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An Unknown Watering-Place.
Punchey Cross , Avhich marks the limits of the jurisdiction of the Mayor and Burgesses of Lostwithiel , an old town situated six miles up the beautiful river Fowey , and Avhich had , by prescriptive right , jurisdiction over the whole harbour—a right commuted now into a nioney payment , or tribute , of £ 40 per annum , paid by the Harbour Commissioners to the authorities at Lostwithiel . It is said that Punchey was originally written Pontius , and that Pontius Pilate landed there , though there is probably no reliable tradition of his ever visiting Britain .
Polruan , which is just opposite to Fowey , as Birkenhead is to Liverpool , is a queer , straggling village , Avhich climbs up the side of a hill , parts of the by-streets being literally carved out of the rock . On the summit of the hill , Avhich dominates the little toAvn or village , are the remains of St . Saviour ' s Monastery , and further on an old ¦ Cornish cross over a holy Avell , and the vieAV from thence is very fine . On the top of the cliffs you can see , in fine Aveather , looking eastward , far beyond the Rame Head ,
round which one goes into Plymouth Sound- —to the Bolt Head and Tail , fifty miles off , ancl on this side of Dartmouth ; whilst on the other side you look across westward to Point Neptune , St . Catherine ' s Head , with the old castle , of the time of Henry VHL , still in fair preservation , beneath it , and the Mausoleum at the top , containing the remains of the Hon . Mrs . Rashleigh ( daughter of the 11 th Lord Blantyre ) and her husband , Bro . Rashleigh , a Avell-knoAvn Mason , and a member of an old Cornish family connected Avith FoAvey for centuries past . Beyond this head is the Gribban , on which is an enormous tower or day-mark , erected by the Trinity House some years since , and
Avhich Avould be more useful than it is if it Avere converted into a lighthouse , AA'hich is greatly wanted at FoAvey . Close beneath the Gribban is the pretty beach of Pridmouth , adjacent to Menabilly , the seat of the Rashleighs , Avhere there is a Avonderful little grotto , made by the late Mr . Rashleigh , and containing pieces of the ores of Cornish copper , lead , tin , ancl iron , and all the various crystals of each , together Avith other geological ancl mineralogical specimens of great valuesuch as agatesjasperetc . exhibited on the Avails and roof
, , , , of the grotto in picturesque profusion , and Avell worth seeing . The collection is said to be worth £ 60 , 000 . But far beyond the Gribban does the eye wander right across St . Austell Bay to the range of coast as far as the Dodman , the limit on this side of the port of Fowey , and containing in its boundary AvestAvard the creeks of Par , CharlestoAvn , ancl PenteAvan ( near which the famous Pentewan stone , used for church purposes , is found ) . In fine Aveather , from Polruan Hill , you can see a low line of coast like a
faint cloud on the horizon , which is near to the Lizard , and on the other side of Falmouth . On the summit of the hill above FoAvey ( which lies along the harbour ancl river side , nestling for shelter , as it Avere , from the Avild storms under its shadow ) is the remains of an old toAver , believed to have been a mill , and Avhich is mentioned , Ave have learned , in deeds of the twelfth century .- Some very handsome Board Schools have just been built below here , and a noble grammar school is noiv in course of erection—both from designs by Bro . Sylvanus Trevail , a rising and very successful Cornish architect ; and built by Bro . John Julian ( of Julian and Sons , Truro ) . Who shall say Avho looks at these buildings that Operative Masonry is no longer practised among us ?
The parish church is a very fine structure , built in the reign of EdAvard IV ., on the site of a much older edifice , and recently restored at the cost of £ 4 , 000 , raised through the indefatigable exertions of the A'icar , the Rev . H . N . Turcell , and Bro . tho ReA ' . Dr . Treffry , of Place . The monuments here , to the memory of the Treffrys and Rashleighs , principally Elizabethan , are A-ery fine , and have been restored and painted by Dr . Drake , a descendant of the famous Sir Francis Drake , a well-knoAvn Cornish genealogist , who is thought very highly of at Herald ' s College ( if report speaks true )
, particularly by our distinguished Brother Sir Albert Woods , Garter King at Arms . Dr . Drake , AA'ho is an accomplished scholar and antiquarian , ancl author as well as artist , has added much interest to the church by painting the shields—supported by carved figures of angels , Avhich decorate the old Avaggon-headed roof—Avith the arms of the ancient families connected Avith FoAvey , and has published , amongst other more important works , an interesting little history of St . Fimbarrus Church , containing an
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An Unknown Watering-Place.
