Morvah, Cornwall
Historical Description
Morvah, a parish, with a small village, in Cornwall, on the coast, 6 miles NW by W of Penzance station on the G.W.R. Post town, St Just (R.S.O.) Acreage, 1271; population, 172. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in dairy farming. Porthmear Cove and Portherras Cove are on the coast, and large blocks of granite are at Cam Galva. There is a prehistoric fort, called Castle Chun, and also remains of cave dwellings and many prehistoric remains in the neighbourhood. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Madron, in the diocese of Truro; gross value, £687 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1828, and has a tower with three hells. There is a Wesleyan chapeL
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cornwall | |
Hundred | Penwith | |
Poor Law union | Penzance |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register of baptisms dates from the year 1653; marriages, 1617; burials, 1655.
Churches
Church of England
St. Morvah (parish church)
The church of St. Morvah is a building of granite, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of two bays, south porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 3 bells: the stained east window was presented by the Rev. Michael Nowell Peters M.A., a former vicar: there are several monuments: the church has 120 sittings.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Morvah from the following:
Maps
Online maps of Morvah 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.