Gwennap

"GWENNAP, a parish in the E. division of the hundred of Kerrier, county Cornwall, 8 miles E. of Truro, and 3 S.E. of Redruth. This is an extensive and wealthy parish, situated in the centre of a rich mineral district. There are about 20 tin and copper mines, including the famous Consolidated, Poldice, and Tresavean mines, which together yield above £300,000 of ore annually, leaving a profit of about £60,000 per annum, after payment of working expenses, to the shareholders. Some of these mines are worked more than 200 fathoms under the sea, and the district is intersected by short lines of railway communication with the ports of Portreath on the N. coast, and Devran on the S. coast of Cornwall. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £255, and the vicarial for £420. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter, value £482, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is an ancient Norman structure with a detached tower, containing tombs of the Beauchamps of Trewince. It is dedicated to St. Wenap, and has recently been enlarged. There are a district church at St. Day, and a chapel-of-ease at Lanner. The Baptists, Wesleyans, and Bryanites have chapels in various parts of the parish, and there are extensive National schools. Near Gwennap Pit is a small eminence, where Wesley used to preach to multitudes on Whit-Monday. A little to the S.W. of this spot is Karn Marth, with a British barrow on its summit, from which two British urns were taken in 1789, when the barrow was first opened. Opposite to this hill is a mountain called Trebowling, strongly fortified with a ditch and rampart nearly 20 feet high, supposed to be a British or Roman camp."

"ST. DYE, (or St. Dye), a chapelry in the parish of Gwennap, hundred of Kerrier, in the county of Cornwall, 2 miles E. of Redruth, and 7 W. of Truro. It is joined to Gwennap, and is a large mining village, neatly built. It is supplied with water brought from the distance of three quarters of a mile by iron pipes. The living is a curacy* in the diocese of Exeter, value £150, in the patronage of the Vicar of Gwennap. The chapel is a neat edifice, with tower and spire. It was erected in 1828 by a grant from the Parliamentary Commissioners. There was formerly a chapel, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, which has been demolished. The Wesleyans, Baptists, and Bryanites have chapels. A fair is held on Tuesday after the 29th July, and a large market for provisions on Saturday.