Description
Grid reference: SW 64 34
Ecclesiastical parish. Archdeaconry of Cornwall. Deanery of Penwith to 1875; Deanery of Kerrier, 1875-?; Deanery of Carnmarth North, ? to present. The parish is a United Benefice with Treslothan.
Hundred of Penwith, East Division, and with a small part in the Hundred of Kerrier. Crowan civil parish.
Chronological Sequence
Eggloscraweyn, c.1140; Eggloscrauuen, c.1170; Sancta Crawenna, 1238; Sancte Crowenne, 1252, 1291; Crewenna, 1327; Sancta Crewenne, 1361; Sancta Cruenna, 1387; Crewen, 1469-70; Crowen, 1524; Crowyn, 1545; Crowen, 1562, 1566, c.1590s, c.1600s; Crowan, 1613, 1641, 1661, 1672, 1676; Uni-Crowan, 1702; Crowen, 1745; Crowan, 1761; Uni-Crowan, 1782, 1812; Crowan, 1819, 1827, 1842, 1884; St Crowan, 1899; Crowan, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1997, 2009
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Eggloscraweyn : c.1140
Eggloscrauuen : c.1170
Sancta Crawenna : 1238
Sancte Crowenne : 1252, 1291
Crewenna : 1327
Sancta Crewenne : 1361
Sancta Cruenna : 1387
Crewen : 1469-70
Crowen : 1524, 1562, 1566, c.1590s, c.1600s, 1745
Crowyn : 1545
Crowan : 1613, 1641, 1661, 1672, 1676, 1761, 1819, 1827, 1842, 1884, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1997, 2009
Uni-Crowan : 1702, 1782, 1812
St Crowan : 1899
References
Eggloscraweyn
Henderson, 1956, p127, citing from c.1140
Eggloscrauuen
Padel, 1988, p75, citing from c.1170
Sancta Crawenna
Padel, 1988, p75, citing from 1238
Sancte Crowenne
Henderson, 1956, p133, citing from 1252
Ecclesia Sancte Crowenne
In the Decanatus de Penwithe.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p470, citing from 1291
Crewenna
Henderson, 1956, p127, citing from 1327
Sancta Crewenne
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1488, citing from 1361
Sancta Cruenna
Henderson, 1956, p131, citing from 1387
Crewen
CRO, AR/2/99, 1469-70
Crowen
Stoate, 1985, p4, citing from 1524
Crowyn
Stoate, 1985, p4, citing from 1545
Crowen
RIC, HendCal 5, c.1920s, §688, citing from HB/13/6, 1562 (*)
RIC, HendCal 5, c.1920s, §4, citing from HB/19/24, 1566 (*)
CRO, AR/2/1344, c.1590s (*)
CRO, ARD/TER/15, c.1600s (*)
Crowan
CRO, ARD/TER/225, 1613 (*)
CRO, AR/4/256, 1641 (*)
RIC, HZ/4/3/2, 1661 (*)
In the Deanery of Pennith.
Donaldson, 1902, p376, citing from 1672
Population, not including children under 16, is about 400.
CRO, AD592/29/2, 1676 (*)
Uni-Crowan
Henderson, 1956, p127, citing from 1702
Crowen
There are 140 families in the parish.
Henderson, 1956, p130, citing from 1745
Crowan
CRO, AR/15/152-153, 1761 (*)
Uni-Crowan
Henderson, 1956, p127, citing from 1782 and 1812
Crowan
6742 acres, 478 houses and, in 1811, 3021 inhabitants.
Penaluna, 1819, p38
CRO, AD1751/1, 1827 (*)
Redding, 1842, p8
Hundred of Penwith.
Symons, 1884
St Crowan
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1625
Crowan
Peskett, 1979, p2
Youngs, 1980, p60
Padel, 1988, p75
Population in 1989 was 2,055. 7,496 acres. A United Benefice with Godolphin. In the Deanery of Kerrier.
TDD, 1997, p21
Population 2,375. The parish is a United Benefice with Treslothan.
TDD, 2009, p46