1873 Kelly's
courtesy of Suezan Elliott via Wayne George
St ERTH - is a parish and village, 2 miles south from Hayle, in the western district of the county, Penwith Hundred, Penzance Union and county court district,, rural deanary of Penwith, Cornwall archdeaconry, and Exeter diocese, situated on the Hayle river and estuary. The St Ives Road station on the West Cornwall railway is in the parish, which includes a portion of the town of Hayle. The church of St-Erth, dating from around the 15th century, is a building in the Perpendicular style, and was extensively repaired in 1798; it is now about to undergo a thorough, repair, with considerable alterations.: It has chancel, nave, aisles, tower, porch and three bells, and contains some brasses, monuments of considerable interest of the DAVIES, GIDDY and GILBERT families, and old register chest. The register dates from the year 1563. The living is a vicarage, yearly value, tithe rent charge �288, with residence and 105 acres of glebe land, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, and held by the Rev. Alfred Wilson MILLS M.A. of Lincoln college, Oxford. There is a national school for boys and girls, endows with �7 in St.Erth, and a school chapel licensed by the Bishop, on the estate of Bosworgie, and supported by the present vicar; and a Sunday School is held at the school-room. There is a chapel for Wesleyans and school for boys and girls in connection therewith. The poor have �1 5s yearly, distributed in bread. Francis Hearle RODD, esq., who is lord of the manor, Sir J St-AUBYN bart., esq. and the Hon Mrs GILBERT are chief landowners. The soil is various: the subsoil is killas and ironstone; there is a stratum of sand, used in moulding by ironfounders. The chief crops are wheat, barley and Oats and green crops. The acreage is 4,092' gross estimated rental, �9,193; rateable value, �7,882; and the population in 1871 was 2,317. Parish Clerk William John FLOYD POST OFFICE - James ROGERS, sub-postmaster. Letters forwarded by foot from Hayle, arriving at 10am; dispatched to Hayle at 2.45 pm Hayle is the nearest money order office. SCHOOLS National William John FLOYD; Master Miss Nancy ROGERS sewing Mistress Wesleyan Miss Ellen PENDER Mistress Rev Alfred Wilson MILLS M.A. Vicarage COMMERCIAL Josiah BLIGHT boot and shoe maker Mrs Phillipa BLIGHT shopkeeper Thomas BLIGHT farmer, Treloweth John CARDELL farmer Bosence Richard CARDELL farmer, Trannock John DALE farmer Cuskeys John DANIEL farmer DAUBUZ and CO Treloweth Smelting House ( Thomas ROUSE manager) Thomas FIRSTBROOK shopkeeper William John FLOYD schoolmaster James GILBERT Battery Mill Iron Foundry John GOLDSWORTHY farmer Trewinnard James GOODWIN Star Inn Thomas GUNDRY farmer Bosworgy Thomas HICKS farmer Henry HOSKEN farmer Gear James HOSKING farmer Porthcullum Mrs Elizabeth HOOPER shopkeeper Mrs Alice IVEY farmer Trelean Thomas IVEY farmer Boddeverran Thomas JACKA shopkeeper Joseph JENKYN blacksmith Praze Robert KING mason Mrs Elizabeth LEACHER New Inn Christopher LOBB Mine Agent Henry NEWTON farmer Treven John NICHOLAS farmer Chenoweth William NOBLE blacksmith Mrs Ann OPIE Lord Nelson Robert OSBORNE farmer Trevissoro William PEARCE farmer Praze Benjamin POPE farmer Trenadrass Walter REYNOLDS farmer Tredrea Henry RICHARDS farmer Trelean Thomas ROBERTS boot and shoe maker Praze Mrs Elizabeth ROGERS farmer Lanthorne James ROGERS carpenter and shopkeeper James ROGERD farmer Trelean John ROGERS farmer Tregethas John ROGERS farmer Tremellin Edward ROSEWARNE mine agent William ROSEWARNE miller, Trannack Cornish ROWE farmer Start Henry and William STEVENS farmer Trenhayle John STEVENS shopkeeper William TABB Victoria Inn John THOMAS farmer Bodderrant William THOMAS tailor John TREMILLING farmer Tobry Samuel TREVASKIS shopkeeper James TREWHELLA farmer Tregenhorne Mrs Nancy TROWSON farmer Jericho William TYACK farmer Trellissick Francis VERRAN farmer, Trannack George WILLOUGHBY Lamb and Flag End
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