Mr. Lysons gives in this parish, as in every other, the descents and
sales of lands.
The manor of Tregordock, formerly in the Mohuns, passed in the general
purchase to Mr. Pitt.
Mr. Agar, the Molesworth family, and Mr. Sandys of St. Minver, have
lands in this parish; and Mr. Trevanion, of Carhayes, possesses in
this parish either the whole or a part of Drillavale or Dinnavale
quarry, producing the finest and most durable roofing slate of all
that district; and said by Bishop Watson, in his Chemistry, to be the
very best in England.
Treveares was for a long time the residence of a family which began to
rise about a century ago into considerable opulence. Mr. Phillipps, of
this place, settled as an attorney in Camelford; and availing himself
of the valuable privileges possessed by that place, acquired a
fortune. He had three sons. The eldest son, Charles Phillipps, married
one of the coheiresses of the Longs of Penhele, and, not having any
family, transmitted her ample fortune to his brother; he represented
Camelford in Parliament, and was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Cornwall
Militia. The second son, Jonathan Phillipps, originally a surgeon in
the navy, married the coheiress of the Amys of Botreaux Castle, and
through them of the Cottons, and also of the Gilberts of Tacbear; this
gentleman had several children, but survived them all. He was knighted
on the celebrated occasion of Margaret Nicholson.
The third brother, William Phillipps, a clergyman, never married.
They had one sister, who married Mr. Carpenter, of Tavistock; and her
descendants are possessed of nearly the whole of the Phillipps
property.
This farm, however, was demised by Mr. William Phillipps to his
relation Mr. William Dinham.
It would be improper not to mention, that Captain William Bligh was a
native of this parish, who commanded the Bounty in the unfortunate
expedition to procure plants of the Bread-fruit tree (Artocarpus) from
the South Sea Islands in the years 1789 and 1790; but which object he
effected in a second voyage, and afterwards received the appointment
of Governor of New Holland.
There does not appear to be any remains of the College or habitation
appropriated to the Canons, who from receiving certain shares of the
tithe for their maintenance, were sometimes called Portionists. The
Church is conjectured to have been built in the reign of Henry the
Seventh, from the circumstances of his arms appearing there in a
manner to denote them coeval with the fabric.
There are several monuments, and among them one to Mr. William
Phillipps, probably father of the gentleman who removed to Camelford
as an attorney, and grandfather to the three brothers mentioned above.
He is stated to have been of Treveans, and to have died on the 12th of
April 1712, in the 62d year of his age. The turnpike road leading from
St. Columb by Wade Bridge and Camelford to Launceston, nearly
surrounds this Church. It was for some years the great line of
communication to the west of Cornwall, till in 1767 a commencement was
made on a more direct line over Tregoss Moors on one side of Bodmin,
and Temple Moors on the other. This road so entirely superseded the
former as to cause an entire loss of capital to those who contributed
towards making it; and the road itself fell back into a state of
repair inferior to that of most parish roads. It has, however,
recently been taken up as a new concern, and in 1835 a stage coach has
been established on it.
The Editor has heard from the Rev. William Phillipps, who died in
1794, that the making of this road was taken up as a matter of
patriotism; and that to assist the undertaking, he cut with his own
hands the figures on the granite mile stones, which still remain.
The entry of this parish, in the Taxation of Pope Nicholas, is thus:
“Sech (and in a note, Eccƚia S[~c]e Thete) taxat’ ut sequitur.
£. _s._ _d._
Prebend’ Mag’ri Osbt^i 4 10 0
Prebend’ Mag’ri W. de Wymondeston 4 10 0
Vicar’ ejusdem 1 0 0”
St. Teath measures 4,721 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 5,041 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 800 2 0
Population,――{ in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 911 | 857 | 990 | 1280
giving an increase of 40½ per cent. in 30 years.
It is not improbable but that the 8 printed in the place of hundred,
under the return of 1811, should have been a 9.
Present Vicar, the Rev. Joseph Fayrer, collated by the Bishop of
Exeter in 1830.