Description
Grid reference: SX 12 51
Ecclesiastical parish. Archdeaconry of Cornwall. Deanery of Powder to 1875; Deanery of St Austell, 1875-present.
Hundred of Powder. Fowey civil parish.
Chronological Sequence
Fawe, 1262, 1291; Fauwe, 1314; Fawy, 1332, 1336; Fawe, 1336; Fowy, 1437, 1471, 1504, 1512, 1534; Foweye, 1542; Fawey, Faweye, 1562; Fowye, 1609; Fowy, 1619; Foye, 1625; Foy, 1664; Fowye, 1679, 1718; Fowey, 1786, 1802, 1815, 1840, 1884, 1899, 2009
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Fawe : 1262, 1291, 1336
Fauwe : 1314
Fawy : 1332, 1336
Fowy : 1437, 1471, 1504, 1512, 1534, 1619
Foweye : 1542
Fawey : 1562
Faweye : 1562
Fowye : 1609, 1679, 1718
Foye : 1625
Foy : 1664
Fowey : 1786, 1802, 1815, 1840, 1884, 1899, 2009
References
Fawe
Henderson, 1956, p167, citing from 1262
Ecclesia de Fawe
In the Decanatus de Poudreshire.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p468, citing from 1291
Fauwe
Henderson, 1956, p167, citing from 1314
Fawy
Henderson, 1956, pp166, 168, citing from 1332 and 1336
Fawe
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1313, citing from 1336
Fowy
Given in the personal name John de Fowy.
TNA, SC/8/25/1237, 1437 (*)
CRO, P107/25/2, 1471 (*)
Henderson, 1956, p168-9, citing from 1504 and 1512
fowy
RIC, Z/1/1, 1534 (*)
Foweye
CRO, KL/17/2, 1542 (*)
Fawey
Faweye
CRO, R/265/1, 1562 (*)
Fowye
CRO, R/869, 1609 (*)
Fowy
CRO, X1031, 1619 (*)
Foye
CRO, ARD/TER/210, 1625 (*)
Foy
CRO, F/4/159/2, 1664 (*)
fowye
CRO, ARD/TER/211, 1679 (*)
Fowye
CRO, P247/1/1, 1718 (*)
Fowey
CRO, P116/13/4/6, 1786 (*)
CRO, P170/16a/3/8, 1802 (*)
RIC, MISC7/13, 1815 (*)
CRO, TA/66, 1840
Symons, 1884
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1624
Population 2,273. 1,900 acres.
TDD, 2009, p51