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Pelynt ( kw, Pluwnennys, Pluwnonna) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 20 miles (32 km) west of
Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth ...
and four miles (6.5 km) west-northwest of Looe. Pelynt had a population of around 1,124 at the 2001 census which increased to 1,296 at the 2011 census. In addition, an electoral ward with the same name exists but extends towards
Widegates Widegates is a village in south-east Cornwall, England, UK, about 4 miles north of Looe. It is on the A387 road about two miles west of Hessenford.Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet 186''. 1961. The ce ...
avoiding Looe at all times. The population in 2011 for this ward was 4,453.


History

The name Pelynt derives from the Cornish ''pluw'' (parish) and the name of
Saint Non Non (also Nonna or Nonnita) was, according to Christian tradition, the mother of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales. Legend The ''Life of St David'' was written around 1095 by Rhigyfarch, and is our main source of knowledge for the lives ...
, the mother of St David. The manor of Pelynt is mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) when it was valued much higher than Looe; it was held by Algar from
Robert, Count of Mortain Robert, Count of Mortain, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (–) was a Norman nobleman and the half-brother (on their mother's side) of King William the Conqueror. He was one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastin ...
. There was half a hide of land and land for 8 ploughs. There were three and a half ploughs, 6 serfs, 4 villeins, 12 smallholders, 30 acres of woodland, 40 acres of pasture, 2 cattle, 14 pigs and 37 sheep. The value of the manor was £1 sterling though it had formerly been worth £2-10s. The parish church is dedicated to St Nonna and built in the Perpendicular style. In about 1680, one of the arcades was remodelled in Tuscan Doric style. The tower is of the 14th century, earlier than the rest of the church. There are a number of interesting memorials including that of Bishop Jonathan Trelawny, whose
pastoral staff A crosier or crozier (also known as a paterissa, pastoral staff, or bishop's staff) is a stylized staff that is a symbol of the governing office of a bishop or abbot and is carried by high-ranking prelates of Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholi ...
is preserved in the church. Other notable members of the locally resident Trelawny family are also commemorated. In 1882 the south wall, Trelawny aisle, porch and vestry were restored for £1350 and the church was reopened on 12 October 1882. The village has a school, founded in 1882, and a 16th-century inn, ''The Jubilee''.Pevsner, Nikolaus (1970) ''The Buildings of England: Cornwall''; pp. 133-134; 2nd edition revised by Enid Radcliffe; Harmondsworth: Penguin The first mention of a post office in Pelynt was in May 1852, when a type of postmark known as an undated circle was issued. Details of some of the people who have run the post office, including William Churchill (1856), Harriet Andrews (1910) and Samuel Harvey (from 1929) appeared in a book published in 1988.


Prehistory

There is an ancient
barrow Barrow may refer to: Places England * Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria ** Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, local authority encompassing the wider area ** Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency) * Barrow, Cheshire * Barrow, Gloucestershire * Barro ...
cemetery nearby: ten barrows still exist and others have been destroyed. The
Rillaton Cup Rillaton Barrow ( kw, Krug Reslegh) is a Bronze Age round barrow in Cornwall, UK. The site is on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor in the parish of Linkinhorne about four miles (6 km) north of Liskeard. Rillaton Barrow was excavated in 18 ...
and the Pelynt Dagger are two artefacts that have been found in Cornwall that have been claimed to show contact with the Mycenaean world. However, a 2006 study of gold cups by Stuart Needham and others sees no reason to look so far afield for parallels and locates the cup in a group with other "unstable" cups (round-bottomed and unable to stand up) in precious materials found in north-western Europe. They propose a date around 1700 BC for the Rillaton Cup, though it may have been buried a long time after it was made.Needham et al., 60-63 In contrast, the Pelynt Dagger might actually be Mycenaean but have made its way slowly across Europe over a considerable period.


Historic estates

The parish contains historic estates including: *
Trelawne Trelawne ( kw, Trevelowen, meaning ''elm-tree homestead'') is an historic manor in the parish of Pelynt in Cornwall, England, situated west of Plymouth, Devon and west-northwest of Looe, Cornwall. It was long the seat of the Trelawny family, la ...
long the seat of the Trelawny family, later
Trelawny baronets The Trelawny, later Salusbury-Trelawny Baronetcy, of Trelawny in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 1 July 1628 for John Trelawny of Trelawny in the parish of Pelynt in Cornwall. The family deri ...
, one of the most eminent of Cornish gentry families.


Notable residents

*
Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet (24 March 1650 – 19 July 1721) was an English Bishop of Bristol, Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Winchester. Trelawny is best known for his role in the events leading up to the Glorious Revolution which are s ...
of
Trelawny Trelawny or Trelawney may refer to: Places * Trelawny (electoral division), an electoral division of Cornwall * Trelawny, Black Hill, Ballarat, a heritage house in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia * Trelawny, Jamaica, a parish of Cornwall County, Jam ...
, Bishop of Bristol, Exeter and Winchester * Eliza Fenwick, writer, was born in Pelynt * Seven sons of the Rev. Canon William Shuckforth Grigson M.A. and Mary Beatrice Boldero were born in the vicarage; five died in the two world wars. They included: ** Geoffrey Grigson, poet and author of ''Freedom of the Parish''. London: Phoenix House (1954) ** John Grigson, aviator, d. 1943 in an air crash **
Wilfrid Grigson Sir Wilfrid Vernon Grigson CSI (1896 – 26 November 1948) was a British soldier and civil servant. Biography Wilfrid Grigson was born in 1896 in the Vicarage at Pelynt in Cornwall to Canon William Shuckforth Grigson and Mary Beatrice Boldero, a ...
, soldier and civil servant, d. 1948


References

* Needham, Stuart; Parfitt, Keith; Varndell, Gillian (Eds
''The Ringlemere Cup: Precious Cups and the Beginning of the Channel Bronze Age''
2006, British Museum Research Publication 163,


External links


Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Pelynt
{{authority control Villages in Cornwall Civil parishes in Cornwall