Linkinhorne Parish

KELLY'S DIRECTORY 1893

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LINKINHORNE (or Linkenhorne) is a parish and village between the rivers Inney and Lynher. 4 miles north-west from Callington, 8 south-west from Launceston stations on the main line of the London and South Western and on a branch of the Great Western railway, and 9 north- east from Liskeard station on the Great. Western railway, in the North Eastern division of the county, Northern division of the hundred of East, petty sessional division of East Middle, Liskeard union and county court district, rural deanery of East, archdeaconry of Bodmin and diocese of Truro. The church of St. MelIor, rebuilt by Sir Henry Trecarrel, knight, in the reign of Henry VIII is a building of freestone and granite in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, south porch and a very fine embattled western tower with battlemented turrets and pinnacles and containing 6 bells: the rood stairs remain in the north wall: the font has a square basin supported on a central pillar with smaller ones at the corners and is probably Norman: there is a monument, with Latin inscription, to Edward Kneebone, ob. 1685, placed by Edith, his wife, besides a number of others of later date to the families of Saltren, Kittow Dingley and Coffin: an ancient altar stone. incised with crosses, has been laid in the vestry floor since April 14, 1891 : there is a memorial window, erected in 1876, to Richard Kittow, formerly lay rector of this parish : the chalice with cover date from 1572 and the paten from 1735 : there are 400. sittings. .The register dates from the year 1576. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent charge £254, net yearly value £254, Including 60 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the trustees of the late  William Hitchens esq, and held since I893 by the Rev. Baron Henry Paull Hichens M.A.  The mission church of St. Paul, Upton Cross, consecrated in 1887, is an edifice of stone, consisting of  apsidal church, nave, south porch, vestry and a western bell cote containing one bell : The windows of the chancel are stained: there are 100 sittings. There are charities of £6 9s. 2d. given yearly to the poor and Robert's charity of  £42 for education, which sum is paid to the School Board.

In the pariah are several copper and tin mines, to which the Caradon and Looe Mineral railway has been extended, but only two of these are now in working order. The Phoenix and West Phoenix tin mines in this parish are 3 miles west of the village and 6 north of Liskeard ; from them the Caradon, Ljskeard and Looe railway runs to Looe, I5 miles south;  the mines are held of the Duchy of Cornwall under a lease of 21 years, at a royalty one-72nd of  the gross returns: there are two ascertained lodes, two of which are now being worked, the cross course running north and south ; several shafts have been sunk. Seccombe's is125 fathoms deep, the Old Sump 216 fathoms, Anne's 112 fathoms. Hamilton’s 40 fathoms : steam power is used for working. There  are 12,000 shares in the company, ,which is on the cost book system. They employ about 450 persons, and the Phoenix paid £10,000 in dividends in 1888, since which time they  have been worked at a loss. There are three or four tin streamers at work in connection with the mines.

On Stowe's common, on the south-western border of the parish, is the remarkable mass of fungoid-shaped rocks called the CHEESEWRING; these, 8 or 10 in number, are about 22 feet high and vary from 17 to 34 feet in diameter. Here are granite quarries, belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall and worked by Messrs, Freeman, Sons and Co. Limited, of Penryn: The granite is carried direct from here by railway to Moorswater and Looe and shipped from the latter place. A voluted column, from these quarries, 22 feet. high, has been exhibited at the Crystal Palace : Sir T. Henry De la Beche says the granite is of a superior quality, being very hard and of an uniform blue colour : for its durability no bettor proof is needed than Cheesewring rock itself, which has been standing from time immemorial in its present position without exhibiting any marks of decay, SHARP POINT TOR is a lofty mass of granite rocks, 1,200 feet above the sea level, about one mile north of the Cheesewring. In the parish are two of the stone circles called “Hurlers," and near these a granite cross, about. ten feet. high, called the “Longstone," H.R,H, the Duke of Cornwall. who is lord of the manor, Messrs, Kittow and John Williams Dingle esq. J.P. of Darley are the chief landowners. The soil is loam and sand, and the subsoil is clay, slate, granite and killas. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, turnips and grass. The acreage 18 7,89; rateable value, £7,714; the population in 1891 was 2,OI2.

