42 N A-4T -U R A L H t 8 T O' R Y
navigable ftrèam is 'th#Faih-y%whfeb rifes’Sat a place
called FenthivVal, ’J'thht is,v the -fötirce óf^Fal^Sbout tw-a- -miles Weft
oFRocheHlills,1 and running'about eight miles to the So'uth, ‘may
be ‘called3 a plentiful- ftream at thé borough óf’ Granpont, where it
ptffes under #-ftóne%idge that'gkyè the prefent Söme' tö this borough,
btftfhas nothing elfe refnkrkablé^ Abo#t-''h“inife below this
bridge the River was' formerly rihvigablef afMft-’for boatst^hut vis
now deprived of that ■ greatr advantagfefp'ln ; three miles farther,
^^féacffesSÉhe borough and' ' Tö 3ftfe ’ö^ÏSeef^M
the laft century the'defigii of making the River :Fal navigable by
flufees' u p ’to Granpont was nearly completed by prie Colonel <<Bre-
vaninn ; but this‘ attempt, lb much for' the-benefit of> the adjabeiri:
country, Bad no eorifequence but what ftiould be mentioned with ,
concern ; I méan, thrit öfiëxhaufting the private^ptirfe of this, public-;
lpirited Gentleman. A mile below Tregeny Bridge th'ê* Waters' begin
to fpread, and riflifted by the tide, arid maöy Mthbröoks^dri'either
hand, fofffls-’'-a '*öréek, about thfee^milds long calledi Lamorrin °
Creek. Ite e ; having waihed the-Sfeuthern fide oftthe laftds'bnd park
o f Tregothnan, feat of the Right Honourable Lord Vifëdunt Falmouth,
it is joined by Truro Creek, a treble' body o f‘Water -to which
the Rivers of Kenwyn and St. Allen give t'Kë^fiirft •! rife; tand^mefefr
Ing at the borough ó f Truro, make with 'the tide a na^gajDlè ehariel
for fhips of 4 oo ton burthen to cofiiémp to the town Kaye. From
Tfuro, aftel tnaking - ja " firiall I Gréikb tö thé »Weft,; in two mifesoit
joins St. Clement’s Creek, which is navigable'for f barges,"thvêb'tniles
to the Eaft, as far as Trefilien Bridge. ■ Truro Creek and Strifi'd-
ment’s at their meeting make Mörpas » Rode, and proceeding ^about
a mile farther, meet the Fal at the mouth of LamoranCreek,-whence
they all together, under the name Of Fal, irt-t&fo3 miles'* ö fe è ’!reach
thfe principal branch of * Falmouth' Harbour, calkd'iCaireg Rode=;
hither flows from the Weftward Tretheag River, and with fome
other Brooks from the North form Reftronget ICreek; \ Melor,
or Milor Creek is next; finall, but fheltered' «.:«<laj©tt'^bc^aaèasrthie
great Creek, or rather Harbour, called King’s-Rode, Which has
Flulhing to the Eaft, and the populous town of Falmomthsio the
Weft, and is navigable two miles up to the borough and. port of
Penryn, whither fhips of io ó ton and fomewhat more- may come
up. A little below this laft-mentioned town, on each fide of the
Creek, there was a jritty head, and, to guard the gap between,
n In Leland, Vol. lii. page 17, Fal a, unde
Coit Fala5 that is, Fala-wood j the antient name of
Granpont, more antiently ftill called V°! andCenio.
0 The Church of St* Moran, lays Leland, vol.
HI. page 17, or, as is more probable, from Mo-
raun, or Morhaun; that is, the River Haven,
feil: where the River and Sea meet.
p That is, the pafiage over the Sea 5 in Leland,
called Maples Rode.
I Leland, vol. III. page 16. :
r Wherein the greateft fliipp that’ failes may
ryde faufe. Norden’s Survey of Cornwall, p. 47.
