Old directories and histories are available in the Cornwall libraries, See Cornwall Library Catalogue and copies on CD are available from the CD Archive Project also some from Back to Roots & S&N Genealogy (I have no commercial connections with any of these organisations). Don't trust my typing, there are surely many errors and omissions - check for yourself.
- Blacks guide to Cornwall 1911 edition
- Cassell's Gazetteer, 1898
- Extract from John Silk Buckingham's Autobiography
- Gilbert's Parochial History of Cornwall published 1838
- Kelly's Directory 1889
- Lakes Parochial History of Cornwall
- Lyson's History & Topography of Cornwall
- Post Office Directory 1856
- The Mayor of Mylor
From Black’s guide to Cornwall (1911 edition)
From Penryn, moreover, one might stroll across in half an hour to Mylor, which is about the same distance from Falmouth, once the ferry has been crossed at Flushing, which should not be forgotten in our excursions, though there is nothing particular about this snug village except its sheltered situation. From the village at the head of Mylor Creek we have a very pretty walk of a mile or so down its wooded shore to Mylor Church at the mouth, an old building restored, worth seeing if only for its situation, and the tall ancient Cross in the Churchyard. Here we look across to St. Just Pool, the quarantine station of Falmouth, and the peninsula of Roseland. This reminds us that we cannot get on far here without taking to the water. From Mylor Church and Dock it is a mile or so back to Flushing by the road, a longer walk round the coast, and some pleasant rambling might be done about Trefusis Point, the woods of which are so well seen' from Falmouth. The way most to be recommended is by a field path round Trefusis, through the "picnic-field" where refreshments are provided for excursionists.
From the Post Office Directory 1856
MYLOR and FLUSHING is a parish in the Hundred of East Kerrier, Falmouth Union, West Cornwall; it was, until recently, a peculiar of the Bishop of Exeter, but now is under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Archdeacon of Cornwall. The parish is healthy, mild, picturesque - forming a peninsular - having three sides bounded by Falmouth Harbour and its salt water creeks. The form of the parish resembles an hour-glass, it being nearly intersected in the centre by Mylor Creek, and by a tongue of land of St. Gluvias parish, on which is the modern mansion of John Samuel Enys, Esq. At the point of the intersection stands the pretty village of Mylor Bridge. Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P. for West Cornwall, has a school here for about 100 boys and girls, under his own control and sole direction; near by is established a brick manufactory.
CARCLEW, seat of Sir Charles Lemon, is distant from the village by about 1 1/2 miles. It is an elegant mansion; the exterior is very noble, and the interior arranged with much taste. The principal, or south front, opens to a sweep of lawn, lined with masses of drooping foilage. The west front overlooks a wooded valley, bounded by distant hills, rich in mining works. The lodge is near the road leading from Truro to Penryn; the deer park and plantations occupy an area of several miles, and the approach to the house is through an avenue of lofty trees, nearly a mile long.
MYLOR is bounded on the south by Falmouth Harbour, on the north-east by Restronguet Creek - navigable to Perranarworthal village and church, where, on the Mylor side, is an iron foundry - and on the west it is washed by a navigable creek up to Penryn borough town; on the north-west is contiguous with St.Gluvias. Mylor consists of two mounts; the larger one, on the north-east belongs to Sir Charles Lemon; the south-western mount, or division, belongs chiefly to Lord Clinton and Saye, a part lately in the possession of Lord Wodehouse, but now of John Samuel Enys, Esq., of Enys, and a large tract of farm land belongs to the Bishop of Exeter. The south-west portion of the parish has the ancient church, whose churchyard wall is washed by the sea. This locality is much admired. The present vicar, the Rev. Edward Hoblyn, of the family of Nauswhydon, parish of St.Columb, on being collated to Mylor and Mabe benefice by the Bishop of Exeter, built a new vicarage in 1823. Government has a store range of houses and a dockyard near the church.
On the south side stands TREFUSIS, the seat of an ancient family (Trefusis, Lord Clinton). The views from it, overlooking the harbour, are very striking and fascinating. Trefusis House was built low, in a hollow, for the sake of shelter; the house is roomy, but not well arranged, and is going to decay.
On the west of Flushing is the bishop's land, extending to Penryn. Thomas Williams Reed, Esq., has built a neat and commodious house on this property, leased from the Bishop of Exeter, whence he commands a fine view of diversified scenery. The proposed Cornwall railway, now under construction, will carry the Falmouth branch of it from Truro through Penryn, and along this creek side to Falmouth. Mylor church is very neat as to the interior, and its walls are adorned with many monuments. There is a yew-tree in the churchyard, whose diameter is more than 90 feet; it is said to have been planted about 100 years ago. No date for the church can be obtained.; but at Mabe church, which is consolidated with Mylor, there is a silver cup and lid, on which is inscribed the date 1276, in the reign of King Edward I. The north door of Mylor church is ornamented with the Norman arch and zig-zag; the south porch has empanelled side pillars. The cross is the Maltese - equal arms from the centre. Mylor contains 2,663 statute acres. Population of Mylor, in 1851, 2,203; Mabe parish 593. Hot and cold seawater baths are established at Flushing. On the north-east side of Mylor Creek is Great Wood Cottage, now the much admired residence of Benjamin Sampson, Esq. Lord Clinton is lay impropriator; his rent-charge, £405 per annum; the vicarage, £215 per annum.
FLUSHING is a small town and ecclesiastical district, in Mylor township and parish, Kerrier Hundred, Falmouth Union, Cornwall archdeaconry, Exeter bishopric, West Cornwall. Its population, in 1851, was 896. The ecclesiastical district was constituted 23rd May, 1844. There is a church, dedicated to St. Peter; the incumbent is the Rev. Edward Hoblyn. There are chapels for Wesleyans, Bible Christians, and Primitive Methodists. Flushing is separated from Falmouth by a large creek, on which a ferry-boat runs every quarter of an hour. Here is a private dockyard, with a slip, which is the one chiefly used for Falmouth harbour. An oyster fishery is carried on here. The Government have naval storehouses. At Perran Wharf the Perran Foundry Company, having large works for Cornish steam engines and mine machinery.
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Nicholls Richard, farmer, Penoweth farm, Mylor bridge Letters through Falmouth, which is the nearest money order office Flushing |
Hunt Robert, esq. Clinton house, & at the Museum of
Practical Geology, Jermyn street, London Letters through Falmouth, which is the nearest money order office |
From Lakes Parochial History of Cornwall published about 1870
HISTORY OF CORNWALL
MYLOR
[ Lake precedes with a transcript from Tonkin’s Natural History of Cornwall (1739?) ]
TONKIN:-Mylor lieth in the hundred of Kerrier; it has to the west, Gluvias; to the north, S. Perran-ar-worthal, with Carnan and Restrouget creeks; to the east and south, Mylor Pool and Falmouth harbour.
The saint that gives name to this parish is Meliorus, son of Melianus, Duke of Cornwall.
In the valuation by the Bishop of Lincoln this parish is valued at £6 13. 4.: being about that time appropriated to the College of Glasseney.
The church is a vicarage, valued in the King's Books at £16 15. The patronage in the Bishop of Exeter; the incumbent Mr. Francis St. Barbe; the impropriation of the sheaf in Robert Trefusis, Esq.
I shall begin with the barton of Carclew. I find the name of this place anciently written Crueglew. Crac is a barrow, and also clew I apprehend to be an inclosure; so that the whole signifies the inclosure of barrows, or by barrows, of which there are several in the adjoining commons. The first owner of this place that I can meet with is Dangeros, or Dangers, who married Margery, the daughter of Bartholomew Serischall, whose arms were the same with the Seriscaux: Argent, a saltire Sable, between twelve cherries slipped proper; in the reign I believe of Henry the Second.
Robert de Cardinan, by a very ancient deed, without date, which I have seen, gave Crucgleu and Pengaer to Richard Dangeros and his heirs.
This family, who by their matches seem to have been gentlemen of considerable note, continued at this place till the beginning of the reign. of Henry the Fourth, whom James Dangers left two daughters and coheirs:
Margaret, married to David Renaudin, of Arwothal; and Isabella, married to Richard Bonithon, second son of Simon Bonithon, of Bonithon.
