Kerris
Kerris
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 Kerris Manor Farmhouse | |
  Kerris Location withinCornwall | |
| OS grid reference | SW443273 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PENZANCE |
| Postcode district | TR19 |
| Dialling code | 01736 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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Kerris(Cornish:Kerys)[1]is a settlement in westCornwall,England, United Kingdom. It is three miles (5 km) south-west ofPenzancein thecivil parishofPaul.[2]Kerris means "fort-place" in theCornish language.[3]
Toponymy
[edit]In 1302 a document spells the nameVeor Kerisand other spellings have beenKerres(in 1310),Kyrrys(1337),Vean Kerrys(1440),Keres(1481), Kyrris (1668). (Veormeans large or great andVeanmeans little).[4]
Antiquities
[edit]Severalprehistoricrelics can be found around Kerris including the Roundago (possibly anIron Agehill fort) and the Kerris Standing Stone ormenhir.[5]Several fields away is the Tresvannack Stone which stands around 3.5m tall with a further 1.2m below ground. In 1840 a pair ofurnswere found under a slab of granite at the base of the stone. The urns are now kept atPenlee Museum,Penzance. Kerris cross was damaged during theEnglish Civil Warand repaired by a local blacksmith in the 19th century with iron pins holding the granite head in position. In September 2011 the corroded pins were replaced by stainless steel pins. Medieval crosses, in situ, indicate the route to the parish church.[6]
History
[edit]There is a formermanor house,which is agrade II*listed buildingdating back to the 17th-century, possibly using earlier walls. Kerris was under three different ownerships until 1694. when Richard Pearce bought the three parts, Major alterations were carried out in 1721 by his son Richard Pearce (1693–1753) and in 1743 John Hawkins became the owner when Pearce and his wife, Maria, were declared bankrupt.[7]
In 1882 the freehold farm Kerris was advertised for sale by auction. It included a ″commodieus and substantially built farm house″ and about 80 acres (32 ha) of land. Approximately 65 acres (26 ha) was considered to be of good arable and pasture land, and 15 acres (6.1 ha) of croft which ″with very little expense could be brought into cultivation″.[8]The property was bought by the owner of an adjacent tenement, MrThomas Bedford Bolitho,for £4,320.[9]
AWeselyan chapelwas opened in 1905.[10]
Culture
[edit]Kerris Brass Band was in attendance atSheffield'sMethodist New Connexion,annual Sunday school treat in June 1883.[11]
References
[edit]- ^Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)Archived15 May 2013 at theWayback Machine:List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage PanelArchived2013-05-15 at theWayback Machine.Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^Land's End(Map). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2015.ISBN978 0 319 24304 6.
- ^Weatherhill, Craig(2009)A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names.Westport, Mayo: EvertypeISBN978-1-904808-22-0;p. 43
- ^Pool, Peter A S (1985).The Place-names of West Penwith(Second ed.). Heamoor: PAS Pool. p. 55.
- ^"Kerris - Standing Stone (Menhir)".The Megalithic Portal.Retrieved11 September2018.
- ^"Medieval cross that marks path to church is repaired".Cornishman.29 September 2011.
- ^Historic England & 1327506
- ^"Valuable Freehold Estate For Sale".The Cornishman.Vol. 197, no. 187. 20 April 1882. p. 1.
- ^"Kerris".The Cornishman.Vol. 200, no. 190. 11 May 1882. p. 4.
- ^"Kerris".The Cornishman.No. 1396. 6 April 1905. p. 2.
- ^"Paul".The Cornishman.No. 258. 21 June 1883. p. 4.
Sources
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- Historic England,"Kerris Manor Farmhouse (1327506)",National Heritage List for England,retrieved30 August2018
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