Description
Ecclesiastical parish. Hundred of Penwith.
Grid reference: SW 45 38
Chronological Sequence
Sancti Sinari, 1234; Sancta Senara, 1270; Sancte Senare, 1291, 1315, 1329; Senar, 1469-70; Zennor, 1679; Zenar, 1720; Zennor, 1748, 1761; Sennor, Zenor, 1769; Zennor, 1773; Zenor, 1800; Zennor, 1821, 1878, 1884, 1899
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Sancti Sinari : 1234
Sancta Senara : 1270
Sancte Senare : 1291, 1315, 1329
Senar : 1469-70
Zennor : 1679, 1748, 1761, 1773, 1821, 1878, 1884, 1899
Zenar : 1720
Sennor : 1769
Zenor : 1769, 1800
References
ecclesiam Sancti Sinari
Henderson, 1960, p485, citing from 1234
Sancta Senara
Appropriated1 to the Ecclesie Beati Thome Martiris de Glasneya.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p95, citing from 1270
Ecclesia Sancte Senare
In the Decanatus de Penwithe.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p470, citing from 1291
Sancte Senare
Henderson, 1960, p485, citing from 1315
Vicaria Sancte Senare
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1271, citing from 1329
Senar
CRO, AR/2/99, 1469-70
Zennor
CRO, GB/15/2, 1679 (*)
Zenar
RIC, HZ/2/1, 1720 (*)
Zennor
Martyn, 1748, map
CRO, AR/15/152-153, 1761 (*)
Sennor
Borlase, 1769, p136
Zenor
Population in 1769, 410 men, women and children, 85 families.
CRO, X110/23, 1769 (*)
Zennor
CRO, X110/23, 1773 (*)
Zenor
Population in 1800, 285 males, 259 females, in all 544, 117 families and houses.
CRO, X110/23, 1800 (*)
Zennor
Population in 1821 is 715.
CRO, P255/16b/1, 1821 (*)
4359·951 acres, namely 4328·251 acres of land, 30·609 acres of road and 1·091 acres of water, there is also 78·555 acres of foreshore adjoining the parish.
CRO, CH/30/2/37, 1878 (*)
4229 acres.
Symons, 1884
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1627
Place Names in the Parish of Zennor
Manors in the Parish of Zennor
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