there
' 0 $F** v dr O R .N-,W A L $* -$} , 43
thferg timenof »’Leland ■ ;. but fuch unwieldy deferi^
siare ^eeomer^aisinarineririeedlefs, {fince'the improvements of
al?ehitelt^re''ha.ve fd ’ mueMaftyariced' the Royal..I^avy.j. 2fhe
Greeks •efi<‘#ie5E‘aftern‘ibank>3©Mthi^Jb.arbourj aje^t&er,little Creek,of
St. Juft, ariSteerirrcgularlv wandlrriig fpile of,St1. Maudit’s ; and all
ftiefe bratrehlsfoli^’united in GriiTeg Rode, jas^e. ftem and trunk,,
yfbrirmilfeijong^kbovela^Elile wide; /and fourteen,fathom; deep) the Fal ,
r>d ris anto^he ISea tbetwixt Pendinasfpaftle G^iithf Weftetn;bank, and'
St.*Mauditf s^and AnthonyiPolritlofttfn? E a ft :,thefopening- here into
ttlifc«'b‘|e|j&is ne'ar a -riiMlwide, u d < k j £ e h a n e l t h e middle^ a
large rock^f -axtoft' dahgesrqps wheri-|;he|wdte^j-is .moft drigp^ for thbn
it h id lfe o ^ ^ e d ^ y in fonae Jij|qafiJre t^s^d^figer, the/ Jieirs o f '
■ Killigrew,' Lords oftEeridirias Caftl^Jwhich^gOfjds, this^ntfance) ^re
obliged td keep a.tall jp® le -^ ed^ ‘ ||e(fitg^ft part oj,the ,rock-
NotWithftanding-- thi-s iic©4venj,et|cyjffthe F’altadpth mu ft
be reckoned .ariidng theimoft feeu^?and,
ing to1 the crxjwfri ®f'GseatlBritain^Lelan4;cc^.lisrfcjSgfi v ^ J n o t^ |
.and' famousy and -in a manner the principal haY-emof !;al^lnta.in, l
Camden equals, it tp »Brundufiurir%jyifi Italyydyrifj C a r e y ^
and* Speed ,i agree, that a huridred ^fidlvlbf.fhipa may afjghpy ^
and’nd onfe,fee t?he other’s- top '.;iJ|Hamoze: Hart|pur, )
^ i T im iv^ s reckoned to be better fet off. with
jfewris, rran,d.'gehtly declining Ifipfes,^’ arid has a,'greater, fp'ace of dee^ ;
.water lfor;;the- Royal-'Na^lyjr bv^tWlmoufl' R a s y g . ™
bitter^ fbcured with hills ■ and ind-irfgr er.efk|| for |facring yeffels, |nd ^
ife fituation more convenient Jqr’getting, clear, .of the ^°.rb
fielding ’only to Milford Haven on the-coaft- of . Wales, ;^'j^§?neraljy
?ifekoiiedqthe fecotid harbour' qfjr^^at Britain. x ,, f'">A
This River y called Hel, and the firft ford. oyer^^-Helford;. HajrHeyi
’head of itllies upon: the hills of? Wendrqn parilh, -near Penhyl terrier.
Guy fi?.4. water .coming from the, head, o f th§ hill), yihen^? | .tjufs, in
|about three miles, to villager<called-,Quyk;’Y, whither, by^elp- ffs^j
;the tide,.'barks c o ^ ’.up.s, t A mile farther! d d y ^ e Hel; is;(jpiped N
by Maugan Creek on the Southland three miles farter ijby,^pljvel
or Helford Creek, where there |#,a pafiing boat, j and. at its mouth, ,
^ uniks «farther, byjGfllan%%eek. On &^*Jorth,*it£$as .fir#
' . 1 Vol, III. page 15. » '<
* Called % Leland, vol. V II.. page j g g C4-
regroyhe s that is, “ Infula, vel'fupesy ltulotu^^w-
rinomtrt;;” Anglice, Seals ;.or perhapfefrom Car'eg,
rock, and grun or Wallice ;grwnn, a ridge of land
between: two furrows (Richard’s Dictionary) ; for
fuch irideedethis is : butlitimufi: be (owned, that jt
is ul'ual with-failors to-, calprkclcs after, the names of
animals j as 'the ' . die Chw and Calf,
•the Shark, See. from fome inaaginaryiefemblance.
f| Vol. V. p a g e .n i.
Sby Carew, 150?' Camden, 16. §pesJ, lib. 1
[fillip 18 pagN2i ^ f i B B B H I
fefVrihol antf- Heiltpiy,LelancE; vbi. in. pSge 12.
.and Heyle* VlK-^age-
, ^CRis Jecmsjt»‘b'L| i c’ffmlnrfi 1 iipe;tor:?a
On'' tEe’NVTrth Sei the
Mildred of -Rsnv/ith.iUoni the. Alan.^we .'-have %
river ■;ri.hï(iial')ihe
caUe'd via 1
lage on thfi.GPuy.
Polpenrith,