This barton fell to the share of the said David Renaudin, but he and Margaret his wife dying without issue, their portion of the whole inheritance, said to be worth £500 per annum, came to Richard Bonithon and Isabella his wife. The last male descendant of this family, Richard Bonython, Esq.; a very worthy gentleman, died July the 31st, 1697, in the 45th year of his age, leaving by Honor his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Heale, of Fleet, one daughter and heir, Jane, married to Samuel Kempe, of Penryn, Esq., which said Samuel Kempe died without issue, October the 24th, 1728, leaving the said barton of Carclew, and some small part of the ancient lands, for he had sold off the rest in his lifetime, to his widow, who now resideth there; a lady who, for her many virtues, bounty, and other accomplishments deserveth a much better fortune, in every respect, than she has had the luck to meet with.
The said Mr. Kempe built a noble house here, which he did not live to finish, and had laid such a plan for avenues, gardens, &c. as when brought to perfection would have made it one of the pleasantest seats in the county.
There hath been much tin on this barton, and perhaps it would turn to good account if a deep adit were brought in to unwaier the shafts in depth. There is also a pretty good lode of antimony not wrought, and perhaps not worth working.
The arms of D'Angers, or Dangeros, as they were painted in the old glass windows at Carclew, were Sable, a chevron between three flowers-de-luce Argent.
Arms of Bonython: Argent, a chevron between, three flowers-de-luce Sable. But they likewise gave them, as appear in the old hall, as above, with three pelicans feeding their young ones in their nests, Argent, added.
The Manor of Restronget. - The manor joins with Carelew. It was formerly written Restrougas, and I take the sense of the word to be Res, Res, Rose, a valley; trong, a nose, used in the same sense as we use ness, from the French, for land jutting into the sea; and gas, or guys, deep; so as to signify altogether, the valley with the deep promontory or point of land. William de Bodrigan was lord of this manor in the 12th of Henry the Fourth. And that family possessed it till the beginning of the reign of Henry the Seventh, when, on the attainder of Bodrigan, it was given to William Trevanion, in which family it still continues, John Trevanion, of Carhayes, Esq. being the present lord thereof. In the village of Restronget have lived in lease for several generations a younger branch of the Leys of Tonacomb.
There is a passing boat kept here, it being the post road, and by much the nearest out from Fal-mouth to Truro and the east, called Restrouget Passage.
A part of the Bishop's manor of Penryn extends into this parish.
Manor of Trefusis and Tregose: - Trefusis, saith the Editor of Camden, in the Additional Part, signifies a walled town, or fortified place. This hath been the seat of an eminent family of the same name ever since the Conquest, if not before. The present possessor hereof is Robert Trefusis, Esq., a young gentleman of great hopes, who is yet unmarried. These gentlemen, led away by a false notion, with many others, of being of French extraction, have given, in allusion to the supposed meaning of their name in the language of that country, for their arms, Argent, a chevron between three fusees, or wharrow spindles, Sable.
The house is extremely pleasant by its situation, and would be much more so were it built a little higher up. To the south of the house is a fine grove, and a walk, at the end of which is a pleasure house, built by this gentleman's father, from whence there is a very beautiful prospect.
Adjoining to Trefusis is Nankersy, that is the winding valley, from ceirsie, to twist or wind about. This place, by a lease from the Trefusises, has been for two or three generations the seat of a younger branch of the Littletons, of Lanhidrock; the late owner, William Littleton, Gent. died a bachelor in the year 1734, and by his decease the estate is fallen into the lords hands. The arms of Littleton are Argent, a chevron between three escallops, Sable.
On this Nankersy hath been lately built by the Dutchmen a considerable town, called by them Flushing, after a town of the same name in Zealand, by which name it is now generally known. And had these Dutchmen had the continuing of this town, they would have made it in some measure to resemble its namesake, by digging a canal to discharge all sorts of merchandise through the middle of it, there being a large marsh adjoining, that seemed by nature to have been placed for that purpose; but as it is, though there are some good houses here, the whole is without any order, contrivance, or regularity. The late Samuel Trefusis, Esq., was at no small expense in levelling the place, the buildings, quays, &c., for loading or unloading the vessels; and could he have settled the packet boats here, for which it lies far better than Falmouth, the water being deeper, and they all lying before it, Flushing would soon have been a place of great resort; but, having failed in that, the town is now falling to decay, and many of the houses of which it consists are uninhabited.
The Manor of Mylor. - A small lordship which takes its name from the parish, and in which the church is situated, so that probably the churchyard and the glebe were taken out of it by the gift of some former proprietor, although the fact is now forgotten. The present lord of this manor is Martin Lister Killigrew, Esq., an adopted heir to Sir Peter Killigrew.
The church is situated at the southeast end of the parish, near that branch of Falmouth haven called Mylor Pool. It is but a small building, consisting of a nave, one aisle of the same length, with a handsome north cross aisle, belonging to Carclew; and a little distance from the west is a low square campanile covered with slate, in which are three bells.
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MYLOR.
MONUMENTS IN THE CHURCH.
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EN. To. TAPHEMSTBAI. BIS. ORANON, ANABASIS. Exuviae ffrancisci Trefusis in
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This monument displays a kneeling effigy of the deceased, and a shield of arms of sixteen quarterings, with impalements.
Near this Stone Ives inter'd the Body of Richard Bonython, of Carclew, Esq. who died July 31st, 1697; in the 45th year of his age; and also that of Dame Honora, his wife, (daughter of Sir Thomas Hele, of Fleet, Bart. and Relict of Gregory Hockmore, of Buckland, both of the County of Devon) who dyed the 28th day of March, 1710; in the 76th Year of Her age. By whom he had one only Daughter and Heiress, Jane Bonython, Married, to Samuel Kempe, of Penryn, Esq., who lies Here Likewise Interr'd, and dyed without Issue, October the 20th, 1728, in the 59th Year of his Age. The Said Jane his Widow, has Caused this Monument to be Erected to the Pious Memory of her Said Father, Mother, and Husband, desiring to have her Bones laid with theirs.
Arms, - Bonython impaling Hele, - and Kempe impaling Bonython.
Sacred to the memory of Edward Bayntun Yescombe, Esqr., late Commander of the King George Lisbon Packet, who was alike distinguished for his manners as a gentleman, his conduct as an officer, and his benevolence as a Christian, A man of strict integrity, worthy of imitation in his public capacity; and in his domestic life honoured and beloved.
He lost his life in bravely defending his ship against the enemy. He died August the 12th 1803; aged 38. His widow has erected this marble as a testimony of her esteem and affection.
Arms,-Sable, a cross moline argent.
Sacred to the memory of Lieutenant George Watson of the Royal Navy, second son of the late Charles Watson, of Saughton, Esqr., in the county of Midlothian, who died at Flushing on the 18th of June, 1804; aged 20 years.
Near this place are deposited the remains of the Honble. Reginald Cocks, youngest son of Lord Sommers and Anne his wife, daughter of Reginald Pole, Esqre. He was born on the 14th of January, 1777; and died in this village November the 20th, 1805. He married Anne, daughter of James Cocks, Esqre., by whom he has left one child, Henry Sommers Cocks.
Amiable and engaging in his demeanour, with an acute and highly adorned understanding, a warm and universally benevolent heart, and a mind as unsullied as human frailty will allow, he excited the respect and rivetted the affections of all who knew him; hut especially of his near connections, who while they have a sense of feeling most deeply deplore his loss; consolation can only he found for them in the promises of Holy Scripture. Ps. XXIV., 3. 4. 5.
To perpetuate the memory of an amiable woman, an affectionate wife, and a tender parent, whose greatest gratification and enjoyment consisted in the happiness of those around her, and who invriably endeavour'd to do unto others as she wished to be done unto, has this monument been erected by William Lake, as a tribute of gratitude to his much beloved, departed wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Tofield, late of Wilsick, in the county of York, who died the 12th August, 1806; aged 41 years.
Thou art safe!
The sleep of death protects thee, and secures
From all th' unnumbered woes of mortal life;
While we, alas 1 the sacred urn around
That holds thine ashes, shall insatiate weep,
Nor time destroy th' eternal grief we feel.
Sacred to the memory of Harriet Guion, wife of Lieut. G. H. Guion, of the Navy, who died at Wood Cottage 13 July, 1806; AEt. 27.
