Description
Grid reference: SW 61 28
Ecclesiastical parish. Archdeaconry of Cornwall. Deanery of Kerrier. Part of the parish was taken in 1846 to create the modern parish of Godolphin. The two parishes later amalgamated to form the modern parish of Breage with Godolphin. Cury, Gunwalloe and Germoe were chapelries to Breage.
Hundred of Kerrier. Breage civil parish.
Chronological Sequence
Egglosbrec, c.1170; Eglospenbro, c.1207; Sancte Briace, Sancte Brece, c.1226-7; Sancta Breaca, 1246; Sancte Breace, 1264, 1291, 1362; Breke, 1522; Breack, 1595; Breage, 1604, c.1626, 1657; Breagne, 1672; Breage, 1703, 1761, 1793, 1814, 1818, 1819, 1827, 1865; St Breage, 1899; Breage, 1980, 1988, 1997, 2009
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Egglosbrec : c.1170
Eglospenbro : c.1207
Sancte Briace : c.1226-7
Sancte Brece : c.1226-7
Sancta Breaca : 1246
Sancte Breace : 1264, 1291, 1362
Breke : 1522
Breack : 1595
Breage : 1604, c.1626, 1657, 1703, 1761, 1793, 1814, 1818, 1819, 1827, 1865, 1988, 1980, 1997, 2009
Breagne : 1672
St Breage : 1899
References
Egglosbrec
Padel, 1988, p58, citing from c.1170
Eglospenbro
Hull, 1962, §21, p19, citing from HH, CP 315, f17r-17v, late 14th century, citing from c.1194-1207
Padel, 1988, p58, citing from 14th c., citing from c.1207
sancte Briace
Hull, 1962, §31, p24, citing from HH, CP 315, f21v-22r, late 14th century, citing from c.1226-7
sancte Brece
Hull, 1962, §71, p48, citing from HH, CP 315, f48v-49r, late 14th century, citing from c.1226-7
Sancta Breaca
Padel, 1988, p58, citing from 1246
Vicaria Sancte Breace
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p166, citing from 1264
Ecclesia Sancte Breace
In the Decanatus de Kerier.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p469, citing from 1291
Sancte Breace
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1484, citing from 1362
Breke
Padel, 1988, citing from 1522
Breack
RIC, HZ/6/2, 1595 (*)
Breage
RIC, HendCal 30, c.1920s, §87, p252, citing from HM/1/25, 1604 (*)
Gray, 1990, p76, citing from c.1626
CRO, P197/1/1, 1657 (*)
Breagne
Donaldson, 1902, p377, citing from 1672
Breage
CRO, GR/523, 1703 (*)
CRO, AR/15/152-153, 1761 (*)
CRO, P133/16b/2, 1793 (*)
In the west division of the deanery of Kirrier.
Lysons and Lysons, 1814, p40
Viator, 1818, p117
Penaluna, 1819, p16
CRO, AD1751/1, 1827 (*)
Anciently called Pembro.
Blight, 1865, p113
St Breage
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1625
Breage
Youngs, 1980, p59
Padel, 1988
Population in 1989 was 2455. A United Parish with Germoe. 5288 acres.
TDD, 1997, p18
The parish of Breage with Godolphin, population 3703, 8354 acres, a United Benefice with Germoe.
TDD, 2009, pp39-40