A Falmouth GuideLake, 1815 |
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ancient annually appointed Arwenack Arwenack-street Budock building built called Carrick Roads chapel church Church-street Coach coast corn Cornish Cornwall creek custom-house Ditto Duke Duke of Kent employed between Falmouth English Dictionary Enys erected established Exeter Falmouth Branch Fish-strand Flushing forms French governor Grammar Exercises Green-Bank hill Hitchins Indies inhabitants Italian James James Bull John Killigrew Joseph Killigrew-street King Lady land late Latin Leeward Islands Lisbon London Lord Wodehouse Lysons's Cornwall Market-strand Market-street Mawes Castles mayor ment miles morning mouth Mylor Otto of Rose Packet-office packets were employed parish of Budock passengers Pendennis Castle Penny Come Quick Penryn Penzance persons pilchards Plymouth Portuguese Quay R. H. Hitchins sail Secretary ships Sir John Killigrew Sir Peter Killigrew situated Smithike Spanish Sundays Surinam Surveyor TAVERN tion town of Falmouth Treasurer Truro vessels Wednesday West William WYNN'S ROYAL HOTEL
Populaire passages
Pagina 6 - Killigrew's project for building a town and custom-house at Smithike, as being near the mouth of the Fal harbour, for the quick and necessary supply of such ships, whose occasions, or contrary winds, brought them in there, without being obliged to go...
Pagina 55 - Support of sick, maimed, and disabled Seamen, and the Widows and Children of such as shall be killed, slain, or drowned in the Merchant Service ; and for other Purposes.
Pagina 7 - ... erecting a town at Smith-ike by Mr. Killigrew, could in no sense be prejudicial to the coinage and incorporate towns aforesaid, they standing at such considerable distances from it ; but especially for that every man might lawfully do what he would for the utility and advantage of his own proper goods or lands, without the licence or approbation even of the King, or any contiguous neighbour, who had no public or private nuisance thereby done him : how much more reasonable was it therefore, when...
Pagina 12 - England concerning succession to an inheritance inasmuch as the inheritance is partible among the heirs male, and from time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary...
Pagina 2 - ... of the Cornish PEN-COOMB-ICK, " the village in the hollow of the hill" — but accounted for by Whitaker in a more humorous if less satisfactory manner : — " A certain person building a little house [which is still shewn near the New Quay, opposite to Flushing], a female servant of Mr Pendarvis came and dwelt in it, upon which that gentleman bid her brew a little ale, and on such a day he promised to come with some gentlemen, and help her to some money by drinking it up.
Pagina 87 - Nov. 1717, this fortress was considerably injured by a thunder storm. The lightning in its passage struck through the walls of the building, which are eight or nine feet thick ; removing enormous stones of five or six hundred weight. This shock so damaged the works, that for some time they were indefensible. This is the only accident of any consequence, arising from natural causes, that it is known to have suffered since its first erection.
Pagina 6 - ... interest, presented a petition to James I. against the intentions of Killigrew to erect his new town so near the mouth of the harbour. In this petition they gravely set forth, " That the erecting of a town at Smithike would tend to the ruin and impoverishing of the ancient coinage and market towns aforesaid, not far distant from thence ; and therefore humbly prayed the king's majesty, that the buildings and undertakings of Mr. Killigrew might be inhibited for the future.
Pagina 35 - England, and superior to any in its advantages as a rendezvous for outward and homeward bound fleets. In many instances, vessels have made their voyage from this harbour, while those from Plymouth and Portsmouth have been forced back by contrary winds, before they could reach the mouth of the channel : outward-bound ships from Liverpool, Bristol, Greenock, &c...
Pagina 3 - Pendarvis's servant, drank out the ale. Mr. Pendarvis came with his friends at the day appointed, and calling for some drink, his servant told him she had none. Her master expostulating with her, she told him what had passed, and said, " Truly, master, the penny come so quick, I cculd not deny them.
Pagina 6 - Which gentleman, as soon as he received this, letter, made answer, that he well approved of Mr. Killigrew's project for building a town and custom-house at Smith-ike, as being near the mouth of the harbour of Falmouth; and briefly, amongst many others, for these reasons especially : J.