Treverbyn

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Houses at Ruddlemoor

Treverbyn is a civil parish and village in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, lying north of St Austell.

The parish includes the villages of Treverbyn, Carclaze, Stenalees, Penwithick, Bugle (the largest of these), Rescorla, Kerrow Moor, Carthew, Ruddlemoor, Bowling Green, Resugga Green, Scredda and parts of Trethurgy. The parish population at the 2011 census including Carluddon, Greensplatt, Knightor, Lavrean and Lower Menadue was 8,016.[1] There is a railway station at Bugle.

Geography

Hensbarrow Beacon near Stenalees is the highest point of the St Austell Downs.

Treverbyn village is on the eastern outskirts of Stenalees and has the parish church, St Peter's.[2] Another hamlet called Treverbyn lies to the east of Penwithick.[3]

History

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A converted Methodist chapel at Carthew

The Manor of Treverbyn was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) when it was one of 28 manors held by Richard from Robert, Count of Mortain. There was one virgate of land and land for 3 ploughs. There were one and a half ploughs, 2 serfs, 2 villeins, 4 smallholders, 2 acres of woodland and 20 acres of pasture. The value of the manor was only 5 shillings, although it had formerly been worth 10 shillings.[4] The manor of Tewington was one of the seventeen Antiqua maneria of the Duchy of Cornwall.

The parish was formed from the northern part of St Austell parish in 1846.[5][6]

The church of St Peter the Apostle was built in 1848–1850 to designs of G. E. Street. Its Historic England listing states that the building "expresses the simplicity of design characteristic of the early Ecclesiological movement".[7]

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Arms of the Martyn family, Lord of the Manor: Argent two bars gules

Mining

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The entrance to the Gunheath china clay pit

The area was once the site of tin and copper mines but during the 19th century extensive china clay works were established, including one of the largest at Carclaze.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The Wheal Martyn Museum is at Ruddlemoor. Part of the area forms the Wheal Martyn SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), noted for its examples of granite.[8] Also within the parish is Carn Grey Rock and Quarry SSSI, again noted for its geology.[9]

Eco-town

In 2009, the clay company Imerys announced Baal Pit and West Carclaze would be the locations for up to 2,000 new eco-homes. The project was estimated to cost £9 million.[10] The Baal pit was used in the 1971 Doctor Who episode Colony in Space featuring Jon Pertwee. The quarry was used to depict the surface of planet Uxarieus.[11]

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling tournaments were held in a field behind the Carthew Inn in Carthew in the 1800s and 1900s.[12][13]

References

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  4. Thorn, C. et al., ed. (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 5,3,15
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  6. Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 209
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  11. Doctor Who - The Locations Guide
  12. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 18 July 1871.
  13. Western Morning News, 28 June 1937.

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