Mr. Lysons states, that the manor of Warleggon, carrying with it the
advowson of the rectory, has been long in the Gregor family. Another
manor of the same name, belonging to the Corytons, was purchased by
John Trengove, otherwise ―――― Nance, Esq. in the year 1680, from whom
it has descended to James Wyard Gooch, Esq. of Orford in Suffolk.
The manor of Carborro or Carburrow has been for a considerable time in
the family of Arscott Bickford, Esq. of Deansland in Devonshire.
The church and tower of this parish suffered most severely from
lightning so recently as in the year 1818, when on Saturday the 14th
of March, according to the accounts then published, the tower was
almost shivered to pieces, and a part falling on the church, nearly
destroyed the whole interior, as well as the roof.
The improvidence and carelessness of mankind, in respect to contingent
dangers, more especially when they are unconnected with individual
interest, is not in any instance more manifestly displayed than in
what regards precautions against the tremendous effects of lightning.
Tower after tower has been struck in the county of Cornwall, and
scarcely one is provided with a simple metallic rod, which would
obviate all danger; and, more astonishingly still, vessels of war,
with hundreds of persons on board, and merchant vessels, laden with
the richest cargoes, are allowed to proceed on voyages, exposed to the
danger of utter destruction from this cause, on account of a
reluctance to incur an expense almost imperceptible in the general
outfit, if no value were placed on human life. On this subject the
reader may be desired to consult the writings of William Snow Harris,
Esq. F.R.S. of Plymouth, one among the distinguished natural
philosophers of modern times.
Warleggon measures 1807 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 1,127 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 175 16 0
Population,――{ in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 166 | 228 | 296 | 274
giving an increase of 60 per cent. in 30 years.
Present Rector, the Rev. D. Clements, instituted 1833; the net
income of the living in 1831 was £125.