Description

Gulval, a village and a parish in Cornwall. The village stands in a deep wooded vale, at the northern extremity of Mounts Bay, 1 1/2 mile N of Penzance railway station on the G.W.E., with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Penzance. Acreage of parish, 4355; population, 1446. The manor anciently belonged to the Halse family, was given by them to the Priory of St Germain, and bore the name of Lanistley. The rocks are granite and schists, and have yielded much ore. A tract which was long a bare moor is now partly disposed in fields, and partly overgrown with briers and ivy. Gulval Cam, on that tract, commands a fine view of Mounts Bay and Penzance. An ancient inscribed stone is at a stream, and was long used there as a foot-bridge. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; gross value, £470 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was built in the 15th century, is in good condition, and contains a register chest and some old monuments. An ancient cross is in the churchyard. There are Wesleyan and Bible Christian chapels, and a mission church was erected in 1885. There are some extensive ice works in the neighbourhood.