Description
Grid reference: SW 59 37
Ecclesiastical parish. Archdeaconry of Cornwall. Deanery of Penwith. The parish is part of Godrevy Team Ministry with the parishes of St Erth, Hayle St Elwyn and Phillack with Gwithian.
Hundred of Penwith. Gwinear-Gwithian civil parish.
Chronological Sequence
Sancti Wynieri, 1291; Sancti Wynieri, Sancti Wineri, 1335; Sancti Wyneri, 1342-3; Sancti Wynieri, Sancti Wynyeri, 1349; Wynyer, 1469-70; St Wenner, 1516; Seynt Gwynnyer, 1559; Gwynyer, 1604; Gwynnyar, 1613; Gwynierd, Gwynnierd, c.1630; Gwynnyer, 1641; Winear, 1671; Gwinnear, 1741; Gwinear, 1748; Gwinyar, 1768; Gwinier, 1779; Gwinear, 1787; Gwinier, 1794; Gwinear, Gwiniear, 1795; Gwinear, 1798, 1819, 1884; St Gwinear, 1899; Gwinear, 1979, 1980, 2009
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Sancti Wynieri : 1291, 1335, 1349
Sancti Wineri : 1335
Sancti Wyneri : 1342-3
Sancti Wynyeri : 1349
Wynyer : 1469-70
St Wenner : 1516
Seynt Gwynnyer : 1559
Gwynyer : 1604
Gwynnyar : 1613
Gwynierd : c.1630
Gwynnierd : c.1630
Gwynnyer : 1641
Winear : 1671
Gwinnear : 1741
Gwinear : 1748, 1787, 1795, 1798, 1819, 1884, 1979, 1980, 2009
Gwinyar : 1768
Gwinier : 1779, 1794
Gwiniear : 1795
St Gwinear : 1899
References
Ecclesia Sancti Wynieri
In the Decanatus de Penwithe.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p470, citing from 1291
Sancti Wynieri
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1309, citing from 1335
Sancti Wineri
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1310, citing from 1335
Sancti Wyneri
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1338, citing from 1342-3
Sancti Wynieri
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1393, citing from 1349
Sancti Wynyeri
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1398, citing from 1349
Wynyer
CRO, AR/2/99, 1469-70
St Wenner
HLS, APV6156, 1516
Seynt Gwynnyer
CRO, PD/5/3, 1559 (*)
Gwynyer
CRO, AR/2/1345, 1604 (*)
Gwynnyar
CRO, ARD/TER/225, 1613 (*)
Gwynierd
Gwynnierd
CRO, ARD/TER/230, c.1630 (*)
Gwynnyer
CRO, AR/4/212, 1641 (*)
Winear
CRO, AP/H/1703/1, 1671 (*)
Gwinnear
CRO, WH/1/5288, 1741 (*)
Gwinear
Martyn, 1748, map
Gwinyar
CRO, P80/1/1, 1768 (*)
Gwinier
RIC, HZ/2/43/3, 1779 (*)
Gwinear
RIC, HC/39/17, 1787 (*)
Gwinier
CRO, P133/16b/2, 1794 (*)
Gwinear
Gwiniear
CRO, P133/16b/2, 1795 (*)
Gwinear
CRO, P80/1/2, 1798 (*)
3882 acres, 373 houses and, in 1811, 1952 inhabitants.
Penaluna, 1819, p97
Symons, 1884
St Gwinear
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1626
Gwinear
Peskett, 1979, p2
Youngs, 1980, p61
Population 1,428. The parish is part of Godrevy Team Ministry with the parishes of St Erth, Hayle St Elwyn and Phillack with Gwithian.
TDD, 2009, p53
Place Names in the Parish of Gwinear
Manors in the Parish of Gwinear
Gallery
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