Darley, 3 miles west., has a Free Methodist chapel; Henwood, 3½ miles west, a Primitive Methodist chapel;  Downgate 3 miles south-west, a Bible Christian chapel; Lanhargy, 1 mile north, a Wesleyan chapel; Plushabridge ½,  south-west, a Baptist chapel  and Minions, 5 miles west., Primitive and Free Methodist chapels; Rilla Mill 2 miles west from the Church is a small village with a Wesleyan chapel; Upton is 3¼ miles west by south, and has also a Wesleyan chapel; and Caradon 2½ miles south-west, a Free Methodist chapel.
Sexton, Frederick Lancallas.

Post Office Linkinhorne.-Mrs. Ann Maria Haggaton, sub-post mistress. Letters through Callington R.8.0. arrive at 7.45 a.m ; dispatched at 4.45 p.m. .Callington is the nearest money order & telegraph office. Postal orders are issued here, but not. paid

Post & M. O.O., S.B. & Insurance & Annuity Office, Rilla Mill. Miss Mary Hobbs, sub-postmistress. Letters through Callington R.S.O. arrive at 8.10 a.m;  dispatched at 4.30 p.m. North Hill is the nearest, telegraph office

Post Office Minions-Richard Edwards, sub-postmaster. Letters through Liskeard. which is the Dearest, money order & telegraph office, arrive at 10 a.m; dispatched at 3.35 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

Wall Boxes, Minions cleared at  3.05 p. m. Henwood, cleared at12.30 p.m. daily, Sunday excepted. Upton, cleared at 1.30 p.m; Patrieda, cleared at 4.30 p.m; Plusha. Bridge, cleared at 11.20 am  & Darley, cleared at 1 p.m

SCHOOLS:- A School Board of 7 members was formed Feb. 19, 1875 ; W. Grylls, Halfacre, Northill, clerk to the board; William Truscott, Ley Mill, attendance officer

Board School, Upton Cross {mixed), built in 1876, for 430 children average attendance 66 boys & 96 girls and infants. Charles Marks, master; Miss Elizabeth T . Roberts, mistress

Board School (mixed), Sharplands, for 80 children ; Average attendance, 70; John Edwards, master

Carrier Alfred Truscott  from Rilla Mill to Liskeard & Launceston every Sat

 

Barrett, Mrs, Darley Villa

Dingle, John Williams J.P. Darley

Gill, Joseph William Downgate

Hichens, Rev. Baron Henry Paull M.A, Vicar

Seccombe, Samuel, Pendowry

Taylor, Rev. Edward Howard M.A., curate, Darley villa

Andrews, Richard, farmer, Addicroft

Ayres, Simon, beer retailer, Henwood

Ball, Wm, miller (water), Dwella villa

Barrett, Richard, farmer, Button

Bartlett, Fras, carpenter wheelwright & general smith, Plushabridge

Bate, Elizh, (Mrs), farmer, Gullacombe

Bate, Thomas, farmer, Newhonse

Bennett, John, farmer & landowner & assistant overseer, Rillaton

Billing, John, farmer, Liverscoombe

Body, Robert, farmer, Upton

Brent, Daniel & Wm. f~rmers, Clampit

Brock, William, farmer, Uphill

Burrows, Richard New inn

Chapman, Thos. (Mrs), farmer, Knowle

Cliverton, William, farmer, Knowle

Coad, Nicholas, farmer, Pengelly

Daniel, William, farmer, Lower Rillaton

Davey, Samuel, farmer, Lanhargie

Daw, William, farmer, Lower Milcombe

Dawe, William, farmer, Treovis

Dennis, Thomas, farmer, Trerafters

Dingle, John Darley, farmer, Darley

Dingle, John Williams J.P. farmer & landowner, Darley

Eade, William, farmer, Netherton

Vine, Edward, manager, East Cornwall Tin Co. Darleyford

Freeman, John Sons & Co, Limited, quarry owners, Cheesewring, 

Fuge, Samuel, farmer; Trefrlze

Garland, Thos.Peake, farmer, Caradon town

Gerr,y John, Cheesewring hotel

Gerry, Wm,  farmer & grocer, Henwood

GiIl, Joseph Wm, physician & surgeon & medical officer, No, 8 district. & public vaccinator, Downgate

Goldsworlhy, Samuel, farmer, Netherton

Gourd, Matthew, shoe maker, Christa.

