Landulph Historical Directories

Date: About 1856 [unknown]
Location: Landulph, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Surname/tag: Landulph, Cornwall

Kelly's Directory of Devon & Cornwall, 1893

1902 Kelly's Directory of Cornwall and Devon]

Post Office Directory of Cornwall, 1856

CARGREEN, a village in the parish of Landulph, on the western bank of the river Tamar, in the south division of East Hundred, 6 miles north from Saltash by land, 3 by water. There are places of worship here for Baptist, Wesleyan, and Calvinist dissenters. There is a parish school supported partly by contributions, and partly by payments taken from the children; school-house at Cross, which is also licenced for preaching, at which the Rector, the Rev. William Seymour, M.A., presides on Sunday evenings only.

Gentry
Prouse, Mr. Thomas
Quance, Mr. Roger
Wymond, William, Esq.
Traders
Adams, James, carpenter
Barrett, William, farmer
Bate, John, 'Ring of Bells'
Best, Joseph, smith
Bound, William, farmer
Braund, James, grocer
Dawe, James, grocer
Dawe, Richard, postmaster & parish clk
Evans, Richard, shoemaker
Gill, John, shopkeeper
Popplestone, Richard, shoemaker
Prideaux, Pascoe, 'Royal Oak'
Quance, William, farmer
Sleemon, John, tailor

Letters through Halt from Plymouth. The nearest money order office is at Saltash.

LANDULPH is a township, parish, and village, situated on the western bank of the river Tamar, 5 miles north from Saltash by land and 2 by water; in the south division of East Hundred and St. German's Union, East Cornwall. The living is a rectory, worth £340 yearly, with residence and about 40 acres of glebe land, in the gift of the Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall, and incumbency of the Rev. Wm. Seymour, M. A. The church, dedicated to St. Dilpe, is a fine old building, situated nearly on the edge of the river, and standing out with its antique embattled tower from the surrounding wood, gives a majesty to the landscape. Inside the church, over the vestry door, is an inscription giving an account of the pedigree of Theodore Paleologus, of Pesaro, in Italy, a lineal descendant from "ye late Christian Emperors of Greece," who "departed this life at Clifton ye 21st of Jan, 1636," and was buried in a vault beneath the monument, which being opened a few years back, an oak coffin was discovered containing the body of "Paleologus," so perfectly preserved that the features were clearly defined. The population of the parish, in 1851, was 534; acreage about 2,000. There are charities of about £24 yearly value.
Elbridge is a hamlet.
Stockaton, Marsh, Clampit, Elbridge, St. Ann's, Salter Mill, Bray's Tenement, Clifton, Bittleford, Wheatland Green, West Kingsmill, Calloget, and Tinne, are places here.

Gentry
Nanscawen, William, esq. Elbridge
Seymour, Rev. William, M. A. Rectory
Trehane, William S. esq. Stockaton Villa

Traders
Bate, Richard, farmer, Stockaton
Brock, Samuel, farmer, St. Ann's
Creber, Thomas, farmer, Calloget
Deacon, John, farmer, Tinnel

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POST OFFICE DIRECTORY OF CORNWALL, 1873

Landulph is a township, parish, and village, situated on the western bank of the river Tamar, 5 miles north from Saltash by land and 2 by water, in the Eastern division of the county, middle division of the hundred of East, St. Germans union, Stonehouse county court district, rural deanery of East, Cornwall archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. the church of St. Dilpe is a fine old building, situated nearly on the edge of the river, and standing out with its antique embattled tower from the surrounding wood, forms a prominent feature in the landscape: inside the church, over the vestry door, is an inscription giving an account of the pedigree of Theodore Paleologus, of Pesaro, in Italy, a lineal descendant from "the last christian Emperors of Greece," who "departed this life at Clifton ye 21st of Jan., 1636," and was buried in a vault beneath the monument; which being opened some years back, an oaken coffin was discovered containing the body of 'Paleologus," so perfectly preserved that the features were clearly defined. The living is a rectory, yearly value £340, with a residence and about 48 acres of glebe land, in the gift of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall, and held by the Rev. Samuel Smith, M. A.; the Rev. John Roberts, M. A., being the officiating minister. There are charities of about £21 yearly value. the principle landowners are H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, and Colonel Augustus Coryton, J. P. The soil is loam; subsoil, slate and limestone. the chief crops are cereal, root potatoes, &c. The area is 2,686 acres (including 600 acres of water); gross estimated rental, £3,647; rateable value, £3,518; and the population in 1871 was 513.

Cargreen is a village in the parish of Landulph, 1 1/2 miles north, on the western bank of the Tamar. Here is a national mixed school, supported partly by contributions and partly by payments from the children. There are places of worship here for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Bible Christians.

Letters through Hatt from Plymouth. the nearest money order office is at Saltash.
Parish school, Samuel Hore, master
Landulph
Roberts, Rev. John, M. A. [curate]
Roberts, Richard, Grove Spear, Philip, Stockaton villa
Barron, Frederick Cour, farmer
Bate, Richard, farmer
Creber, William, farmer
Deacon, William, blacksmith
Elliott, Eustace, farmer
Every, John, farmer
Matters, William, farmer
Nanscawen, William, farmer
Richards, James, farmer
Roberts John, farmer
Snell, Benj., land agent for Col. Coryton
Snell, George, farmer
Snell, William, farmer
Cargreen
Adams, James, Carpenter
Barrett, William, farmer
Braund, John, grocer
Deacon, William, smith
Gill John, carpenter
Heddon, Samuel, lodging house
Popplestone, Richard, shoe maker
Prideaux, Richard, Royal Oak
Rowe, William, shopkeeper
Sleemon, William, tailor
Sleep, William, shoe maker
Spear, John, merchant