% *” ' k. £ I* JH I » T O Bfr Y ^
of Senan to the Weft, from which extxem&^V^his.* uririffty.;mqi-
fures feventy-eight 'milf| ajid a half in length^ fa ,alUn€ nearly
South Weft-^ad /North Eaft.^ . . , J' * f
In theiwïdëft part;, viz. from the Morthern-ijpoint o f Möfwinftow
to Ramhead, is forty-three Miles and a quarter; the line dearly
South South Eaft: The land grows narrower as it goes , to the Weft,,
and at about one third of it’s length it is but eighteen Miles from
Fauwy on the South fea to Padftow on the North. As we advance
another third, kis thirteen miles from Pendiiias Gaftle oh the South
to Portreath on the North; and from Mount’s Bay on the Souths,
to St. Ives Bay and the Briftol Channel ote'the North, the -land is-
but five miles wide. - , • ^
"'The land -thrufting j f e l f forward in fuch narrow dimm.fiojas;'
declines towards the fea on either fide, cgnfequently 'fi^Ml'and is
higheft in or near the middle, wlihre it is lefs cultivated than
in the lower landskas indeed lefs capable of cultivatiotihere,
however, as ©ur greatrift Roads patfs, and .fo^%Mhro&gh ’ large
Commons, and on or near the inoft mountainous parts," the rude
profped. is apt to give -travellers a iawre- itoÊÈdpafelbfe) opwii»-.^ -dfe
Goüaty ia génesal than it- defavts; for this ifeahceniieff is?«ol‘taoft
than the natural confequence o f high fkuations dri/ail bouhtries,
which being more €J^dÈd>todie;cüiÉrfeW wmisJaudPain nha& the
-plains and valleys, Jthe-fcfiis notiitfbr’d to;!reft -hetie, :buti i&spefv
petually wafh’d off into lower and more eveh^fihiafionsJ'rthe 'Rocks
and Kams are laid hire, and ï the rfeeMiy^ !fbthE>that Remains bè*-
twixt them is fit for Iitde but to,-yield common' pafture, ^nH
turf for fuel. - '!° 5»! ; ;
On the Northern Coaft the land is generally- high,., and the
-valleys fhort, narrow and quick of defeent ; the fea'therefore, befides
the two creeks -of Biide. and Gannel) finds a way only to make two
havens, Padftow and Heyle, and thofe fit for but Small Craft,
but the-valleys being more extended and level on the fouth coaft,
the fea -makes an open entrance into Hammozc, Fauwy and Falmouth
Harbours for the largeft fhips, and by their feveral branches
as well as 'at Loo and Helford, affords eafy carriage of all conve-
niencies, either by fhips, boats, or - barges.
Near the fea, and along the fides of navigable rivers,'.and in
the plain grounds, this county is well cultivated, and in fome places
well planted, but our plantations make -the lefs figure becaufe
they are low, and our hills are naked.
It need not be here obferved that Cornwall 'is famous for
Tin and Copper Mines. The high lands in the Eaft, bordering
». According to -Martin’s Map, done .from an. aftuàl Suwey.
upon
;i © F ? IC- D R I N W A
upon Devon, b didTormerly afford fome Tin, but now there-is very
HttleTln of St. Auftel \ From.: St. Auftel weftward to Kenwyn
Gwenap, „Stythien, -Wendron, Breag, on the South, and to-St.
»Agues Redruth Illogan, Camborn, Gwinear, in- a ftraight line
through Lannant, .rSebbr, and Morvah, tó'the parifh of St. juft on
die North, 'the Tin and Copper Grounds ■ maintain a breadth of
mbbutCIfevete'iipifm ’ apr^AbiedlSSB' k
By the defeeiSt b f: the RivelSflfööar, rihfe’ kthds1 of ^MbrwinftoW
.iwheref thlsr river :r^s, ftioUid^eiretókdUóai^eohigheft hills- in
this CobqtBjl; butkhinlftagth ÓS ö" fiver's eoUrÉ'fis*So-1 infallible cri-
■ tetion ïkifk^ö,
may be reckoned anfofiigft thé MglAft grounds,U>being " fdund^ td'rfee
ix^6 feet," hbove the de&ebof thé ffea. t Router atfd'BtównWiiïy müft
ibe, flail) higher, the’former bdha^be'-fi'rftkfesd tiifeovéfed'k féh"by
fihips bearing- for England, if I am' 1 rightly; informed.