Vain are all the tributary works of art,
To show the sorrows of a widow'd heart;
And vain the line which would her worth record,
Whose virtues now meet favour from her Lord.
Sacred to the memory of Wilhelmina Dorothea Hopper, daughter of the late Revd. Richard Hammett rector of Clovelly, Devon, and wife of Thomas Hopper, of Silksworth House, in the county of Durham, Esqr., who died at Flushing, in the county of Cornwall, on the 8th day of June, 1808, deeply and sincerely regretted by all her family and friends; aged 29 years.
Near this marble lieth interred the body of Henry Moore, Esqr., late Major in his Majesty's 4th Regt. of Dragoon Guards; who departed this life on the 7th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1810; aged 30 years.
In remembrance of Lady Lemon, wife of Sir Wm. Lemon, Bart., who departed this life on the 17th day of June, 1823. She was the eldest daughter of James Buller, Esqr., M.P. for the county of Cornwall, by Jane, daughter of Allen Earl Bathurst. Both as a wife and mother of a numerous family, and in every relation of life, she discharged her duties in a most exemplary manner. Her affectionate husband, to, whom she was united for more than 52 years has placed this stone to record her virtues and his affliction at her loss.
Sir William Lemon, Baronet, of Carclew in this County. He entered public life at the early age of 21; and continued a member of the House of Commons till his death. During this period he represented his native county above 50 years. In public life he was conspicuous for integrity, moderation, and a zealous support of the principles of constitutional liberty. In private life, as a husband, parent, friend, he was justly and universally beloved. Full of that charity which vaunteth not itself and is not puffed up, the kindness and genuine modesty of his disposition served to combine his public and private virtues, and perfect the character of a just and good man.
Born Octr. 11, 1748; died Decr. 11,1824:
Charlotte Augusta Caroline, only daughter of Sir Charles and Lady Charlotte Lemon; she died after a short illness at Aix in Savoy, and was buried at Saconnex, near Geneva.
Born Jany. 10, 1816; died May 20, 1825.
Charles William, son of Sir Charles and Lady Charlotte Lemon. His death was accidental while bathing with a party of his schoolfellows at Harrow.
Born May 10, 1813; died April 18,1826:
Charlotte Ann, daughter of Henry Thomas 2d Earl of Ilchester, wife of Sir Charles Lemon, Baronet, of Carclew, and the mother of three children, the first of whom died in infancy, and the two others shortly before herself. Her Christian fortitude and resignation never failed; but her health, broken by attendance at the death bed of her daughter, sunk under the sudden stroke which deprived her of her son; and in a period scarcely exceeding a year the mother and both her children were numbered with the dead. She lived a blessing to all with whom she was connected, and died their example.
Born Feby: 7,1784; married Decr. 5,1810; died May 27,1826.
In memory of Harriet, 4th daughter of the late Sir William Lemon, Bart., of Carclew, in this parish, and widow of Francis Lord De Dunstanville and Basset.
She died in London Decr, 30th, 1864; and was buried at Kensal Green.
Sacred to the memory of Lady Frances Margaret Tremayne, daughter of John 3rd Earl of Donoughmore, and Wife of Arthur Tremayne, Lt. Colonel of the 13th Light Dragoons. She died at Carclew in this parish April 11, 1866. Leaving four children.
Sir Charles Lemon, Baronet, of Carclew in this county. Born Sepr. 3rd, 1784; married Decr. 5, 1810 to Lady Charlotte Ann Foxstrangways, 4th daughter of Henry Thomas 2d Earl of Ilchester. Sir Charles was for nearly 30 years a member of the House of Commons for the borough of Penryn; for the county of Cornwall; and for the Western Division of that county. Died at Carclew in this parish, Feby. 12th, 1868; having survived his wife nearly 42 years.
In memory of Samuel Humphrey Pellew, Esqr., late of Woodlane House, Falmouth, who died in the city of Bath March 28th, 1854; aged 61 years.
He was the only son of S. H. Pellew, Esqre,, formerly collector of H. M. Customs, Falmouth, and nephew of Admiral, the Rt. Honble, Viscount Exmouth. His mortal remains are deposited in the Lansdowne Cemetery, Bath.
Sacred to the memory of Jane, only surviving daughter of Samuel Humphrey Pellew, Esqr. and Jane his wife, of Falmouth, who departed this life on the 3rd day of October, 1811; in the 17th year of her age.
Forgive dear shade the tributary tear
That mourns thy exit from a world like this
Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here
And stay'd thy progress from the realms of bliss
Near this spot lie also interred five other children, namely four girls and one boy, who all died in their infancy.
To the memory of Captain John Haswell, of his majesty's ship Echo, who died at Deal, on the 28th day of July, 1811; aged 32.
During a short but active life devoted to the service of his country, where, in various actions with her enemies his courage and magnanimity shone eminently conspicuous.
In memory of James Burke, Esq., second son of Sir Thomas Burke, Baronet, of Marble Hill, in the county of Galway, Ireland, who died at Flushing on the 9th of January, 1812; in the 18th year of his Age; having sought this mild climate for benefit in a consumption, alas! in vain.
John Nankivell, late master of his Majesty's Packet, Princess Amelia, was unfortunately kill'd after fifteen minutes engaging with an American Privateer of superior force, in defence of his king and country, on his homeward passage from the West Indies on the 15th Sepembr. 1812; aged 34 years. To whose memory this stone is erected by his affectionate widow Henrietta Nankivell.
" Sorrowing, yet hoping to meet him again in the realms of bliss."
Sacred to the memory of the Revd. W 'm. Whitehead, late curate of this parish. Obiit Augst. 13th, 1823; AEtat 45. This tablet is erected by the inhabitants as a testimony of their respect and affection.
Sacred to the memory, of Susannah, widow of Edward Bayntun Yescombe, and daughter of the Reverend Jonathan Peters, vicar of St. Clements, and Elizabeth his wife, who departed this life the 10th of November, 1826; aged 62. This tablet is inscribed to the memory of their beloved parent by the children who are left to mourn her irreparable loss.
In memory of Grace, the wife of Thos. H. Jones, Gent., who departed this life at St. Servan in France, Deer. 7th, 1828; aged 52 years. This tablet is affixed by her husband and children as a tribute of affection and esteem.
Robert Cotton St. John Trefusis, Baron Clinton and Saye, died in Italy 7 October, 1832; aged 45. Trusting in the mercy of God through the merits of his Redeemer.
This tablet is erected and inscribed by his widow in grateful remembrance of many years of happiness.
"The Lord God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."
In memory of Thomas Hyde Villiers (second son of the Honble. George Villiers) who after a short but severe illness, died at Carelew, near this place, on the 3rd Decr., 1832; aged 31 years.
He was secretary to the board of control. Had set in three successive parliaments, and was at the time of his decease a candidate for the representation of the borough of Falmouth. His untimely death deprived his country of a most valuable public servant of great promise and of rare attainments; his numerous friends of one widely esteemed, respected, and admired; his afflicted family of a beloved and affectionate relation.
In memory of Lieut. Charles Webber, R.N., who is supposed to have perished with all his crew on his voyage to Halifax in February, 1839, (in command of the Lord Melville Packet,) aged 40 years. This tablet has been erected by his widow, deeply mourning the loss of a beloved husband.
In a vault beneath are interred the mortal remains of Samuel Humphry Pellew, Esqre., of Treverry, in this county, and collector of H.M. Customs at Falmouth.
Animated by a spirit of true and enlightened patriotism he laboured in situations of great public trust with eminent fidelity and zeal for a period of LIII years.
In his life was manifested a bright example of Christian virtue. He died at Torquay on the XVIIIth day of Feby., A.D. MDCCCXLIII: aged LXXXIX years.
In the same vault are interred the mortal remains of Jane, wife of the above Samuel Humphry Pellew, who died at Falmouth on the XVIth day of Novr., A.D. MDCCCXXI; aged LXVII years.
Also of Jane, their daughter, who died in London on the IIIrd day of Octr., A.D. MDCCCXI; aged XVII years. Wisdom v.,15, 16. .
