Description
Grid reference: SW 475 300
Ecclesiastical parish: Madron. Civil parish: Penzance.
Town and port.
Chronological Sequence
Pensant, 1367; Pensans, 1406, 1517; Pensance, Pensans, 1580; Pensance, 1595; Pen-Sans, 1610; Penzance, 1612, c.1630; Pensance, Penzance, 1640; Pensans, 1654; Penzance, 1659; Penzans, 1669; Penzance, c.1670; Pensance, Penzance, 1676; Burryton, Penzance, 1680; Pensan, 1692; Penzance, 1694, 1705, 1707, 1722, 1727; Pensance, 1743, 1745; Penzance, 1745, 1761; Buriton, 1762; Penzance, 1769, 1778, 1884, 2005, 2011
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Pensant : 1367
Pensans : 1406, 1517, 1580, 1654
Pensance : 1580, 1595, 1640, 1676, 1743, 1745
Pen-Sans : 1610
Penzance : 1612, c.1630, 1640, 1659, c.1670, 1676, 1680, 1694, 1705, 1707, 1722, 1727, 1745, 1761, 1769, 1778, 1884, 2005, 2011
Penzans : 1669
Burryton : 1680
Pensan : 1692
Buriton : 1762
References
Pensant
AncD IV, 1902, p198, A.7672, citing from 1367
Gover, 1948, p646, citing from AncD IV, citing from 13671
Pool, 1985, p63, citing from 13672
Pensans
Town.
CHR V, 1916, p430, citing from 1406
CRO, AD208/1/1, 1517 (*)
Pensance
CRO, X50/5, c.1760, citing from 1580 (*)
Pool, 1959, p179, citing from CRO, X50/5, c.1760, citing from 1580
Pensans
CRO, X50/5, c.1760, citing from 1580 (*)
Pool, 1959, p183, citing from CRO, X50/5, c.1760, citing from 1580
Pensance
CRO, P172/1/1, 1595 (*)
Pen-Sans
A prety market Towne.
Camden, 1610, p188
Penzance
RIC, HC/4/31, 1612 (*)
Part being parcel of the Manor of Godrevy.
RIC, HendCal 30, c.1920s, §292, p314-5, citing from HM/11/2, c.1630 (*)
Pensance
CRO, SA/25, 1640 (*)
Penzance
CRO, SA/26, 1640 (*)
Pensans
Sanson, 1654, map
Penzance
RIC, HB/20/79, 1659 (*)
Penzans
RIC, HendCal 2, c.1920s, §58, p295, citing from HI/10/4, 1669 (*)
Penzance
RIC, HZ/2/33, c.1670 (*)
Pensance
RIC, HendCal 30, c.1920s, §192, p280, citing from HM/4/75, 1676 (*)
Penzance
Village.
RIC, HendCal 30, c.1920s, §194b, p280, citing from HM/4/59, 1676 (*)
Burryton alias Penzance
CRO, P179/2/4/4a, 1680 (*)
Burryton
Pool, 1985, p42, citing from 1680
Penzance
CRO, P179/2/1/1, 1680 (*)
Pensan
Jaillot, 1692, map
Penzance
CRO, CF/1/1382, 1694 (*)
CRO, P179/2/1/4, 1705 (*)
Towne.
CRO, P179/2/1/27, 1707 (*)
CRO, AD152/3/2, 1722 (*)
CRO, CF/1/1381, 1727 (*)
Pensance
Cowley, 1743, map
CRO, P179/2/1/32, 1745 (*)
Penzance
CRO, P179/2/1/31, 1745 (*)
CRO, AR/15/153, 1761 (*)
Buriton
Pool, 1985, p82, citing from 1762
Penzance
Borlase, 1769, p46
CRO, FS/3/652/7, 1778 (*)
CRO, P170/5/11, 1778 (*)
The most westerly town in England, seaport and municipal borough, incorporated in 1614. The ecclesiastical parishes of St Mary, St Paul and St John the baptist, constituting the town of Penzance were formed out of the parish of Madron.
Symons, 1884
OS, 1:25000, 2005
OS, 1:25000, 2011