Punchey Cross , Avhich marks the limits of the jurisdiction of the Mayor and Burgesses of Lostwithiel , an old town situated six miles up the beautiful river Fowey , and Avhich had , by prescriptive right , jurisdiction over the whole harbour—a right commuted now into a nioney payment , or tribute , of £ 40 per annum , paid by the Harbour Commissioners to the authorities at Lostwithiel . It is said that Punchey was originally written Pontius , and that Pontius Pilate landed there , though there is probably no reliable tradition of his ever visiting Britain .
Polruan , which is just opposite to Fowey , as Birkenhead is to Liverpool , is a queer , straggling village , Avhich climbs up the side of a hill , parts of the by-streets being literally carved out of the rock . On the summit of the hill , Avhich dominates the little toAvn or village , are the remains of St . Saviour ' s Monastery , and further on an old ¦ Cornish cross over a holy Avell , and the vieAV from thence is very fine . On the top of the cliffs you can see , in fine Aveather , looking eastward , far beyond the Rame Head ,
round which one goes into Plymouth Sound- —to the Bolt Head and Tail , fifty miles off , ancl on this side of Dartmouth ; whilst on the other side you look across westward to Point Neptune , St . Catherine ' s Head , with the old castle , of the time of Henry VHL , still in fair preservation , beneath it , and the Mausoleum at the top , containing the remains of the Hon . Mrs . Rashleigh ( daughter of the 11 th Lord Blantyre ) and her husband , Bro . Rashleigh , a Avell-knoAvn Mason , and a member of an old Cornish family connected Avith FoAvey for centuries past . Beyond this head is the Gribban , on which is an enormous tower or day-mark , erected by the Trinity House some years since , and
Avhich Avould be more useful than it is if it Avere converted into a lighthouse , AA'hich is greatly wanted at FoAvey . Close beneath the Gribban is the pretty beach of Pridmouth , adjacent to Menabilly , the seat of the Rashleighs , Avhere there is a Avonderful little grotto , made by the late Mr . Rashleigh , and containing pieces of the ores of Cornish copper , lead , tin , ancl iron , and all the various crystals of each , together Avith other geological ancl mineralogical specimens of great valuesuch as agatesjasperetc . exhibited on the Avails and roof
, , , , of the grotto in picturesque profusion , and Avell worth seeing . The collection is said to be worth £ 60 , 000 . But far beyond the Gribban does the eye wander right across St . Austell Bay to the range of coast as far as the Dodman , the limit on this side of the port of Fowey , and containing in its boundary AvestAvard the creeks of Par , CharlestoAvn , ancl PenteAvan ( near which the famous Pentewan stone , used for church purposes , is found ) . In fine Aveather , from Polruan Hill , you can see a low line of coast like a
faint cloud on the horizon , which is near to the Lizard , and on the other side of Falmouth . On the summit of the hill above FoAvey ( which lies along the harbour ancl river side , nestling for shelter , as it Avere , from the Avild storms under its shadow ) is the remains of an old toAver , believed to have been a mill , and Avhich is mentioned , Ave have learned , in deeds of the twelfth century .- Some very handsome Board Schools have just been built below here , and a noble grammar school is noiv in course of erection—both from designs by Bro . Sylvanus Trevail , a rising and very successful Cornish architect ; and built by Bro . John Julian ( of Julian and Sons , Truro ) . Who shall say Avho looks at these buildings that Operative Masonry is no longer practised among us ?
The parish church is a very fine structure , built in the reign of EdAvard IV ., on the site of a much older edifice , and recently restored at the cost of £ 4 , 000 , raised through the indefatigable exertions of the A'icar , the Rev . H . N . Turcell , and Bro . tho ReA ' . Dr . Treffry , of Place . The monuments here , to the memory of the Treffrys and Rashleighs , principally Elizabethan , are A-ery fine , and have been restored and painted by Dr . Drake , a descendant of the famous Sir Francis Drake , a well-knoAvn Cornish genealogist , who is thought very highly of at Herald ' s College ( if report speaks true )
, particularly by our distinguished Brother Sir Albert Woods , Garter King at Arms . Dr . Drake , AA'ho is an accomplished scholar and antiquarian , ancl author as well as artist , has added much interest to the church by painting the shields—supported by carved figures of angels , Avhich decorate the old Avaggon-headed roof—Avith the arms of the ancient families connected Avith FoAvey , and has published , amongst other more important works , an interesting little history of St . Fimbarrus Church , containing an