By the Doiriefday Book' (in the Church Library-at Exeter) which ih
all probability waluKe eöpy d f the GrigfUaf6vftvey.-bf?khd(t'|\reftefti
Gounties, whence ths.-great DöraHÜay Book' in <the ÉxcHéqufer1 wife
partly compofed, the Hundreds 'are' :'thus: inanied : i. Conarton;
containing. 3 3 Hidesf. 2- Tibeftepia, alias Tibefta, now a Dutchy
Manor, to which Granpont and moft of the parifh of Crel&,
fand other ulependencies belong,'-fdontaining ê i 1 Hljles arid ‘a -haIf.
3. Winnentop, alias Wirinetofij alias forfitan Wiriniatiton,- formerly
a confiderable Manor of the Arundels of Lanhern, giving, name to
the parifh now call’d Gunwall© containing 36 Hides and a half
4- Stratton, in which, there were. 83 Elides and three Viirgates of
land h. 5. Fauiton, cenfifting of 43 Hides arid a half 6. Rialton,
confifting of..69 Hides and fix Farthings1 of land. ’ The 7th Hundred
^Èferë' the Göiïéfüeft w&S that o f Pauton ^'èotit&ffi-fe^ 44.
b In the pariflaes pf Linkinhom, on Hengften4
down, &c. ;
c This napie- jjs. written differently, S t Au^.
iHelles, (Lelaiidj'- vol. iii. pag. Hoijf
Altar,- as if the parifh fhad fit’s name from fome.
remarkable Altai: there of gffeiat refprt-p as the pa-'
rifh: of Altamun had that name from a famous,
Altar of St. Nunne. In vol. vii. .-of the fame'
Itineraxy, pag. i n , ’tis call’d St. Aiiftols, with
this marginal note [St. Auft'ql',^ erat HermitaJ.
It is alfo call’d St. Auftol in the Bifhop’s Regifter
at Exeter; and itis imagined by a learned gentle^
man, (Rev. Dr. Milles, Chaunter of Exeter) that
the proper jvay of writing this '-name is St. AÜ1E1,
a .corruption of St. Auxili.us an Irilh
I d Redtius Ryddruith.
0 By the Rev. Mr, Haydofl’s pörmblev Bafom^>
( Conarton was an ancient Manpr formerlty®^-
longing to the Crown of England, and in' time of;
Hen. III. conyey’d by letters patent-,(yet to be feen
{fays Hals, in;'his MS. of Cornwäh j -at Lanhern,
together with1 the Baylywic of the Hundred of
Penwith, to Simph Pincerna (or Butler) Lord' of
Lanhern, in lieu ÈÈthe Lordlhip.>and Manor of St.
James atlWeffimfter* - In tie
it -. continued, fill' Edward "III. I when? .one, of. the
HeireÏÏes ôf that family, (i. e. o'f 'the ÎPMc'ema’s)
‘ was married, to A-ruhdeJjof Treinblem,
; jellor of!tn^ Jafl: 'Sir- John Arundel- of Lanhern. ƒ
s Nordeh, pag. ^ 6. *,
.f,b Eight Virgæ'made a Hide ; the Virga or Vir-
gata of land was an uncertain and very different
.difeeht jdaces, if &theBmls eonfifted..
' ©f ^4 Acres, fometimes (pf 30, 40,’ and fometimes
only of 20, p ÿ | or even but 4 Acres. | Spelman.
<Crlojr. ip^voge^fgafa.-i ^ I,
, j À Farthing Land was like the other Meafures
jpf oùr anepftors, various -, fometimes confifting of
Acres, Txm^lmes ' of^a^j Divi^ppes .ht^>
<ç quam æquæ'nec pârtium quanti tas ufquâm
c: certa.” S,pehn. GlofT. p. 320.^ '-;
i k Rialton and Pauton, though they loft the
honour of giving name to Hundreds, retain’d even
to Queen Elizabeth’s time ,t'he 'privilege of fending
BaylifFs, tp Attend, t^e ^publ^^kfervices • as ;tibe
HCindjieds did,, .Carew. p. ■' 8,6; Jjk
Hides,