Sacred to the memory of John Richard Warren, R.N., second master of H.M.S. Ranger, who when in command of a slaver which he was taking to St. Helena for condemnation, caught a fever from the Negroes of which he died on that Island, on the 18th day of January, 1862; aged 25 years. This tablet is erected to his memory as a mark of respect by the officers and crew of his ship.
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THE parish of Mylor or Milor is situated in the deanery and hundred of Kirrier; it is bounded on the north by Restronguet Creek which separates it from Feock; on the east by the river Fal which separates it from S. Just in Roseland; on the south by Falmouth Harbour; and on the west by Gluvias and Perran-ar-worthal.
The parish comprises by actual measurement 3562A. 1R.; of which the tithable lands measure 3030A. 2R. 3P.; woods, 479A. 3R. 37P.; waste and roads, 50A. 3R. 2P.; and the church and the churchyard, 3R. 38P.
The living, to which there is attached a glebe of 14A., is a vicarage in the patronage of the bishop of Exeter. The tithes are commuted at £620, namely, to the vicar £215, and to the impropriator, Charles-Henry-Roll. Trefusis; 19th Baron Clinton, £405.
Vicars of Mylor and Mabe: - Matheus Brok, vicar in 1536; Thomas Peter, "Preacher of Mylor 20 years," he died in 1654, aged 57; Thomas Tregosse, 1670, buried at Mabe; he took his B.A. degree at Exeter college, Oxford, July 5, 1655; on leaving the university he preached as a Presbyterian at the place of his nativity, S. Ives, for two years. In October, 1659, he became vicar of Mylor and Mabe, where he continued till 1662, when he was silenced for nonconformity. He afterwards preached in private houses, chiefly in S. Ives and Penryn; in the latter town. He died January 18, 1670. The next year his Life, Death, and Letters were published in London. Edward White 1678, buried at Mylor; William Taubyn, 1701, buried at Mylor; Francis St. Barb, 1742; George Turner, 1761, buried at Mylor; William Osborne, 1779; Richard Milles resigned 1823; Edward Hoblyn, instituted April 15, 1823; died February 8, 1868; aged 85. And the present vicar, the Rev. Jeffreys-Wilkins Murray, A.M., of Oriel College, Oxford, instituted July 16, 1868. The vicarage of Mabe was separated from that of Mylor in May, 1868.
The church is dedicated to S. Milor, Melor, or Melorus, - who is described as having been the son of Melianus Duke of Cornwall; and who is said to have been slain August 28, A.D. 411, by his pagan brother Rinaldus or Remigius, who first cut off Milor's right hand, then his left leg, and finally his head.
The chinch consists of a chancel, nave, south aisle, north and south transepts, and vestry. In the south wall of the chancel are a piscina and a credence; the piscina is of the detached pillar form, and similar to that in Bodmin church, but something larger, being 2½ feet in height, and 1½ across the top.
Some portions of the rood screen have been preserved through being used in the construction of the reading-desk, and other parts had been used as joists, etc. The carving is enriched with gold and colours, portraits of saints, and inscriptions in the Cornish language.
The arcade has six semicircular arches of Caen stone, with pillars and capitals of the same material; the latter, which are octagonal, are enriched with well-sculptured foliage.
The north transept or Carclew aisle, is separated from the church by a light, modern arcade or screen of Bath stone the piers of which are paneled with Gothic tracery.
The font consists of an octagonal bowl, a round shaft, and a carved basenient. Within the circular panels on its sides, among other devices, are the following in relief; - a cross patonee, a cross moline, a fimbriated saltire, and three chevrons in pale.
The entrances are a south porch, a north door, and a priest's door. The outer arch of the porch with its jambs are of Caen stone; the latter are paneled. In its cast wall is a benatura or stoup also of Caen stone. The north door is a Norman one;-its rounded arch is externally spanned by a serpent, keyed with a gargoyle, and resting on pillars having ornamental capitals, detached shafts, and moulded bases. The lintel and jambs are adorned with chevron mouldings, the tympanum with a cross patonce inn a circular panel. The western gable of the nave is surmounted with an embattled turret. detached belfry stands at a short distance to the west of the church; it contains three bells, having the following legends, ---1. IN: HONORE: SANTI: GEORGII:, --2. EGO: ME; PRECO: SE: CLAMANDO; CONTERIMVS: AVDITE: VENITE: 1637:, --3. 1664.
In May 1869, the church being in a very dilapidated and dangerous condition was taken down for restoration, and addition. It displayed three different styles of architecture, - Norman, from about the reign of Henry I. or Stephen, circa 1130-50; about A.D. 1400 the church was enlarged and partially reconstructed in the Late Decorated style; and this process was carried still further circa 1500 in the Perpendicular style. Sculptured stones belonging to each style have been found in the old building material.
Frescoes and other wall-paintings formerly decorated the interior of the old church. The most ancient of them had become so much injured through decay and successive layers of whitewash, and had been pierced in so many places for the erection of tablets, etc., that no entire design remained. They were discovered on the north twill of the nave, extending from the apex of the Carclew arch to the western extremity of the wall. On scaling off the whitewash two or three separate layers of paintings were found, - one over another, consisting of innumerable figures of persons and portions of inscriptions.
On the original surface of the wall, close to the Car Blew arch, was a fresco representing a woman clothed in a red garment open at the neck, - her hair arranged in a horizontal roll of yellow curls protruding beneath the lower edge of a plain closely-fitting white cap; the head slightly inclined upward, the features being coloured a pale pink. To the east of the Norman doorway, on the lower part of the wall, part of another fresco appeared figured in black; the right arm was flexed at the elbow, and the hand grasped a staff; between it and the front of the shoulder of the figure appeared to be the pages and clasps of an open book. Other portions of the all appeared to be covered with robed figures represented by red and black lines on an orange ground; the folds of the drapery were gathered at the waist by a cord or belt. One figure had its right arm raised towards its face, and many of the figures had been injured through lowering the wall for a late roof; thus "along row of them had lost their heads. Ribbon labels or scrolls overlaid some of the figures; on these were still visible portions of Latin inscriptions in well-formed black letter. On the east side of the scrolls was the figure of a tower, with belfry window, battlements, and spire, all drawn in black upon white, the coloured figures being found underneath.
Towards the Carelew arch occurred -also, as part of the same series of designs overlaying the coloured figures, a slender black rod with a fir cone top. Still underneath the whitewash the remains of comparatively modern work, painted upon and obliterating the Latin scrolls, was found. a red bordered tablet, inscribed in black letter, the English words of 1 Cor. vi. 9. A similar tablet was found under the whitewash on the south walls, bearing Eccles. v. 1., and the date 1638.
On the exterior of the church are some grotesque heads, and in the tower was found a shallow stone bowl of Norman design, with a human face for a spout. A small circular tower terminating in a spire has been built in the angle formed by the Carclew transept and the chancel.
At the commencement of the church restoration a granite post which had long done duty as a flying buttress against the south wall of the church had to be removed; on clearing away the earth in which it was deeply imbedded it was discovered to be a ponderous monolith granite cross, of the "round headed"- type, 17 feet 6 inches in length. On each face of the head is a Greek cross, with a central boss, enclosed within a circular rim; the incisions between the arms on both sides are so deep as to cause it to be a near approach to a " four-holed" cross. The shaft is ornamented with concentric rings and marginal lines. It has since been erected near the south porch, and stands 10 feet 9 inches above the surface. Tradition says, it originally stood at or near its present site, marking the grave of the patron saint of the church.
Near the east end of the church are two remarkably fine yew-trees, one of which covers a considerable portion of the churchyard.
The manor of Mylor, on which the church is situated, was held by the Killigrews under the St. Aubyns as a parcel of their manor of Kymyel; it afterwards became the property of Lord Wodehouse, whose representative John Wodehouse, first Earl of Kimberley, is the present proprietor.
The manor of Restronguet, anciently Restronges, Restrongas, and Restrongeth, belonged to the Cardinhams, afterwards to the Bodrigans; on the attainder of Sir Hemy Bodrigan it was given by Henry VII. to William Trevanion, Esq., whose descendants held it for more than two centuries. Of this family it was purchased by Robert-Cotton Trefusis, Esq., whose son, the 15th Baron Clinton, sold the manor to Sir William Lemon, Bart,, from whom it descended to his son, Sir Charles, the late Baronet, who bequeathed it to his nephew, Col. Tremayne, the present proprietor.
