Perranarworthal, Cornwall
Historical Description
Perranarworthal or St Piran Arworthal, a village and a parish in Cornwall. The village stands in a deep dell, at the head of Restronguet Creek, and at the mouth of the Kennal rivulet, near Penanwell station on the G.W.R., and 3½ miles N by W of Penryn. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Perranwell station (R.S.O.) The parish contains also the village of Perranwell, and comprises 1774 acres; population of the civil parish, 992; of the ecclesiastical, 2760. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belonged formerly to the Mohuns and the Pendarveses, and belongs now to Viscount Falmouth. The dell around the village is densely wooded, and presents a delightful contrast to the rough adjacent hills. The minerals include lead, tin, and arsenic, and there is an mineral spring. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Stithians, in the diocese of Truro; net value, £260 with residence. The church is dedicated to St Piran,. The patron of tinners; and a spring, called St Piran's Well, is in the vicinity; the church was thoroughly restored in 1885. There are Wesleyan and Bible Christian chapels, and a mechanics' institution.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cornwall | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Perran-Arworthal St. Peran | |
Hundred | Kerrier | |
Poor Law union | Falmouth |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Perranarworthal from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Perran-Arworthal (St. Peran))
Maps
Online maps of Perranarworthal are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cornwall papers online:
- Royal Cornwall Gazette
- Cornishman
- West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser
- Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser
Visitations Heraldic
We have a copy of The Visitations of Cornwall, by Lieut.-Col. J.L. Vivian online.