Penzance (Madron)

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


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