Penwith (Hundred)

Description

Hundred, divided into two parts, East and West.

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Chronological Sequence

Penwith, 1300; Penwyth, 1371; Pennyworth, 1536; Penwyth, 1543; Penwith, c.1600s, 1699, 1761, 1769

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Forms by Earliest Occurrence

Penwith : 1300, c.1600s, 1699, 1761, 1769
Penwyth : 1371, 1543
Pennyworth : 1536

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References

Penwith

One third of the hundred held by Edmund, Earl of Cornwall
CIPM III, 1912, §604, p457, citing from 1300

Penwyth

CRO, AR/20/2, 1371 (*)

Pennyworth

HLS, APV6202, 1536

Penwyth

CRO, AD1822/1, 1543 (*)

Penwith

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

Gascoyne, 1699

CRO, AR/15/152-153, 1761 (*)

Borlase, 1769, p45

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Parishes in the Hundred of Penwith

East Division

• Camborne

• Crowan (part)

• St Erth

• Gwennap (part)

• Gwinear

• Gwithian

• St Hilary

• Illogan (part)

• Perranuthnoe

• Phillack

• Redruth

West Division

• St Buryan

• Gulval

• St Ives

• St Just in Penwith

• Lelant

• St Levan

• Ludgvan

• Madron

• Morvah

• Paul

• Sancreed

• Isles of Scilly

• Sennen

• Towednack

• Zennor

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Gallery

Images hosted by flickr.

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External Links

• A Vision of Britain - Penwith Hundred