Breage (Parish)
breage

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


Place Names in the Parish of Breage


Manors in the Parish of Breage


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