| Snippets of village history
(not in any particular order) |
| Berry Comb, in Jacobstow, was once the
residence of Thomasine Bonaventure, and it was given at her
death to the poor of St. Mary Week. |
| Sir Nicholas Slanning (1606-1643) and his
men had a brief sojourn at Saltash before rejoining the rest in
a rendezvous with Grenvilles foot. They brushed aside a small
force at Week St. Mary on May 13th and at 5.00a.m. on the 16th
attacked the forces on Stratton (now Stamford) Hill, Stratton.
This produced their most spectacular victory when, after ten
hours of fighting uphill against twice their number of much
better equipped enemy with a dug-in battery, they gained the
position, killing 300 and capturing 1,700 with fourteen guns,
£300 and plentiful provisions, at a cost of 80 men. Slanning and
Trevanion commanded the westernmost of the four columns. |
| There was formerly a chapel at Goscote,
dedicated to St. Lawrence. The chapel of St. Laurence at Goscote
was licensed in 1380. |
| At Ashbury is an earthwork in the form of
a parallelogram of about four acres. |
| At Swannacott is a smaller oval
entrenchment 150 feet by 130 feet. Swannacott was a manor. |
| February 17th 1956; Mr Trengrove was
granted a full liquor licence for The Green Inn, Week St. Mary. |
| Poor Man's Piece, an area of 2R 27P (2
Rods 27 Perches or Poles), still managed by a body of Trustees,
is to be let for the use of good husbandry and grazing only. The
tenant is responsible for the upkeep of the hedges and ground. |
| Red Lion House, Lower Square, was formerly
an Inn, as was New House. |
| Lower Square was once the site of the
ancient Market House, but there is currently no evidence of its
previous existence. |
| Week St. Mary is recorded in the Domesday
Book as the small settlement of 'Wich' and this manor was
granted to Richard Fitz Turold, steward of the Earl of Cornwall,
Robert of Mortain, a half brother of William I. |
| Burdenwell Manor dates back to the 16th
century and was once owned by the Granville family. |
In the 18th Century John Wesley
was welcomed into the parish by the Rector, on several
occasions between 1745 and 1762, where he preached to
large congregations.
For more information on John Wesley, his life, beliefs
and the Methodist movement, please click
here. |
John Wesley |
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Penhallam - See
grass-covered ruins of a medieval manor house,
surrounded by a protective moat in a delightful woodland
setting. One particular example of the form such
building might take, during the 13th century, is the
manor house at Jacobstow, formerly the manor of
Penhallam and held by the Cardinhams and the
Champernownes, two of Cornwall's richest families. The
manor was abandoned by the middle of the 14th century
and has been preserved at foundation level ever since. |
An artists impression of Penhallam
manor |
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