Description
Ecclesiastical parish. Hundred of Black Torrington and although the parish lies west of the River Tamar it was originally in Devon. Transferred to Cornwall in 1966.1
Grid reference: SX 28 89
Chronological Sequence
North Piderwine, 1259; Northpydrewyn, 1291; Northpiderwyn, 1341; Piderwyne, 1349; Northepyderwyn, c.1494; Northpyderwin, 1503; North Petherwyn, 1524-7; North Pederwyn, 1545; Petherwyn, 1569; North Petherwin, 1580; Northpederwyn, 1581; Northpetherwin, 1588; Northpethrewine, 1601; North Pitherwin, 1642; North Petherwyn, 1653; Northpetherwin, 1804; North Petherwin, 1838; Northpetherwin, North Petherwyn, 1844; North Petherwyn, 1899
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
North Piderwine : 1259
Northpydrewyn : 1291
Northpiderwyn : 1341
Piderwyne : 1349
Northepyderwyn : c.1494
Northpyderwin : 1503
North Petherwyn : 1524-7, 1653, 1844, 1899
North Pederwyn : 1545
Petherwyn : 1569
North Petherwin : 1580, 1838
Northpederwyn : 1581
Northpetherwin : 1588, 1804, 1844
Northpethrewine : 1601
North Pitherwin : 1642
References
Ecclesiam de North Piderwine
Church dedicated, 22nd October 1259, by Bishop Bronescombe.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p66, citing from 1259
Ecclesia de Northpydrewyn
In the Decanatus de Major Trigeschire.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p472, citing from 1291
Northpiderwyn
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1333, citing from 1341
Piderwyne
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1399, citing from 1349
Northepyderwyn
CRO, P167/5/1, c.1494 (*)
Northpyderwin
CRO, P167/5/1, 1503 (*)
North Petherwyn
Stoate, 1979b, p139, citing from 1524-7
North Pederwyn
Stoate, 1986, p109, citing from 1545
Petherwyn
Howard & Stoate, 1977, p101, citing from 1569
North Petherwin
CRO, P167/5/1, 1580 (*)
Northpederwyn
Stoate, 1988, p42, citing from 1581
Northpetherwin
CRO, P167/5/1, 1588 (*)
Northpethrewine
Given in the inventory of Johan Tallande, deceased.
CRO, AP/T/1, 1601 (*)
North Pitherwin
Stoate, 1988, p111, citing from 1642
North petherwyn
CRO, P167/1/1, 1653 (*)
Northpetherwin
CRO, P167/3/17, 1804 (*)
North Petherwin
Parish in Devon but lying west of the Tamar, hundred of Black Torrington, contains 149 houses and 955 inhabitants. The church, dedicated to St Paternus, is a vicarage in the patronage of the Duke of Bedford.
Moule, 1838, p310
Northpetherwin
North Petherwyn
CRO, P167/2/16, 1844 (*)
North Petherwyn
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1624