29-529: Penryn Town Hall is a municipal building in Higher Market Street, Penryn, Cornwall , England. The structure, which is used as an events venue and also incorporates a local history museum, is a Grade II* listed building . The town hall was built on the site of the Church of St Mary, a pre- reformation house of worship, which dated back at least to the mid-14th century. The long central section of
58-419: A porch with Tuscan order columns supporting an entablature and a cornice , the second stage incorporated a blind rectangular window, the third stage, which was pedimented , featured a recessed round headed window, while the fourth stage incorporated louvered openings, and the fifth stage, which was octagonal , featured clock faces. The tower was surmounted by a dome and a weather vane . The design for
87-591: A century, among other departments of the University of Exeter. The Campus also houses departments of Falmouth University , which is based in the centre of Falmouth. In 2007, phase two was completed, which includes increased student accommodation and new teaching areas. There are currently two schools in Penryn: Penryn railway station was opened by the Cornwall Railway on 24 August 1863. It
116-643: A community based station which broadcast to the town on 96.1 FM. The town is served by the local newspaper, Falmouth Packet . Penryn RFC , founded in 1872, is a rugby union club which plays in the Tribute Western Counties West league, the seventh tier of the English rugby union league system . They are nicknamed "The Borough" and are the oldest rugby club in Cornwall. Penryn Athletic (founded 1963; also known as "The Borough")
145-566: A fire engine dating from the 1860s. General election results were typically announced in the town hall and, when the Conservative candidate, Major Sydney Goldman , won the Penryn and Falmouth seat at the January 1910 general election , he was cheered on the steps of the building. The borough council continued to use the town hall as its meeting place for much of the 20th century, although
174-663: A proposed regeneration scheme for Commercial Road. The scheme aims to prioritise pedestrian traffic, through widened pavements and development of new public space. In 2004, the Penryn Campus was completed, creating the hub of the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) project. It includes the University of Exeter housing the 6th best Ecology Department in the world and Camborne School of Mines , which has moved from Camborne , where it has been for over
203-499: Is a civil parish and town in west Cornwall , England, United Kingdom. It is on the Penryn River about 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Falmouth . The population was 7,166 in the 2001 census and had been reduced to 6,812 in the 2011 census, a drop of more than 300 people across the ten-year time gap. There are two electoral wards covering Penryn: 'Penryn East and Mylor ' and 'Penryn West'. The total population of both wards in
232-597: Is a non-League football club who play at the 1,500-capacity Kernick Road ground. The club is a member of the South West Peninsula League Division One West , which is a step 7 league in the national league system . In 2021, Penryn-based Cornwall R.L.F.C. joined the third tier of professional Rugby league , RFL League 1 . The English Shinty Association is based in Penryn. Penryn hosted Cornish wrestling tournaments over
261-486: Is housed in Penryn Town Hall . The town hall building is partly 17th century and partly 19th century in date; its clock tower is dated 1839. Penryn has seen some redevelopment in the early 21st century, with the construction of mixed-use development Jubilee Wharf in 2007, and the renovation of former storage unit Jubilee Warehouse as a workspace. In 2022, a public consultation was held at The Fish Factory on
290-559: Is now in Truro Registration District. Mylor lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The policing of Mylor is the responsibility of Devon and Cornwall Police who have a dedicated team known as the Penryn & Mylor Local Policing Team. Mylor was in medieval times in the episcopal manor and peculiar deanery of Penryn and was also the mother church of Mabe . In 1277 there
319-407: Is situated approximately five miles north of Falmouth . The church town of the ecclesiastical parish is Mylor Churchtown : however, Mylor Bridge is the largest village in the parish. Other settlements include Angarrick , Carclew , Flushing and Restronguet Passage . Mylor is a maritime parish and is bounded by water on three sides: Restronguet Creek to the north, Carrick Roads to
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#1732790182620348-417: Is the setting of the play The Penryn Tragedy , which tells of a young man unwittingly murdered by his parents after disguising himself as a rich stranger. Today, Penryn is a quiet town and has retained a large amount of its heritage. A large proportion of its buildings date from Tudor , Jacobean and Georgian times; the town has therefore been designated as an important conservation area. The local museum
377-592: Is towards the northwest end of the town and is served by regular trains from Truro to Falmouth on the Maritime Line . There are several bus routes that connect the town to Falmouth, Helston and Penzance. Local TV coverage is provided by BBC South West and ITV West Country . Television signals are received from the Redruth and local relay TV transmitters. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Cornwall on 103.9 FM, Heart West on 107.0 FM, and Source FM ,
406-548: The Bishop of Exeter . The borough was enfranchised and its Charter of Incorporation was made in 1236. The contents of this Charter were embodied in a confirmation by Bishop Walter Bronescombe in the year 1259. In 1265, a religious college, called Glasney College , was built in Penryn for the Bishop of Exeter to develop the church's influence in the far west of the diocese. In 1374, the chapel of St Thomas (sometimes called St Mary's)
