ST. JOHN'S is a parish, on a creek of the Hamoaze, 3 miles west from Torpoint and 7 south-east from St. Germans, in the South Eastern division of the county, south division of the hundred of East, petty sessional division of East South, union of St. Germans, Stonehouse county court district, rural deanery of East, archdeaconry of Bodmin and diocese of Truro. The church of St. John the Evangelist is an ancient building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower with two stages, erected in the 15th century, with a pyramidal slated roof, and containing 8 bells : the monuments are of modern date: the east window is a memorial to the Rev. James Campbell Crowley, late rector, who died in 1863, and was presented by his widow ; there is another in the nave, given by Margaret, widow of John Hext Boger esq. ; the church was restored in 1868, under the direction of Mr. White, architect, of London, and has zoo sittings. The register dates from the year 1616. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £116, gross yearly value £200, with residence, in the gift of Col. Reginald Pole-Carew C.B. and held since 1874 by the Rev. John Henry Kirwan M.A. late fellow of King's College, Cambridge, who resides at Antony. Here is la Wesleyan Methodist chapel, In the cliff overlooking Whitesand bay is an excavation called " Sharrow Grotto," formed in 1874 by Mr. Joseph Lugger R.N. ; it is about 15 by 8 feet in area, with stone benches on either side, and the roof and sides are inscribed with verses. Charities amounting to £5 4s. yearly are distributed in bread. The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe PC., D.C.L., L.L. who is lord of the manor, and Walter Deeble Boger esq. M.A., D.L., J.P. of Wolsdon, Antony, are the principal landowners. The soil is clay and slate ; subsoil, clay and slate. The chief crops are cereals, potatoes and turnips. The area is 663 acres of land and 101 of fore-shore; rateable value, £866; the population in 1891 was 194.
POST OFFICE.-Richard Galpin, sub-postmaster. Letters are received from Devonport, arrive at 8.25 a.m. & 4 p.m.; dispatched 8.40 a.m. & 5.20 p.m. ; no delivery on Sundays. Antony is the nearest money order & telegraph office. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid
National School (mixed), average attendance, 24 ; Miss Mary Ann Menhenitt, mistress
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COMMERCIAL Aire Bernard Anstis, farmer Collins Edwin, stone mason Dawe Joseph, beer retailer Galpin Richard, shopkeeper, Post office Hancock Edward, farmer Hancock George, farmer |
Hancock Richard W. registrar of births & deaths & vaccination officer for No. x Antony sub- dist Sr relieving officer for the South dist. St.Germans union |
Hawken & Dawe, machinists Hawken Harry, assistant overseer Parson Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer Pearn John, farmer Roseveare Richard, farmer |