In the feodary of 1346, 26 Edward III., is the following entry, - Hundred de Kerier. Walter. Wailisbury & Isolda vxor eius te. 3. feod. in Rescrouges dicta feod. Mortan. There was formerly a religious house on this manor, probably having its own chapel. The cemetery which belonged to it is now part of a field, measuring about half an acre, and tithe free.
There is a ferry across Restronguet Creek, on this manor, the nearest road from Truro to Falmouth.
Carclew, the property and handsome residence of Col. Tremayne, was bequeathed by Jane, the widow of Samuel Kempe, Esq., to her relative, Mr. James Bonithon, of Grampound, from whom it was purchased by William Lemon, Esq., in 1749; his great-grandson, Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., dying without issue in 1558, devised Carclew and other lands to his sister's son, the present proprietor. The mansion, of which there is a view in Borlase's Natural History, and which has been considerably improved by its recent owners, was originally built from designs by William Edwards, a self-educated architect, the son of a small farmer, and at that time much employed in the west of England.
It is a singular circumstance that several acres of gound at Carclew have been found covered with Erica ciliaris, not known before as an English plant.
Part of the manor of Cosawse, to the west of Carclew, is in this parish; it is called the Vycoos, the wood by the river.
Trefusis the ancient place of residence of the Trefusis family, is beautifully situated on a bold headland called Trefusis Point, which juts into Falmouth Harbour, having Penryn river on the south side, and the river Fal on the north. The present mansion, though of comparatively modern date, is in a state of decay, and chiefly occupied by a farmer. The manors of Trefusis and Tregew or Tregose are the property of Lord Clinton.
The pleasant little town of Flushing, said to have been built by the Dutch circa 1661, is situated in a well-sheltered place along the shore at the foot of a steep hill, having a southern aspect; in consequence of the mildness of its temperature it has often been resorted to by invalids. There are two quays or landing places, called the Old Quay and the New Quay; from one of these there is a ferry to Green Bank Quay, on the Falmouth side, the distance across being 160 fathoms. In the Falmouth charter of incorporation the ferriage from Falmouth to Flushing" is expressly reserved. A little beyond Flushing is a shipwright's yard called Little Falmouth, where there is a commodious dry dock.
In 1842 a very neat chapel-of-ease, dedicated to S. Peter, was built at a cost of £800; of this sum the Incorporated Society granted £160, and there are 300 free sittings. There are also chapels for the Wesleyan Methodists, Bible Christians, and Primitive Methodists, in the town. The population of Flushing at the last census amounted to 1,006.
Lawn Cliff, the beautiful marine residence of N. Norway, Esq., adjoins Flushing; the scenery from this interesting place is very picturesque. Trevissom, the property of T. W. Reed, Esq., and the marine villa of E. Williams, Esq., are also pleasantly situated residences.
Adjoining the churchyard is a piece of land, measuring about fifteen acres, which was purchased of one of the ancestors of the Earl of Kimberley by the government; on this a ship and boat building premises was erected, and a commodious and safe pier constructed chiefly for national use. Mylor Creek, on the south bank of which these public buildings stand, intersects the parish from Penarrow Point to Mylor Bridge, a distance of a mile and half. Mylor Bridge, a pleasant village, is situated at the head of the creek; in it are well attended schools, supported chiefly by Colonel Tremayne; and chapels for the Wesleyan Methodists, Primitive Methodists, and Independents. Near the village of Tregew, and at other places in the parish, are several neat, agreeably situated, and comfortable villa residences, scarcely inferior to those in the immediate vicinity of Flushing.
The principal landowners of the parish are Baron Clinton, and Colonel Tremayne of Carclew.
The eastern part of the parish belongs to the calcareous series, but the rocks of the western part correspond with those of the adjoining parish of Gluvias.
The Erica ciliaris found at Carclew, and one of the most beautiful of British heaths, is a variety of the Erica tetralix, and is extremely rare, excepting on this domain.
From: The Parochial History of Cornwall, Founded on the Manuscript Histories of Mr. Hals and Mr. Tonkin; with Additions and Various Appendices by Davies Gilbert. Vol.3, published 1838
MYLOR, OR MILOR.
HALS.
The manuscript relating to this parish is lost.
TONKIN.
Mylor lieth in the hundred of Kerrier; it has to the west Gluvias, to the north St. Perran Arworthal, with Carnan and Restronget creeks, to the east and south Mylor Pool and Falmouth harbour.
The Saint that gives name to this parish is Meliorus, son of Melianus, Duke of Cornwall.
In the valuation by the Bishop of Lincoln this parish is valued at £6. 13s 4d.; being about that time appropriated to the College of Glasseney.
The church is a vicarage, valued in the King's Books at 16. 15s.. The patronage in the Bishop of Exeter; the incumbent Mr. Francis St Barbe; the impropriation of the sheaf in Robert Trefusis, esq.
I shall begin with the barton of Carclew. I find the name of this place anciently written Crucglew. Cruc is a barrow, and also clew I apprehend to be an inclosure ; so that the whole signifies the inclosure of barrows, or by barrows, of which there are several in the adjoining commons. The first owner of this place that I can meet with is Dangeros, or Dangers, who married Margery, the daughter of Bartholomew Serischall, whose arms were the same with the Seriseaux: Argent, a saltire Sable, between twelve cherries slipped Proper ; in the reign I believe of Henry the Second.
Robert de Cardinan, by a very ancient deed, without date, which I have seen, gave Crucgleu and Pengaer to Richard Dangeros and his heirs.
This family, who by their matches seem to have been gentlemen of considerable note, continued at this place till the beginning of the reign of Henry the Fourth, when James Dangero left two daughters and coheirs : Margaret, married to David Renaudin, of Arwothal; and Isabella, married to Richard Bonithon, second son of Simon Bonithon, of Bonithon.
This barton fell to the share of the said David Renaudin, but he and Margaret his wife dying without issue, their portion of the whole inheritance, said to be worth £500 per annum, came to Richard Bonithon and Isabella his wife. The last male descendant of this family, Richard Bonithon, esq. a very worthy gentleman, died July the 31st 1697, in the 45th year of his age, leaving by Honor his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Heale, of Fleet, one daughter and heir, Jane, married to Samuel Kempe, of Penryn, esq.; which said Samuel Kempe died without issue, October the 20th 1728, leaving the said barton of Carclew, and some small part of the ancient lands, (for he had sold off the rest in his lifetime,) to his widow, who now resideth there; a lady who, for her many virtues, bounty, and other accomplishments, deserveth a much better fortune, in every respect, than she has had the luck to meet with.
The said Mr. Kempe built a noble house here, which he did not live to finish, and had laid such a plan for avenues, gardens, &c. as when brought to perfection would have made it one of the pleasantest seats in the county. There hath been much tin on this barton, and perhaps it would turn to good account if a deep adit were brought in to unwater the shafts in depth. There is also a pretty good lode of antimony not wrought, and perhaps not worth working.
The arms of D'Angers, or Dangeros, as they were painted in the old glass windows at Carclew, were Sable, a chevron between three flowers-de-luce Argent. Arms of Bonython: Argent, a chevron between three flowers-de-luce Sable. But they likewise gave them, as appear in the old hall, as above, with three pelicans feeding their young ones in the nests, Argent, added.
THE MANOR OF RESTRONGET.
This manor joins with Carclew. It was formerly written Restrongas, and I take the sense of the word to be Res, Ros, Rose, a valley ; trong, a nose, used in the same sense as we use ness, from the French, for land jutting into the sea ; and gas, or guys, deep ; so as to signify altogether, the valley with the deep promontory or point of land. William de Bodrigan was lord of this manor in the 12th of Henry the Fourth. And that family possessed it till the beginning of the reign of Henry the Seventh, when, on the attainder of Bodrigan, it was given to William Trevanion, in which family it still continues, John Trevanion, of Carhayes, Esq. being the present lord thereof. In the village of Restronget have lived in lease for several generations a younger branch of the Leys of Ponacumb.
There is a passing boat kept here, it being the post road, and by much the nearest cut from Falmouth to Truro and the east, called Restronget Passage. A part of the Bishop's manor of Penryn extends into this parish.
MANOR OF TREFUSIS AND TREGOSE.
