Historic estates St Mawgan



the manor of lanherne long seat of arundell family of lanherne , lords of manor of st mawgan, chief landowners in parish since 13th century, many of monuments survive in parish church. branch of prominent , widespread arundell family seated @ trerice, tolverne, menadarva in cornwall , @ wardour castle in wiltshire. lanherne house has been lanherne convent since 1794.


nanskeval

nanskeval house on parish boundaries of st mawgan in pydar (it demolished in mid-1970s) , st columb major: in 1277 spelt nanscuvel. nanskeval house once home of liberal mp edward brydges willyams , still part of carnanton estate still owned descendants of same family. nans means valley in old cornish, , kivell thought derive cornish equivalent of welsh word ceffyl, meaning horse. cornish horse margh erroneous interpretation. more valley of woodcock cornish woodcock kevelek . surname nankivell , variants thought derive place.








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