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Tregoney in Cornwall County England History and GeographyTREGONEY, a borough and market town in the parish of CUBY, western division of the hundred of POWDER, county of CORNWALL, 41½ miles (S.W.) from Launceston, and 248 (S.W. by W.) from London, containing 1035 inhabitants. The old town, which stood at the bottom of the hill on which the present is situated, was of considerable antiquity and importance: it had a castle, supposed to have been built in the reign of Richard I.; and a priory, subordinate to the convent at Merton, in Surrey. The present town consists chiefly of one street, and has greatly declined since the increase of Truro. The Fal, which is here crossed by a bridge, is said to have been once navigable to this place for small barges. The market is on Saturday, for meat and other provisions; and fairs are held on Shrove-Tuesday, May 3rd, July 25th, September 1st, and November 6th. The charter of incorporation was granted by James I., in 1620: the municipal body consists of a mayor, recorder, and eight capital burgesses, or aldermen: the mayor is elected, annually in September, from among the aldermen, and, with the senior member of that body, exercises magisterial authority. The borough first sent representatives to parliament in the reign of Edward I., and, after long disuse, recovered the exercise of that privilege in 1559: the elective franchise is vested in potwallers; the number of voters is above three hundred: the mayor is the returning officer, and the influence of J. A. Gordon, Esq. is predominant. The petty sessions for the south division of the hundred of Powder are occasionally held here, and courts are held by the lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage, with that of St. Keby annexed, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £10. 4. 2., and in the patronage of J. A. Gordon, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. James, stands without the limits of the borough. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. An hospital for decayed housekeepers was founded here, in 1696, by Hugh Boscawen, Esq., and endowed with lands, now let for £30 per annum, but capable of producing three times that amount, on the expiration of the present lease. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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