435-570: The Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549. From 1554, Penryn held a parliamentary constituency , which became Penryn and Falmouth in 1832. The constituency was abolished in 1950, Penryn becoming part of the Falmouth and Camborne constituency. It received a royal charter as a borough in 1621, mainly in a bid by the crown to cure the town of piracy. At least three mayors of Penryn were convicted of piracy between 1550 and 1650. The arms of
464-471: The 2011 census was 9,790. Though now the town is overshadowed by the larger nearby town of Falmouth, Penryn was once an important harbour in its own right, lading granite and tin to be shipped to other parts of the country and world during the medieval period. The ancient town first appears in the Domesday Book under the name of "Trelivel", and was since founded and named Penryn in 1216 by
493-452: The borough of Penryn were a Saracen's head Or in a bordure of eight bezants. The merchant traveller and writer Peter Mundy (c.1600–67) was the son of a Penryn pilchard trader and travelled extensively throughout his life in Asia (where he was one of the first Europeans to taste Chaa ), Russia and Europe before returning to Penryn to write his Itinerarium Mundi ('World Itinerary'); one of
522-572: The centuries. Places where tournaments were held include the Bowling Green, Parkengue and the Glasney playing field. The policing of the area is the responsibility of Devon and Cornwall Police who have a dedicated team to cover the area known as the Penryn & Mylor Local Policing Team. Mylor, Cornwall Mylor is a civil parish in Cornwall , England, United Kingdom. It
551-572: The council officers and their departments were based at offices in Broad Street. The town hall ceased to be the local seat of government after the enlarged Carrick District Council was formed in Truro in 1974. However, it continued to be the meeting place of Penryn Town Council and it also became an approved venue for weddings and civil partnership ceremonies in September 2011. Works of art in
580-656: The earliest travel guides in English. By the mid-17th century, the port was thriving from trade in Cornish fish, tin and copper . However, Penryn lost its custom house and market rights to the new town of Falmouth as a direct result of supporting the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War (1642–48). In the early 19th century, granite works were established by the river and large quantities of
609-668: The east and Falmouth Harbour to the south. To the west it is bounded by St Gluvias and Perranarworthal parishes. The parish population at the 2011 census including Flushing and Restronguet Passage is 2,697. The parish, named after Saint Melor , is in the Archdeaconry of Cornwall in the Diocese of Truro and the Deanery and Hundred of Kerrier . It was originally in Falmouth Registration District but
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#1732790182620638-467: The east end involved a stuccoed bow front with a Venetian window on the first floor and an entablature and a parapet above. Following significant population growth, largely associated with the status of Penryn as a market town the area became a municipal borough in 1835. After the arcading had been enclosed with wooden panelling, a museum was established on the ground floor. The museum subsequently acquired various local historical artefacts as well as
667-404: The first floor. A barrel vaulted ceiling was introduced into the assembly room when it became the local civic meeting place in the early 18th century. A lock-up was then established in the building in the early 19th century. The building was remodelled in the neoclassical style and extended at both ends in 1839. The design for the west end involved a four-stage tower: the first stage featured
696-552: The provostship of Glasney College in exchange for the deanery of Probus in 1288. The feast days of St Melorus of Mylor are 3 January, 1 October and 25 October (Mylor feast used to be on 28 August but was transferred to the Sunday nearest 25 October). Mylor Parish Church ( Anglican ) is in Mylor Churchtown and is dedicated to St Melorus. The present structure dates from a major reconstruction around 1870 but parts of
725-582: The stone were shipped from its quays for construction projects both within the UK and abroad. The A39 road , which begins in Bath and is about 200 miles (320 km) long, once passed through Penryn towards the end of its route in nearby Falmouth, but in 1994 was diverted around the town when the Penryn Bypass was opened, incorporating a stretch of new road along with upgrading to an existing road. The town
754-466: The town hall include a portrait by John Opie of Lieutenant James Rusden of the Royal Navy who died in 1836. There is also a portrait by Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne of the former mayor, John Bisson, and a portrait by Joseph Sydney Willis Hodges of another former mayor, James Read. Penryn, Cornwall Penryn ( / p ɛ n ˈ r ɪ n / ; Cornish : Pennrynn , meaning 'promontory')
783-422: The town hall, which constitutes the original part of the building, was built using rubble masonry recovered from Glasney College , after it was destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries , and was completed in the 17th century. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with six bays facing Upper Market Square; it was arcaded on the ground floor so that markets could be held, with an assembly hall on
812-515: Was a dispute between the Bishop of Exeter and the Earl of Cornwall over sand and soil which was being carried away from the glebe land of Mylor by agents of the Earl. In 1278 this was settled by the Bishop lifting the threat of excommunication he had made and redistributing the large sum of money he had collected as custom duty for the sand and soil. Bishop Peter Quinel gave the church and church land to
841-666: Was opened. Standing at the head of the Penryn River, Penryn occupies a sheltered position and was a port of some significance in the 15th century. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII and the disestablishing of the Roman Catholic church, Glasney College was dissolved and demolished in 1548 during the brief reign of Edward VI , the first Protestant Duke of Cornwall and afterwards King of England. The dissolution of Glasney College helped trigger
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