Tregony (sometimes in the past Tregoney) civil parish and village in the Carrickdistrict of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. It lies on the river Fal. A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Carrick is a local government district in Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... Local government areas called districts are used, or have been used, in several countries. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in South West England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ... The River Fal flows through Cornwall, the United Kingdom, rising near Truro and reaching the English Channel at Falmouth. ...
Tregony used to be considered a town and elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons, until the Reform Act 1832 abolished its representation as a rotten borough. The village is made up from two Parishes namely, Tregony and Cuby. The House of Commons in the 18th century The unreformed House of Commons is the name generally given to the British House of Commons as it existed before the Reform Act of 1832. ... The Reform Act of 1832 (known also as the Great Reform Act and The Parliamentary Reform Act 1832) introduced wide-ranging changes to electoral franchise legislation in the United Kingdom. ... The term rotten borough refers to a parliamentary borough or constituency in the Kingdom of England (pre-1707), the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707-1801), the Kingdom of Ireland (1536-1801) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (from 1801 until their final abolition in 1867) which due...
It has an excellent primary school in Back Lane. The areas comprehensive, The Roseland Community is just over the Parish of Tregony boundary and has recently had a brand new sports hall. It has also acheived specialist school status in Music with English and IT. In the village there is a Post Office, shop, two churches and bus links to the nearest town, which is Truro. It is also home to the new retirement development called Roseland Parc
External links
Tregony local history site
W D Pink - The Parliamentary History of Tregony, 1886
Chacewater | Cubert | Cuby | Falmouth | Feock | Gerrans | Gwennap | Kea | Kenwyn | Ladock | Mylor | Penryn | Perran-ar-worthal | Perranzabuloe | Philleigh | Probus | Ruan Lanihorne | St Agnes | St Allen | St Clement | St Erme | St Just-in-Roseland | St Michael Penkivel | St Newlyn East | Tregony | Truro | Veryan Carrick is a local government district in Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links map File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England_(bordered). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cornwall. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in South West England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ... Chacewater is a small village in the south-west of Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... Cubert civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Cuby, Cornwall civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Statistics Population: 20,775 (Civil Parish, 2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SW810325 Administration Parish: Falmouth District: Carrick Shire county: Cornwall Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cornwall Historic county: Cornwall Services Police force: Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Ambulance service: South Western... Feock, Cornwall civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Gerrans civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Gwennap civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Kea civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Kenwyn civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Ladock civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Mylor civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Market Street in 2005, looking south Penryn (Cornish: Pennrynn, from Pen-ryn meaning promontory) is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom on the Penryn river. ... Perran-ar-worthal civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Perranzabuloe civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Philleigh civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Probus civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Ruan Lanihorne civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... St Agnes is a village, within a parish of the same name, in Carrick on the north coast of Cornwall, England. ... St Allen civil parish in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... St Clement civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... St Erme civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... St Just-in Roseland civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... St Michael Penkivel civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... St Newlyn East civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Truro (pronounced ; Cornish: Truru) is the only city within the county of Cornwall, it is also Cornwalls administrative centre. ... Veryan is a picturesque village on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall, England. ...
Edward Amerideth, one of the members elected for Tregony upon the restoration of parliamentary rights to the borough in 1563, was ancestor of the Merediths of Ashley Castle, Cheshire, created to a baronetcy in January, 1639, and extinct in 1790.
The former was of Enfield, in Middlesex, and one of the Presbyterian members of the House secluded by Colonel Pride in December, 1646.
To the parliaments of 1654 and 1656, Tregony, like the rest of the smaller boroughs, made no returns; but in that summoned by Richard Cromwell in 1659 the members were John Thomas, Esq., and Edward Boscawen, merchant.
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