Description
Grid reference: SW 48 31
Ecclesiastical parish. Archdeaconry of Cornwall. Deanery of Penwith. The parish is a United Benefice with Madron.
Hundred of Penwith. Ludgvan, Madron and Penzance civil parishes.
Chronological Sequence
Lanestli, 1261; Lannestli, 1291; Sancte Welvele, 1328; Lanestly, 1348, 1349; Gouelvell, Gouevell, 1469-70; Gulvall, 1549, c.1626; Gullvall, 1635; Gulvall, 1647; Golval, 1709; Gulvall, 1759, 1761; Gullval, 1769; Gulval, 1769, 1819, 1884; St Gulval, 1899; Gulval, 1979, 1980, 2009
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Lanestli : 1261
Lannestli : 1291
Sancte Welvele : 1328
Lanestly : 1348, 1349
Gouelvell : 1469-70
Gouevell : 1469-70
Gulvall : 1549, c.1626, 1647, 1759, 1761
Gullvall : 1635
Golval : 1709
Gullval : 1769
Gulval : 1769, 1819, 1884, 1979, 1980, 2009
St Gulval : 1899
References
Ecclesia de Lanestli
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p143, citing from 1261
Ecclesia de Lannestli
In the Decanatus de Penwithe.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p470, citing from 1291
Vicaria Sancte Welvele in Lanistly
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1265, citing from 1328
Vicaria Ecclesie Parochialis de Lanestly
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1368, citing from 1348
Lanestly
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1397, citing from 1349
Gouelvell
Gouevell
CRO, AR/2/99, 1469-70
Gulvall
CRO, ML/52, 1549 (*)
Gray, 1990, p78, citing from c.1626
Gullvall
CRO, ML/60, 1635 (*)
Gulvall
CRO, ML/68, 1647 (*)
Golval
TPNHAS, 1893-98, p83, citing from Pryce, 1709
Gulvall
CRO, X506/71, 1759 (*)
CRO, ML/12, 1761 (*)
Gullval
Borlase, 1769, p121
Gulval
Borlase, 1769, opp p218
3950 acres, 248 houses and, in 1811, 1224 inhabitants.
Penaluna, 1819, p82
Symons, 1884
St Gulval
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1626
Gulval
Peskett, 1979, p2
Youngs, 1980, p61
Population 2,260. 4,258 acres. The parish is a United Benefice with Madron.
TDD, 2009, p54
Place Names in the Parish of Gulval
Manors in the Parish of Gulval
Gallery
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