Description
Grid reference: SW 371 314
Ecclesiastical parish: St Just in Penwith. Civil parish: St Just.
Churchtown. The town is the most westerly on the island of Great Britain.
Chronological Sequence
Churchtowne, 1588, 1589, 1596; St Euste, S-Euste, c.1600; Lafrowda, 1768; St Just, Church Town, Lafrowda, 1778; Lafrowda, 1780, 1790, 1810; Churchtown, 1819; Lafrowda, 1825; Lafrowda, Church Town, 1845; St Just, 1883; Lafrowda, 1884; St Just, 2005
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Churchtowne: 1588, 1589, 1596
St/S Euste: c.1600
Lafrowda: 1768, 1778, 1780, 1790, 1810, 1825, 1845, 1884
St Just: 1778, 1883, 2005
Church Town: 1778, 1845
Churchtown: 1819
References
Churchtowne
Taylor, 1917-8, p242, citing from 1588 and 1589
Taylor, 1917-8, p281, citing from 1596
St Euste
S-Euste
Norden, c.1600, maps
Lafrowda, Nancherrow & Chuywoon
CRO, AD766/2, 1768
St Just
CRO, FS3/652/2, 1778 (*)
Church Town Lands
CRO, FS3/652/3, 1778 (*)
Lafrowda Tene(men)t
CRO, FS3/652/9, 1778 (*)
Lafrowda
Lafrowda & Nancherrow
CRO, AD766/2, 1780
CRO, AD749/6, 1790
Lafrowda
CRO, AD749/6, 1810
Churchtown
CRO, P95/1/27, 1819
Lafrowda & Nancherrow
CRO, AD749/6, 1825)
Lafrowda
Church Town
Chyoone and Church Town
Church Town Lands
Tenements.
CRO, TA/95, 1845
St Just
OS, 6”, LXXIII NW, 1883
Lafrowda Terrace
Street name.
OS, 6”, LXXIII NW, 1883
Lafrowda
14 tenements and common. There are besides 306 houses on this estate, in the church village.
Symons, 1884
St Just
OS, 1:25000, 2005
Lafrowda Common
At SW 383 309.
OS, 1:25000, 2005
Lafrowda Terrace
Lafrowda Close
Street names.
PSAC, 2006
Satellite View
Gallery
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