Trefusis, saith the Editor of Camden, in the Additional Part, p. 22, signifies a walled town, or fortified place. This hath been the seat of an eminent family of the same name ever since the Conquest, if not before. The present possessor hereof is Robert Trefusis, Esq. a young gentleman of great hopes, who is yet unmarried. These gentlemen, led away by a false notion, (with many others) of being of French extraction, have given, in allusion to the supposed meaning of their name in the language of that country, for their arms, Argent, a chevron between three fusees, or wharrow spindles, Sable.
The house is extremely pleasant by its situation, and would be much more so were it built a little higher up. To the south of the house is a fine grove, and a walk, at the end of which is a pleasure-house, built by this gentleman's father, from whence there is a very beautiful prospect.
Adjoining to Trefusis is Nankersy, that is the winding valley, from ceirsie, to twist or wind about. This place, by a lease from the Trefusises, has been for two or three generations the seat of a younger branch of the Littletons, of Lanhidrock; the late owner, William Littleton, Gent, died a bachelor in the year 1734, and by his decease the estate is fallen into the lord's hands. The arms of Littleton are Argent, a chevron between three escallops Sable.
On this Nankersy hath been lately built by the Dutchmen a considerable town, called by them Flushing, after a town of the same name in Zealand, by which name it is now generally known. And had these Dutchmen had the continuing of this town, they would have made it in some measure to resemble its namesake, by digging a canal to discharge all sorts of merchandise through the middle of it, there being a large marsh adjoining, that seemed, by nature to have been placed for that purpose ; but as it is, though there are some good houses here, the whole is without any order, contrivance, or regularity. The late Samuel Trefusis, Esq. was at no small expense in levelling the place, the buildings, quays, &c. for loading or unloading the vessels ; and could he have settled the packet boats here, for which it lies far better than Falmouth, the water being deeper, and they all lying before it, Flushing would soon have been a place of great resort ; but, having failed in that, the town is now falling to decay, and many of the houses of which it consists are uninhabited.
THE MANOR OF MYLOR.
A small lordship which takes its name from the parish, and in which the church is situated, so that probably the churchyard and the glebe were taken out of it by the gift of some former proprietor, although the fact is now forgotten. The present lord of this manor is Martin Lister Killigrew, Esq. an adopted heir to Sir Peter Killigrew.
The church is situated at the south-east end of the parish, near that branch of Falmouth haven called Mylor pool. It is but a small building, consisting of a nave, one aisle of the same length, with a handsome north cross aisle, belonging to Carclew; and a little, distance from the west is a low square campanile covered with slate, in which are three bells.
THE EDITOR.
Mr. Tonkin seems to have fallen into an error respecting the valuation of this living in the taxation of Pope Nicholas ; which he says was £6. 8s. 4d. But no name in the least degree resembling Milor, can be found under Kerrier hundred in the parliamentary publication of that record, nor is any parish rated at that sum.
The church contains several monuments. The most interesting is one of marble, placed there to the memory of her father, mother, and husband, by Jane, the heiress of the Bonithon family, and widow of Samuel Kempe, who built the house at Carclew, and died on the 20th of October 1728, in the 59th year of his age.
There is also a monument to Francis Trefusis, who died in 1680, decorated by handsome sculpture. And one to the memory of Edward Baynton Yescombe, esq. who fell while he was bravely defending the King George, Lisbon packet, against the enemy, in August 1803. And another executed by the celebrated artist Mr. Westmacott, to the memory of Reginald Cocks, youngest son of Charles Cocks, Lord Somers, and Anne his wife, sister of the late Mr. Reginald Pole Carew.
Carclew was devised by Jane Kempe to her relation Mr. James Bonithon, of Grampound, from whom it was purchased by Mr. Lemon in 1749, who immediately began lo finish the house, and to complete the whole as a family residence on the scale appropriate to every thing that he undertook. Here Mrs. Lemon resided after she became a widow, and here the family have resided ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Lemon had an only son William Lemon, who married Anne, daughter of Mr. John Willyams, of Carnanton. Both died in early life, leaving three children.
William, born Oct. 6, 1748, who succeeded his grandfather in 1760, married Jane, daughter of James Buller, of Morvall, esq. was elected member of Penryn, on the decease of Mr. Francis Basset in 1769, and at the general election of 1774 succeeded in a contest to represent the county, which, universally esteemed and respected, he continued to do by ten subsequent unanimous elections, during a period of fifty years, up to his decease on the 11th of December 1824. This gentleman was created a Baronet, and commanded for several years the county militia.
John, the second son, became a colonel in the army, commanded the militia of Cornish Miners, served in parliament for the borough of Saltash, and four times for Truro. He died unmarried in 1814, at Polvellan, a place that he had created with great taste on the southern side of the lake, loch, or loo, formed by the two rivers above East and West Looe, and close on the margin of a large salt water pond, made to retain the sea water at high tide, afterwards to give motion to the machinery of grist mills, from whence Mr. Lemon named his new place Pol-Vellan, in Cornish the mill-pool.
Colonel Lemon was such a proficient in music as to perform extemporaneous voluntaries ; and several psalm tunes and chants of his composition have been printed. Anna Lemon, the sister, married Mr. John Buller, of Morval.
Sir William Lemon greatly improved Carclew, and added most materially to the extent of the property round his seat, by purchasing from Mr. Trefusis the manor of Restronget, which had been acquired some years before from Mr. Trevanion.
He is most worthily succeeded by his son Sir Charles Lemon, now member for the countyj to whom the house at Carclew is indebted for still further improvements'made in the best taste; the grounds and gardens have also been enlarged and beautified, and further arrangements and other decorations are still in progress. It is a very curious circumstance that several acres of ground at Carclew have been recently found covered with the eria ciliaris, not known before as an English plant.
Of his eight sisters three have married Cornish gentlemen.
Harriet, married to the late Lord de Dunstanville. Caroline, to John Heale
Tremayne, esq. late member for the county. Jane, to her double cousin-german
Mr. Anthony Buller, Barrister-at-law, and knighted on his going to
The family of Trefusis can now scarcely be considered as connected with Cornwall, Robert George William Trefusis having succeeded, on the death of George Walpole, Earl of Orford, to the barony in fee of Clinton, created by writ of summons in the year 1299, the 28th of Edward the First, and under a deed of settlement, made by the same Lord Orford, having succeeded also to a very large estate, chiefly in Devonshire; and finally, in consequence of their having alienated by far the greater part of their possessions in this county.
This gentleman having married Marianne Gaulis, a lady of Switzerland, and died in 1797, has been succeeded by his son Robert Cotton St. John Trefusis. He married one of the daughters of William Stephen Poyntz, Esq. and niece of Mark Anthony Browne, last Lord Montague, of Cowdray Castle, in Sussex; but having died without issue, he is succeeded by his brother Charles Trefusis. The widow is recently married again to Colonel Horace Seymour.
The situation of Trefusis is very beautiful, the whole jutting into Falmouth harbour, with Penryn river on the south and Milor river to the north.
Mr. Tonkin has given a picture of Flushing, very far from corresponding with its present features: instead of falling into decay it has grown up to be an elegant town, although the packet station has not been fixed there, nor is it in all probability suited to that purpose. If the word Gas, or Guys, which Mr. Tonkin says means deep in Cornish, should also, as in some other languages, bear the correlative sense of lofty, his explanation of Restronget would be more complete.
Present Vicar, the Rev. Edward Hoblyn, collated in 1823 by the Bishop of Exeter.
This parish measures 3,463 statute acres.
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Annual value of the Real Property as |
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returned to Parliament in 1815 |
6724 |
12 |
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Poor Rate in 1831 . . . . . . . . |
951 |
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Population, |
in 1801, |
in 1811, |
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in 1831, |
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1665 |
2193 |
1897 |
2647 |
giving an increase of 59 per cent, in 30 years. |
THE GEOLOGY, BY DR. BOASE.
The eastern part of Milor appears to belong to the calcareous series, but the rocks of the western part correspond with those of Gluvias.
From Lyson's History & Topography of Cornwall, 1814?
