box, Coach & Horses, Keneggie,
cleared at 3.30 p.m.
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS:-
These schools are controlled by the Helston District Education
Committee; William Sweet, Helston,
clerk; Thomas Bowden, Wheal Vor, attendance officer
Wheal Vor (mixed), for 140 children: average attendance, 64. Miss
Winnie Adams, mistress
St. Breage Church Town; average
attendance, 148; William Pidgeon, master.
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CARRIERS – William Arthur James, to Penzance, tues, thurs. & sat.; Thomas Tregear, to Helston, wed. & sat.; Penzance, thurs. & Redruth, Friday.
(Marked thus + should be addressed Marazion )
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PRIVATE RESIDENTS |
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Coulthard Rev. Hugh Robert M.A. |
Vicar & rural dean, The Parsonage |
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Hosking Miss |
Church Town |
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Pidgeon William |
Sunny cottage |
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Polglase William |
Church Town |
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Stephens Henry |
Church Town |
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Trounce Miss |
Church Town |
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Williams Miss |
Church Town |
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COMMERCIAL |
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Barnes Thomas |
Queen’s Arms P.H., Church Town |
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Beare Thos. |
Shoe ma., Church Town |
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Beckerleg Elizabeth (Mrs) |
Shopkpr, Rinsey Cross |
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Beckerleg Thos. |
Dairyman, Trevervas |
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Bennett Paul |
Farmer, Tolmennor |
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Blight Frank |
Farmer, Trevena |
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Breage Granite Quarry Co. (Arthur Eustice) |
Purser & Manager |
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Breage Institute (Saml. Harry, Sec.) |
Church Town |
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Buckett Thomas |
Farmer, Rinsey |
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+Coast Guard Station (Board of Trade rocket apparatus No. 276) |
William J. Noad ?, chief boatman in charge, Prussia Cove |
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Cock Wm |
Trelawney’s Arms P.H. Trew |
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Eustice Edmund Truscott |
Temperance hotel, Ashton |
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Eustice Loveday (Mrs) |
Shpkpr, Ashtn |
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Gilbert John Hy. |
Farmer, Trevorian |
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+Grylls Mines Limited |
James Treeby Barratt, manager, Keneggie |
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Gundry Jas. Wearne |
Brick ma., Trew |
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Harry Joseph |
Blacksmith, Church Tn |
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Harry Jsph. Wm. |
Blacksmith, Ashton |
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Harry Wm. Henry |
Shopkeeper, Ashton |
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Hosken Fredk |
Ingleton, Frmr, Penbro |
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Hosking Edwin |
Farmer, Trevena |
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James Sophia (Mrs) |
Farmer, Trevena |
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James William |
Farmer, Trevervas & Leseaves |
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James William Arthur |
Jobmaster & Carrier, Ashton |
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Johns James |
Farmer, Rinsey |
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Joyce John Adams |
Wheelwright, Church Town |
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King Edwin |
Farmer, Pengersick |
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King Wm. |
Drapr & Gro, Church Town |
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Kitto Christopher |
Farmer, Hendra |
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Kitto Fras. (Mrs) |
Farmer, Pengersick |
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+Kitto Mary Ann (Mrs) |
Shopkeeper, Keneggie |
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+Lanyon William John |
Market gardener, Sunnyvale |
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Marks Edwin |
Shopkeeper, Ashton |
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+Marks Henry |
Farmer, Keneggie |
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Matthew Francis John |
Farmer, Tranno |
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Matthews William |
Farmer, Colvory |
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Mollard Stephen Alfred |
Market gardener & rate collector, Carmeal |
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Nicholas Anna Olive (Miss) |
Stationer, Post Office |
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Oliver John |
Butcher,Ashton |
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Pascoe Richard Thomas J. |
Grocer, Church Town |
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Penrose William & Son |
Farmers, Trequean & Trewavas |
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Perry John Moyses |
Farmer, assistant overseer & Registrar of births & deaths for sub-districts of Breage sub-district, Helston union |
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+Phillips Bros. |
Farmers, Keneggie |
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Prout Peter Horton |
Shopkeeper, Rinsey Cross |
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Richards Alfred |
Farmer, Pellor |
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Richards Jane (Mrs) |
Farmer, Little Methleigh |
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Richards John |
Farmer, Methleigh |
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Richards Joseph |
Farmer, Trevalence |
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Richards Thomas Mitchell |
Farmer, Treworlas |
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Richards Thomas William |
Farmer, Higher Pentreath |
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+Richards William |
Farmer, Keneggie |
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Rodda Herbert |
Coach & Horses P.H., Keneggie |
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Rowe John |
Carter, Church Town |
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Sampson Thomas |
Farmers, Hendra |
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Sampson Trevenen |
Farmer, Trevervas |
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Stephens James |
Farmer, Tremearne |
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Stevenett John C. |
Shoe maker |
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+Thomas Hy. Davey |
Farmer, Keneggie |
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Toll John Henry |
Farmer, Trevervas |
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Toll Simon Harry |
Farmer, Pengersick |
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Toulson Mary E. E. (Mrs) |
Lion & Lamb P.H., Ashton |
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Tregear William |
Farmer, Pentreath |
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Treloar Jn. |
Shopkpr, Church Town |
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Tripp Arthur |
Farmer, Hendra |
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Tripp Thos. Hy. |
Farmer, Trevervas |
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Tyacke John |
Farmer, Carleen |
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Waters Bert |
Farmer, Ashton |
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Webb Benjamin Vivian |
Shoe Maker, Church Town |
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Williams Frank |
Farmer, Rosemaber |
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Williams John Jas. |
Farmer, Sethnoe |
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Williams Jn. Kitto |
Grocer, Troon row |
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Wills Sarah Martin (Mrs) |
Farmer, Tregew |
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Young Harry Lightwood |
Carpenter, Church Town |