The etymology of Dulo given by Mr. Tonkin appears to be very probable;
but another is quoted by Mr. Bond, in his excellent work, entitled,
“Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Boroughs of East and
West Looe, in Cornwall,” printed by Nichols in 1828, p. 48:
“In Archbishop Usher’s work, Britannicarum Ecclesiarum
Antiquitates et Primordia, it appears that the church of St.
Theliaus, in Wales, is called, Lhan Deilo Vaur, the Church
of Great Theliaus; and the change of Deilo to Dulo is so
easy, says a recent writer, that St. Theliaus seems to have
the best title to this parish, as patron and owner of it. In
confirmation of this conjecture, says the same writer, we
find in the barton of Treridern in St. Burian a chapel
dedicated to St. Dillo, who is indisputably the Theliaus.”
St. Theliau, or Theliauses, was born at Ecclesis Gwenwau, near
Monmouth. He is said to have made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem about the
year 500, with St. David and St. Paternus. On his return he became
Bishop of Landaff, and he has ever since been considered as the patron
of that diocese.
Trewargy, properly Tre-war-gie, the house or town on a stream, is now
the property of Mr. Eliot, a gentleman resident in London.
Trenant has frequently changed its proprietors since the time of Mr.
Hals. It passed from Mr. Dennis to his sister’s son, Sir Christopher
Treise, who was Sheriff of Cornwall at the accession of King George
the Third, and knighted on the occasion of presenting an address. The
property thus devolved on his nephew Sir John Morshead, of Cartuther,
who acquired a large fortune by his marriage, succeeded to an ample
patrimony, dissipated the whole, and left the prefix of three letters
as an inheritance to his son. It was then purchased by Admiral Sir
Edward Buller, and again disposed of after his decease to Mr. Hope,
who at this instant, 1833, offers it for sale. Some at least of these
changes have been ascribed to combinations and arrangements which were
materially varied in the last year.
This parish contains 5,051 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property, as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 5094 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 901 5 0
Population, {in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 704 | 821 | 779 | 928
giving an increase of about 31 per cent. in 30 years.