MILOR or MYLOR, in the deanery and in the east division of the hundred of Kirrier, lies two miles and a half nearly east-north-east from Penryn. This parish forms the south-south-east side of Falmouth harbour; its principle villages are Flushing and Milor-bridge. Flushing, to which the Dutch are said to have given that name, increased much in population in consequence of the improvements made, in the early part of the last century, by Samuel Trefusis, Esq., who levelled the ground, constructed quays, and erected numerous buildings at a great expence; he endeavoured also to establish the packets there, but failed in his attempt; in consequence of which, Mr. Tonkin, who wrote in 1736, observes, that the town did not flourish as was expected, and that several houses were then uninhabited. Flushing has of late years been much resorted to by Invalids, on account of the mildness of the climate; it is only half a mile distant, by water, from Falmouth, which is the post-office town: a ferry-boat is constantly passing to and fro. Part of Perran-wharf or Perran-cove is in this parish, including a large iron-foundery belonging to Messrs. Fox.
The small manor of Milor, in which the church is situated, was, held by the Killegrews under the St.Aubyns, as of their manor of Kymyell: it is now the property of Lord Wodehouse, who possesses the Killegrew estates in right of his lady.
The manor of Restronguet, called in old records Restronges and Restrongeth, belonged at an early period to the Cardinhams, afterwards to the Bodrugans: on the attainder of Sir Henry Bodrugan, it was given by King Henry VII. to William Trevanion, Esq., whose descendant possessed it considerably more than two centuries: it was purchased of them by the father of the late Lord Clinton; the latter sold it to Sir William Lemon, Bart., M.P. for the county, whose seat is at Carclew, in this parish. Carclew, in the reign of Henry II., belonged to an ancient family of the name of Daungers, and in some old records is called Cargelew- Dangerus. The coheiresses of Daungers, in the reign of Henry IV., married Renaudin and Bonithon. The Renaudins soon became extinct: the Bonithons continued to possess Carclew till the year 1677, when the last heir male of the elder branch died: his only daughter married Samuel Kempe, Esq.; and surviving her husband, bequeathed Carclew to Mr. Tames Bonithon of Grampound, of whom it was purchased by Sir William Lemon's grandfather in 1749. Tonkin says, that Mr. Kempe built a noble house at Carclew; this house, which had never been inhabited when Mr. Lemon made the purchase was by him altered enlarged, and' fitted up with colonnades, offices, &c. from the designs of Edwards, an architect at that time of day much employed in the west of England: there is a view of this house, which is faced with white moor-stone, in Borlase's Natural History.
Within the manor of Restronguet is Restronguet-passage, the nearest road from Truro to Falmouth.
The manors of Tregew and Trefusis have long been in the Trefusis family, and are now the property of the Right Honourable Lord Clinton. Trefusis, the seat from time immemorial of this ancient family, is not inhabited by the present Lord Clinton, who is Lieutenant-Colonel in the army: he was Aid-de-Camp to Lord Wellington at the battle of Salamanca, and brought home the news of that victory: his father, George William Trefusis, Esq.; Established his claim to the barony of Clinton in 1794. Nankerry, which was for several generations the leasehold seat of a younger branch of the Litteltons, is now a farm-house, belonging to Lord Clinton.
In the parish-church are the monuments of Francis Trefusis, Esq. 1680; Edmund Bayntun Yescombe, Esq., captain of the King George Lisbon packet, who lost his life in defending his ship against the enemy in 1803; and some memorials of the family Donythorn. The registers of the fee of Exeter speak of a chapel near Pentyre, in this parish, dedicated to St. Laud. The great tithes of Milor, which were appropriated to Glaseney collage, are now vested in Lord Clinton: the bishop of Exeter is patron of the vicarage, which is consolidated with Made.
From Cassell's Gazetteer, 1898
[Note: Cassell's Gazetteer appears to draw rather heavily on earlier descriptions!]
Mylor, parish and village on Falmouth Harbour, South West Cornwall, about 2 miles north of Falmouth; acreage 3,596 land, 1,080 tidal water, and 259 foreshore; soil brown clay, overlying gravelly Glacial drift upon killas rock. The church of St. Mylor is Norman and Perpendicular, with a detached belfry, which contains the old bell of Trefusis church, dated 1767.The church contains several memorials to the Trefusis family (1615-1832), and to the families of Bonython, Lemon, and Yescombe; the chancel has a richly-carved screen and a reredos by Salviati; there is a piscina, and the font is Norman. The churchyard contains ancient cross, a granite monolith with a greek cross at the head, and two very old yew-trees. In the parish are a mission church and Wesleyan and Bible Christian chapels. Here are government stores and a dockyard. Mylor feast is now held on the Sunday nearest October 25. Carclew, built 1749, in the Ionic style, Great Wood, and Trevissome are seats.
Mylor Bridge, village at the head of Mylor Creek, parish of Mylor, South Cornwall, about 2 miles east of Penryn. There is a small mission church, and the Wesleyans and Bible Christians have chapels.
Mylor Creek, parish of Mylor, South Cornwall, a little north of Falmouth harbour; it is about a mile in length.
Flushing, ecclesiastic parish and village, parish of Mylor, South Cornwall, about 2 1/2 miles east-by-south of Penryn. Flushing is situated on the north side of Falmouth Harbour, opposite Falmouth. The church of St. Peter (1842) is in Norman style. Owing to its mild climate, Flushing is visited by many invalids. A ferry affords communication between Flushing and Falmouth. H.M.S. Ganges, a training-ship for boys, is anchored near Flushing. Trefusis, the property of Lord Clinton, is picturesquely situated on a promontory overlooking the harbour.
From the Autobiography of James Silk Buckingham
published in 1855 but concerning the period 1790-1795
John Buckingham, in his autobiography, describes the fleet of mail packetsthat operated from Falmouth and says "The greater number of the captains and officers of the packets, as well as most of the crews, lived also at Flushing and so added to the wealth and elgance of the place, that in the period adverted to, between 1790-1795, there was probably no spot in England in which so limited a surface and among so small a number in the aggregate were to be seen so much of the gaiety and elegance of life as in this little village. Dinners balls and evening parties were held at some one or other of the Captain's houses every evening; and not a night passed in which therewas not 3 or 4 dances at least at the more humble places of resort for the sailors and their favourite lasses"
For more on John Buckingham and the Falmouth Packets see Ursular Redwood's book The Story of Flushing and the Falmouth Packets web site.
From NOTES AND QUERIES, SEPT. 30. 1854
The Mayor of Mylor - There is a curious custom in the town of Penryn in Cornwall, which has outlived as yet all modern innovations. On some particular day in September or October (I forget the precise date), about the time when hazel-nuts are ripe, the festival of Nutting-day is kept. The rabble of the town go into the country to gather nuts, returning towards evening with boughs of hazel in their hands, shouting and making a great noise. In the mean time the journeyman tailors of the town have proceeded to the adjoining village of Mylor, and elected one of their number "Mayor of Mylor", taking care the selection falls on the wittiest. Seated in a chair shaded with green boughs, and borne on the shoulders of four stalwart men, the worthy mayor proceeds from his "good town of Mylor" to his "ancient borough of Penryn" the van being led by the "body guard" of stout fellows well armed with cudgels, which they do not fail to use should their path be obstructed; torchbearers, and two "town serjeants," clad in the official gowns and cocked hats, and carrying each a monstrous cabbage on his shoulder in lieu of the mace. The rear is brought up by the rabble of "nutters," About midway a band of music meets them, and plays them to Penryn, where they are received by the entire population. The procession proceeds to the town hall, in front of which the mayor delivers a speech declaratory of his intended improvements, &c., for the coming year, being generally an excellent sarcastic burlesque on the speeches of parliamentary candidates. The procession then moves onto each public-house door, where the mayor, his council, and officers are liberally supplied with liquor, and the speech is repeated, with variations. They then adjourn to the "council chamber" in some public house, and devote the night to drinking. At dark the "Green" and "Old Walls." The legal mayor once made an effort to put a stop to this saturnalia, but his new made brother issued prompt orders to his body guards, and the posse comitatus had to fly.
The popular opinion is that there is a clause in the borough charter compelling the legitimate mayor to surrender his power to the "Mayor of Mylor" on the night in question and to lend the town serjearnts' paraphernalia to the gentleman of the shears.
Can any of your antiquarian readers inform me of the origin of this curious custom? and whether this "lord of misrule" really takes precedence of the constituted authorities on the night in question?
