Gwithian (Parish)
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Description

Grid reference: SW 58 41

Ecclesiastical parish; originally a chapelry in Phillack. Archdeaconry of Cornwall. Deanery of Penwith. The parish was united with Phillack to form the parish of Phillack with Gwithian.

Hundred of Penwith. Gwinear-Gwithian civil parish.


Chronological Sequence

Gwythyen, 1566; Gwithyan, c.1600; Gwythian, c.1600s, 1604, 1636, Gwithian, 1672, 1703, 1736; Gwythian, 1748, 1769; Gwithian, 1819, 1884, 1979, 1980


Forms by Earliest Occurrence

Gwythyen : 1566
Gwithyan : c.1600
Gwythian : c.1600s, 1604, 1636, 1748, 1769
Gwithian : 1672, 1703, 1736, 1819, 1884, 1979, 1980


References

Gwythyen

RIC, HendCal 5, c.1920s, §4, citing from HB/19/24, 1566 (*)

Gwithyan

RIC, HB/5/115a, c.1600 (*)

Gwythian

CRO, ARD/TER/15, c.1600s (*)

CRO, AR/2/1345, 1604 (*)

RIC, HendCal 5, c.1920s, §160, citing from HB/19/34, 1636 (*)

Gwithian

CRO, AR/4/278, 1675 (*)

CRO, AR/4/299, 1703 (*)

CRO, AR/4/301, 1736 (*)

Gwythian

Martyn, 1748, map

Borlase, 1769, opp p208

Gwithian

2249 acres, 72 houses and, in 1811, 372 inhabitants.
Penaluna, 1819, p99

Symons, 1884

Peskett, 1979, p2

Youngs, 1980, p61


Place Names in the Parish of Gwithian


Manors in the Parish of Gwithian


Tithings in the Parish of Gwithian


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