Cury
Coordinates: 50°02′48″N 5°14′38″W / 50.0467°N 5.244°W
| Cury | |
| Cornish: Egloskuri | |
 Cury
Cury shown within Cornwall |
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| Population | 388 (Civil Parish, 2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SW678213 |
| Civil parish | Cury |
| Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HELSTON |
| Postcode district | TR12 |
| Dialling code | 01326 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | St Ives |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
Cury (Cornish: Egloskuri) is a civil parish and village in southwest Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately four miles (6 km) south of Helston[1] on The Lizard peninsula. The parish is named for St Corentin and is recorded in the Domesday Book as Chori[2].
Cury is a rural parish with a population of 388 at the 2001 census[2]. It is bounded to the north by Mawgan-in-Meneage parish, to the west by Gunwalloe parish, and to the south by Mullion parish. Settlements include the church town, Cury; Cross Lanes; White Cross; and Nantithet.
The parish church is dedicated to St Corentin. The building is cruciform and of the Norman period, but a north aisle was added in the 15th century. It was probably originally a manorial church of Winnianton but became a chapelry of Breage in the 13th century.[3][4]
[edit] Bochym
Stephen and Richard Davey were "adventurers" in the development of Cornish mines, during the boom period. They acquired an ancient manor house and estate at Bochym in Cury[5][6]. Richard Davey's nephew, Joshua Sydney Davey (1842–1909), son of Stephen inherited his estate at Bochym.[7][8]
Bochym Manor is residence to two ghosts, the short pink lady, and an unnamed ghost who stands at one of the bedroom windows.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
- ^ a b GENUKI website: Cury. Retrieved May 2010
- ^ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 83 (Earl Richard of Cornwall bestowed it in 1246)
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd edition Penguin Books; pp. 61-62
- ^ Bernard Deacon The Reformulation of Territorial Identity: Cornwall in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries", Chapter 5 "Institutionalising Cornwall: the role of a social elite", (Ph.D. thesis for Open University) on Univ. of Exeter online database of research papers: The Exeter Research and Institutional Content archive (ERIC)
- ^ Country Life, June 2008: "Gentleman's manor house in Cornwall for sale": "Bochym Manor (rebuilt 1699) has a wealth of architectural details with a stunning drawing room in French Empire style with ornate wall panels and ceiling cornices and stained glass windows, a library with exposed beams and hand-carved Italian walnut linenfold panelling and Jacobean drawing room with very early plaster relief ceiling and English walnut panelling. In all, the Grade II* listed house has 10 bedrooms, seven reception rooms, a staff flat, Gothic farmhouse, 13 cottages, outbuildings, historic landscaped walled and water gardens, bluebell wood and trout river."
- ^ Bochym Manor House and Clock tower, illustrated at this site.
- ^ Cornwall Record Office holds archives and papers of the Davey Family for the period 1795 to 1908: Cornwall (Bochym in Cury, etc) estate and mining business accounts and papers and misc Davey family diaries.
[edit] External links
Media related to Cury at Wikimedia Commons
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