Gourd, Sampson, farmer, Sutton

Harris, William, blacksmith,  Brayshop

Heggaton, Thos, farmer, Church town

Henwood, William, farmer, Church town

Hoare, John, farmer, Dunsley

Hoare, Samuel. farmer, Newland

Horrell, Wm. farmer, Cheesewring farm

Horrell, William, farmer, Stowes

Hubber, Elizh.(Mrs), shopkeeper,  Churchtown

Jasper,.Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper,.Caradon town

Job, James, farmer, Patrieda

Johns, Ezekiel, farmer, Caradon town

Johns, James, farmer, Ley

Johns, Jonathan, larmer, .Addicroft

Keayse, Bryce, miIler {water},.Addicroft;

Kittow, Edward, farmer & landowner, Patrieda

Kittow,  Jn. farmer. & landowner, Browda

Knight, John, farmer, Lake

Lee, Thos, miller (water), Trefrize mill

Maddaver, William, farmer, Lanharjie

Martin, John, farmer, Kingscombe

Martin, John, mason, Stara bridge

Martin, Richard. farmer & butcher,  Uphill

 May, William, farmer, Yolland

Mitchell, Frank, mason, Plushabridge

Nicolls, Elizb. (Mrs),  shopkeeper, Uphill

Nicolls, Jabez, farmer, Hall

Olve,r William, farmer, Plushays

Pearse, Barry & Alfred, farmers, Exewill

Pearse, Richard, farmer, Rillaton

Pethick, Thomas, farmer, Stearts

Phillips, Richard, carpenter, Treovis

PhiIp, John, farmer, Yolland

Philp, Richard, farmer, Sutton

Philp, Simon James, farmer, Addicroft

Pomroy, John, blacksmith, Upton

Retallick, Richard, farmer, Holwell

Sandercock, Edward, blacksmith, Lake

Sargent, Richard, farmer, Henwood ,

Sargent, William, farmer, Wardbrook

Seccombe, Samuel. mine agent, Pendowry

Shovel, Emma (Mrs.), grocer, Upton cross

Shovel, Mary Ann (Mrs), farmer, .Sunrising

Shovel, Thomas, farmer, Upton

Smetherhem, Jns. Trehane, shoe maker, Upton 

Snell, William, farmer, Blackham .

Spear, John Nicholas,farmer, .Beatons park

Stephens, William, farmer, Henwood

Stevens, Albert, farmer. Trefrize

Stevens, John, farmer, Longridge

Stevens, John, farmer, Tregoiff

Tregelles, Alfred, farmer, Patrieda.

Trehane, James, farmer, Southcoombe

Trehane, John, farmer, Northcoombe

Tucker, Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Kersbrook

Tucker, William, farmer, Church town

Crapp, Francis, manager, Upton Cross Co-operative Society Ltd;

Vosper, Aaron, farmer, Ashwill

Warne, John, tailor, Livercoombe

Webb, Caroline (Mrs.), Caradon hotel, Upton

Wills, John, Commercial hotel, Downgate

Burnaford, Peter, farmer & butcher, Rilla Mill

Came, George, Manor House Inn, Rilla Mill

Hobbs, John, mason, Rilla Mill

Hobbs, Mary (Miss), shopkeeper & post office, Rilla Mill

Joll, Mary (Mrs), farmer, Rilla Mill

Truscott, Alfred, miller (water ), carrier & fly proprietor, Rilla Mill

Chapman, George, shopkeeper, Minions

Edwards, Richard, shopkeeper & Post  office, Minions

Williams, John, manager, Phoenix & West Phoenix Mining Co.

Polkinghorne, William, purser, Phoenix & West Phoenix Mining Co.

Rowe & Co., tin streamers, Minions

Rule, William Henry, purser, South Phoenix Mining Co. Ltd.

Kelly, James, manager, South Phoenix Mining Co. Ltd

Williams, Charles, shopkeeper, Minions

Williams, John, mine agent, Minions

 

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