Completed parish survey questionnaire for gwennap date of Completion
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completed parish survey questionnaire for GWENNAPDate of Completion7 August 2006 Name of VolunteerLesley Trotter Grid ReferenceSW 7387 4010 Status (In use/redundant – open/closed)In use. “Open to visitors during Summer months Tues, Thurs, Sat 2-4pm” If locked - no specific instructions but Vicar’s phone number given
Anon, ‘Gwennap Parish Church – Information Leaflet’, undated. A4 photocopied fact sheet (20p)
Stained Glass WindowsNone. Bench EndsNone. Chapels1. Holy Trinity Chapel, St Day (Site of) Location SW 7289 4261 Nature of Location Site now occupied by Trevean Cottage and front garden of Trinity Cottage, Buckingham Place, St Day
Two fragments of window tracery incorporated into porch, and small fragments in wall, of neighbouring Trinity House. Worked stone identified as mediaeval door-jamb found on site in 2000 & moved to St Day Old Church. Large crocketted pinnacle and fragment of window tracery in grounds of Scorrier House. Possible doorway also in gardens of Scorrier Houses 2. Un-named chapel. ‘Gwennap Ground’ Location Tithe map shows fields called Chapel Close and Chapel Moor (SW 743 401) at Tresamble next to footpath to Gwennap Church. Reputed site of chapel and burial ground. Henderson claimed to have found foundations (see James p45). Chapel and enclosure called ‘Gwennap Ground’ confiscated by Elizabeth I (but thought to be south of parish church) mentioned in Schwartz & Parker’s book on Lanner. Nature of Location Wooded copse next to stream – uphill of ‘Holy Well of St Gwennap’ Surviving Remains (if any) Small stone wall enclosures but no visible sign of buildings - but very overgrown. 3. Un-named chapel – Lanner? Location Chapel Hill, Lanner – traditional site of chapel associated with two crosses found nearby and now in Lanner churchyard. (James p45-6). OS map shows small enclosure at SW715 393. Nature of Location In fields
Holy Wells1. Holy Well of St Gwennap Location 600yds east of Gwennap Church (SW 741403) Nature of Location Open field Surviving Remains (if any) No visible masonry. Well appears to have been ‘capped’ by farmer – only visible sign is modern cover and surrounding moisture-loving vegetation (see photo Gwennap1.jpg) Some stonework in nearby ditch may be associated with well. 2. Figgy Dowdy’s Well (AKA Margery Daw’s Well) Location Carn Marth (SW 715406) Nature of Location Open hillside beside bridleway. Very overgrown so difficult to find. Steep stone steps down to well are located on downhill side of bridleway about halfway between entrance to open air theatre and blockwork wall to west. Surviving Remains (if any) Granite structure as described Meyrick appears complete but very overgrown. According to occupier of nearby house, some restoration work and installation of grill has taken place in recent past but there is no regular maintenance or clearing of vegetation. (see photo: Gwennap2.jpg) Crosses1. Chapel Moor Cross Location Now: south side of Gwennap Church (SW 7389 4011) Original: Chapel Moor, Tresamble, Gwennap (SW 743 401)
Original: associated with reputed chapel site – see chapel 3 Surviving Remains (if any) Cross head and shaft re-united (Photo: Gwennap3.jpg) 2. Cross head at St Day Location Now: Near Western entrance to St Day Churchyard (SW 7294 4247) Original: Unknown – found 1936 near Chenals Farm, [Chenhale Farm, Carharrack ?] Nature of Location Now: churchyard Surviving Remains (if any) Cross head (Photo: Gwennap4.jpg) (shaft reputed to have been thrown down mine shaft in 1930s)
Location Now: grounds of Scorrier House (SW 7290 4270) Original: Uncertain – Suggested it to be Penhalvyngan Cross marking boundary between Trevince and Cusgarne (Trevarth Common / Ting Tang). Nature of Location private grounds Surviving Remains (if any) Complete cross (Photo: Gwennap5.jpg) 4. Scorrier No 2 Location Now: grounds of Scorrier House (SW 7243 4372) Original: Half-way House, beside Helston to Penryn road Nature of Location private grounds Surviving Remains (if any) Complete cross but rapidly becoming obscured by shrubs (Photo: Gwennap6.jpg) 5. Lannarth No 1 Location Now: NW side Lannarth Churchyard, Lanner (SW 7160 3987) Original: Found at Tresavean side of Bell Farm (SW 72 39)
Surviving Remains (if any) Complete cross (Photo: Gwennap7.jpg) 6. Lannarth No 2 Location Now: NE side Lannarth Churchyard, Lanner (SW 7160 3987) Original: Found at Tredeague Farm (SW 72 38) Nature of Location Now: churchyard Surviving Remains (if any) Cross-head on modern shaft (Photo: Gwennap8.jpg) 7. Whitestile Location Beside B3298 Truro to Falmouth Road (SW 7332 4047) Location named on Gwennap Tithe Map
(but I couldn’t identify it) 8. Lost cross shaft Gwennap Church Location Now: Believed in foundations of vestry, Gwennap Church Original: unknown
Location Now: Unknown – some speculation that it might have been one of the two crosses at Tregullow later removed to Heanton Punchardon churchyard in North Devon. Original: Junction Fore St and Telegraph St, St Day (SW 7290 4250) - shown on 1772 map Nature of Location Unknown
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Site 1 Tradition of chapel at Skyburrier, West Trevarth (James p46). Site 2 Suggestion that former Six Bells Inn, Gwennap Churchtown was on site of building used by monks (James p46). Site 3 Suggestion that farm house at Little Carharrack was associated with pilgrims (James p46, Book of Carahrrack p 9). Site 4 Rock on private ground behind Cardene in Carharrack reputed to have been venue for blessings or pilgrimages at Easter and Whitsun (Book of Carharrack p153 photo caption) There are a large number of field names in Gwennap parish (shown on Tithe map) with possible cross associations particularly in the area between St Day and Carn Marth
Sharon P. Schwartz & Roger Parker, Tin Mines and Miners of Lanner, Halsgrove, Devon, 2001 (orig published as Lanner – a Cornish Mining Parish, Halgrove 1998) Trotter, L. ‘To what extent does the archaeological evidence support current theories concerning the medieval Chapel of Holy Trinity, St Day, Cornwall’, ‘A’ Level Personal Study, 2006, deposited with Historic Environment Record, HES Cornwall County Council. Personal commentNone. Author’s name Page Personal Reference Directory: explore -> sites -> explore -> files -> explore assets -> 2010 explore -> Explore Microsoft explore -> An anecdotal history of the people and communities that brought about the Internet and the Web explore -> South Plains College Physical Therapist Assistant Program Admission Information Sheet explore -> The hhp clinic started from scratch with the 1 explore -> K-3rd grade explore -> Explore Parent/Guardian Application Explore explore -> Idee Belau mn ‘10 Bio explore -> Explore Solutions College Showcase Saturday, October 22, 2016 1: 30-4: 00 pm sdg&e energy Innovation Center 4760 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego 92117 explore -> Associations of shrimp with gobies are widespread across the tropics. Most of the work on these goby-shrimp relationships has been done in the Red Sea/Indian Ocean Luther 1958; Magnus 1967; Karplus 1981 2010 -> Completed parish survey questionnaire for gwennap Date of Completion Download 29.55 Kb. Share with your friends:
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