Penwith (hundred)
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The Penwith Hundred was the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom - see "Hundreds of Cornwall". The ancient hundred of Penwith was in fact bigger in size than the current local government district of Penwith which takes its name. The main settlements within the area were Penzance, St Ives, Hayle, St Just in Penwith, Camborne and Marazion. The institutions of the Penwith hundred were originally centred in the parish of Gwithian and were moved to Penzance in 1771 (or earlier)[1] following large successive inundations of in blown sand. There are records of a number of institutions attached to the Penwith Hundred including a Hundred Gaol (maintained for civil debtors), a Hundred Pound for stray animals and a Hundred Court.
The parishes of the Penwith hundred were as follows:-
Camborne, Crowan, St Buryan, Gulval (or Lanisly), Gwinear, Gwithian, Illogan, Lelant (or Uny Lelant), Ludgvan, Madron, Morvah, Paul, Perranuthnoe, Phillack, Redruth, St Erth, St Hilary, St Ives, St Just-in-Penwith, St Levan, Sancreed, Sennen, Towednack, Zennor.
[edit] References
- ^ PAS Pool - The History of The Borough and Town of Penzance
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