Description
Grid reference: SW 73 40
Ecclesiastical parish. Archdeaconry of Cornwall. Deanery of Kerrier to 1875; Deanery of Carnmarth, 1875-1915; Deanery of Carnmarth North, 1915-present. The parish was reduced in 1829 when part was taken to create the parish of St Day; the parish was further reduced in 1844 when part was taken to create the parish of Lanner. The parish is a United Benefice with the parish of St Stithians with Perran-ar-worthal.
Hundred of Kerrier, with a small part, including Scorrier, Treskerby and Tolgullow, in the Hundred of Penwith. Gwennap, St Day, Carharrack and Lanner civil parishes.
Chronological Sequence
Sancte Veneppe, 1291; Sancte Weneppe, 1343, 1349; Wennopp, 1601; Gwynnopp, 1605; Wenep, 1641; Gwynop, 1652, 1653; Gwennopp, 1657; Gwennop, 1665, 1673; Gwinnop, 1702; Gwenap, 1753; Gwenop, 1761; Guenap, 1769; Gwennap, 1781, 1810, 1819, 1827, 1884; St Gwennap, 1899, 1980, 2009
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Sancte Veneppe : 1291
Sancte Weneppe : 1343, 1349
Wennopp : 1601
Gwynnopp : 1605
Wenep : 1641
Gwynop : 1652, 1653
Gwennopp : 1657
Gwennop : 1665, 1673
Gwinnop : 1702
Gwenap : 1753
Gwenop : 1761
Guenap : 1769
Gwennap : 1781, 1810, 1819, 1827, 1884, 1980, 2009
St Gwennap : 1899
References
Ecclesia Sancte Veneppe
In the Decanatus de Kerier.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p469, citing from 1291
Sancte Weneppe
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1340, citing from 1343
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1396, citing from 1349
Wennopp
CRO, ARD/TER/222, 1601 (*)
Gwynnopp
CRO, DSB/2/1, 1605 (*)
Wenep
RIC, HendCal 5, c.1920s, §249, citing from HB/8/82, 1521 (*)
Gwynop
CRO, AD1772/1, 1652
CRO, AD1772/3, 1653
Gwennopp
CRO, P197/1/1, 1657 (*)
Gwennop
CRO, EN/970, 1665 and 1673 (*)
Gwinnop
CRO, CF/1369, 1702 (*)
Gwenap
CRO, P182/13/1/2, 1753 (*)
Gwenop
CRO, AR/15/152-153, 1761 (*)
Guenap
Borlase, 1769, p172
Gwennap
CRO, P182/13/3/1, 1781 (*)
CRO, GHW/13/1/3/1/1, 1810 (*)
5280 acres, 1012 houses and, in 1811, 5303 inhabitants.
Penaluna, 1819, p86
CRO, AD1751/1, 1827 (*)
Symons, 1884
St Gwennap
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1626
Gwennap
Youngs, 1980, p61
Population 1,103. 2,980 acres. The parish is a United Benefice with the parish of St Stithians with Perran-ar-worthal.
TDD, 2009, pp82-3