Fowey (Parish)
fowey

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


Place Names in the Parish of Fowey


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