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Grampound in Cornwall County England History and GeographyGRAMPOUND, a corporate and market town and chapelry, partly in the parish of PROBUS, but chiefly in that of CREED, western division of the hundred of POWDER, county of CORNWALL, 40 miles (S.W) from Launceston, and 247 (W.S.W.) from London, containing 668 inhabitants. This place is situated on the great road from London, through Plymouth, to the Land's end, and on the declivity of a hill, at the foot of which runs the river Fal. John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, brother of Edward III., granted a guild-merchant to the burgesses of Grampound, in 1332, which included, besides other privileges, the right of holding a market and two fairs. The market, which is inconsiderable, is on Saturday: fairs are held January 18th and June 11th; and there are two new free fairs, on the Tuesdays next after Lady-day and Michaelmas. The corporation, which exists by prescription, consists of a mayor, eight aldermen, a recorder, and town clerk. The mayor is elected on the Sunday before Michaelmas, and he nominates two aldermen, styled Eligers, who have the power to choose eleven freemen, forming a jury, who make presentments, appoint persons to municipal offices, and possess the right of making new freemen, whose number is indefinite. The manor is held by the corporation, under the duchy of Cornwall, at a fee farm rent of £12. 11. 4. per annum. Grampound was formerly a borough, having sent two members to parliament from the reign of Edward VI. till 1824, when, in consequence of the discovery of corrupt practices among the electors, an act of parliament was passed for disfranchising the borough, and returning two additional members for the county of York. The chapel, dedicated to St. Nunn, or St. Naunter, was a chapel of case to the rectory of Creed, but is now falling to ruins. In 1705, John Buller gave a sum of money, directing the interest to be applied in teaching and clothing eight poor boys. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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