J.H.A.BONE
Cleveland,United States.
[I have found no reply to this query. This and other "False Mayor" traditions appear on The Internet Sacred Text Archive but no acknowledgement of the original source in Notes and Queries is given. Notes and Queries can be seen on Internet Library of Early Journals also CD copies available from CD Archive Project]
Mylor & Flushing from the 1889 Kelly’s Directory (1st draft – still to be checked)
MYLOR is a parish 2 miles east from Penryn, in the Truro division of the county, hundred of Kerrier, petty sessional division of Kerrier East, Falmouth union and county court district, rural deanery of Carnmarth, archdeaconry of Cornwall and diocese of Truro. Under the provisions of the "Boundary Act, 1868," part of the parish of Mylor, forming the ecclesiastical district of Flushing, is included in the parliamentary borough of Penryn and Falmouth.
Mylor is bounded on the east and south by Falmouth harbour, on the north by Restronguet Creek - navigable to Perran-ar-worthal village, and on the south and towards the west it is washed by a navigable creek stretching up to Penryn borough and is intersected by Mylor creek, at the head of which is the pretty village of Mylor Bridge; a small stream of fresh water from the west here flows into the creek, and is crossed by a bridge of one arch. Mylor consists of two “mounts;” the larger one, on the north-west, belongs to Colonel Arthur Tremayne; the south-western “mount,” or division, belongs chiefly to Lords Clinton and Saye and Sele, but a part is in the possession of Francis Gilbert Enys esq. of Enys, and there are other lands, once the property of the Bishops of Exeter, but now belonging to Thomas Page esq. of Trevissome and the Rev. Thomas Ratcliffe N.A. A line drawn from Tarra Point, towards the south, and next to Penarrow Point, to Mesack Point, in St. Just, on the opposite or north-eastern point of the harbour, constitutes the boundary between the ports of Falmouth and Truro. Mylor church and parish take their name from Meilyr (or Melorus), the son of a British prince, who embraced Christianity, and was put to death for so doing, on the spot where the church now stands, on August 28th, 411. The church of St. Mylor, or Melorus, originally Norman, and dedicated in 1308, is a building of stone in the Norman and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, transept, south porch, and an embattled turret on the western gable: at some distance from the church stands a detached belfry containing 3 bells, recast in 1888 as a memorial to the late Rev. J. W. Murray, a former vicar, the original dates (1637 and 1634) being repeated; the old bell of Trefusis church, dated 1767, has also been presented to this church by Lord Clinton: in the church are memorials to the Trefusis family from 1615 to 1832, and these include a handsome monument with an effigy; there are other memorials to the families of Bonython (1697-1728), Lemon (1728-1868) and Yescombe (1803-26), besides various tablets and inscribed stones: the chancel has a mosaic reredos, by Salviati: there is a chancel screen and a pulpit, both richly carved, and an ancient piscina, discovered in removing the foundations of the old vicarage house, has been placed on the south side: the font and north and west doorways are Norman: there are 450 sittings: the ancient churchyard cross, discovered during the restoration, has been re-erected near the south porch; it is a monolith of grey granite, 17 feet 6 inches long, with a four-holed Greek cross at the head and, as now set up, stands about 11 feet above ground. There are two yew trees in the churchyard, one of which covers a space more than 90 feet in diameter, and is said to have been planted about 300 years ago. In 1871 the Government granted a piece of land for the extension of the burial ground and for the making of a new road round the east side of the church. The register dates from the year 1673. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £184, net yearly ralue £200, including 14 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Truro, and held since 1881 by the Rev. Alfred Gray M.A. Of University College, Oxford. Lord Clinton is the lay impropriator; the rectorial rent-charge amounts to £405. The small mission church at Mylor Bridge was erected in 1840; services are held here by the clergy of Mylor parish church. At Mylor Bridge are Wesleyan and Bible Christian chapels. There is a range of government store-houses and a dockyard near the church, occupying an area of about 15 acres, with a convenient pier; and in the valley, close to the church, is a large reservoir of fresh water for the supply of H.M. ships. A reading room and library was erected at Mylor Bridge by Col. Tremayne, in 1880. At Restronguet are the remains of the burial ground of a religious house, measuring about half an acre, and formerly connected with Loe chapel, Feock. Mylor feast, formerly held on 21st August, is now held on the Sunday nearest 25th October. Carclew, the seat of Colonel Arthur Tremayne D.L., J.P. distant from the village about 1½ miles, is an elegant mansion, in the Ionic style of architecture, built in 1749, near the site of the old house, from designs by William Edwards, a self-educated architect: the exterior has a noble appearance, the principal, or south front, opening to a sweep of lawn, lined with masses of drooping foliage: the west front overlooks a wooded valley,bounded by distant hills, and the deer park and plantations occupy an area of over a square mile, and the approach to the house is through an avenue of lofty trees nearly a mile long: a lodge was erected at the south entrance in 1871. Trevissome, the seat of Thomas Page esq. situated on an eminence, half a mile from the town of Flushing, commands a fine view of the harbour, castle and surrounding scenery. On the northeast side of Mylor Creek is Great Wood, the seat of Mrs. Hind. Lord Clinton D. L. is lord of the manor. The soil is brown clay; subsoil, the gravelly glacial drift deposit upon the killas rock formation. The chief crops are oats, wheat, barley and turnips. The area of Mylor and Flushing is 3,596 acres of land and 1,080 of tidal water, and 259 of foreshore; rateable value, £6,361; the population in 1881 was 2,207.
Parish Clerk, William Thomas.
POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Mylor Bridge.-Edward Gibson Hankins, receiver. Letters arrive from Penryn at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 3.45 p.m
Government Naval Establishment, Richard J. Eddy R.N. master in charge
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services:
St. Mary's Church, Rev. Alfred Gray M.A.; 11 a.m. 6 p.m.
Mission Church, Mylor Bridge; thurs. 7 p.m
Bible Christian, ministers various, 2.30 & 6 p.m.; fri. 7 p.m
Wesleyan, ministers various; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m
School, Mylor Bridge (mixed & infants), for 240 children; average attendance, 66 boys, 60 girls, & 58 infants; Philip Ashton, master
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Mylor PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Alderman William Charles,
Weir villa COMMERCIAL. Bishop John, farmer,
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Mylor Bridge. Creagh Major John Kerin,
Rosehill cot COMMERCIAL. Bath Alfred, Lemon Arms P.H
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FLUSHING is a small village and ecclesiastical parish formed June 10, 1844, from Mylor civil parish, in the Truro division of the county, hundred and petty sessional division of East Kerrier, Falmouth union and county court district, rural deanery of Carnmarth, archdeaconry of Cornwall and diocese of Truro. By the Boundaries Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 46), the village is included in the parliamentary borough of Penryn and Falmouth. On account of the mildness of the climate, Flushing is much frequented by invalids; it is separated from Falmouth by the Penryn river, a wide creek, crossed by ferry boats, and is 2¼ miles east from Penryn. The church of St. Peter is a small building of stone in the Norman style, opened for divine service in February, 1842, and consecrated in August of the same year, the total cost being about £1,200: it consists of nave, with apse, north porch, and a western turret containing one bell the organ wag formerly in Exeter Hall, London: in 1871 the church was renovated and restored at a cost of £170, and a vestry added: there are 300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1873. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £160, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Mylor, and held since 1889 by the Rev. Francis Forbes Savage, of University College, Durham. There is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1816, a Bible Christian chapel, built in 1833, and a Primitive Methodist, erected in 1866. Trefusis, the seat 0f the ancient family of that name, 0f which Lord Clinton is the present representative, is beautifully situated on a bold headland jutting out into Falmouth harbour; the mansion is at present in a dilapidated state, but a portion of it is used as a farmhouse, Off this headland, in 1814, the "Queen" transport was wrecked in a gale and 195 lives were lost. An oyster fishery is carried on here. H.M. ship "Ganges," a training ship for boys, lies off Flushing. The population in 1881 was 861.
Sexton, Thomas Menhennett.
POST, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. Michael Hambley, postmaster. Letters through Falmouth, arrive at 8.45 a.m. & 4.30 p.m.; dispatched at 3.20 & 5.50 p.m.; sundays, 9.30 a.m. only