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Lesnewth Hundred
Lesnewth Hundred is one of the former hundreds of Cornwall, Triggshire, Trigg was to the south-west and Stratton Hundred to the north-east. Tintagel, Camelford, Boscastle, and Altarnun were in the Hundred of Lesnewth as well as Lesnewth which is now a hamlet but in pre-Norman times was the seat of a Celtic chieftain who was said to rule the whole of Trigg.John MacLean (historian), Maclean, John (1872–79) ''The Parochial History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor''. London: Nichols & Co. The division into hundreds is thought to date from the reign of King Athelstan of England, Athelstan and at the time of the Domesday Survey the internal order of manors in the Liber Exoniensis, Exeter Domesday Book for Cornwall is in most cases based on the hundreds to which they belonged (though the hundred names are not used). In the Geld Inquest of 1083 only seven hundreds are found, identified by the names of the chief manors: Gwithian, Connerton, The Lizard#Manor of Winnianton, Winnianton, St Bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesnewth Lysnowydh
__NOTOC__ Lesnewth ( kw, Lysnowyth) is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about six miles east of Tintagel Head and two miles east of Boscastle. The parish is bounded on the north by St Juliot (where the 2011 census population is included.), on the east by St Juliot and Davidstow, on the south by Davidstow, and on the west by Minster, Cornwall. It is a small sparsely populated parish set in farmland with only a few houses, farms and a church. Lesnewth manor is mentioned in the Domesday Book, Domesday Survey of 1086, as Lisniwen. Lesnewth was also the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall: see Lesnewth (hundred). Lesnewth lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Notable buildings The oldest buildings of Lesnewth include the Church, the Rectory, the Mill and Penpol, the latter of which is believed to be the original farmhouse to the surrounding north facing valley side. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
