England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Cuby with Tregony St Cuby

The Parish

The parish of Cuby with Tregony lies in southern Cornwall roughly 6 miles east of the city of Truro. Cuby with Tregony sits on an mostly east of the A3078 road which connects Probus with St Mawes and stands at the head of one of the many inlets of the ria that forms the ria of the River Fal. Whilst Cuby is a tiny place, little more than an extension, Tregony is a mid-sized village with a small presence on the A3078 but with most of the village lying to its northeast along the subsidiary B3287 road, the village rises steadily up the slopes of the Fal's valley. Despite the westerly location Tregony's economy is described in early gazetteers as largely arable farming. Today, like much of Cornwall, Tregony has a tourism element to its portfolio, albeit its inland location makes it less subject to the second home phenomenon, the Fal being a prime setting for sailing enthusiasts. The Fal drais the parish southwestwards quickly forming a deeply incised narrow channel of the sea which merges into Carrick Roads and finally the English Channel. Cuby with Tregony is sited at between 10 and 70 metres above the sea as it climbs the valley sides, land reaches around 100 metres soon after and is a general height for much of the area, a dissected plateau. Cornish parishes are often quite extensive, Cuby with Tregony was not one of those covering just 2,000 acres and supporting a population of close to 1,100 parishioners. Only Tregony was recorded in Domesday Book as a holding of Count Robert of Mortain, its assets of just 2 ploughs backed by pastures and woodlands reveal a rather small rural manor at that time.

The Church

St Cuby's church sits at the northeastern end of Tregony on the western side of the B3287 at its junction with the lane headed for the village playing fields. Whilst there is some remaining fabric from the medieval period much of the church dates from 2 major 19th century restorations. The southern porch and western tower are remaining from the 15th century Perpendicular period both coming from the early part of that century. The first 19th century restoration fell in Georgian times in 1829 and was a thorough affair, its main legacy is the southern wall which shows a "confection of antiquarian features" according to Pevsner. A more traditional Victorian restoration followed in 1899 and most of what we see today owes its creation to that thorough affair. The lane to to the southern side of the churchyard has on-street parking, the entrance lychgate stands at the junction. Whilst there are adequate views of the church from the south most other angles are constrained by thick and close sitting trees especially to the north and east, a limited portfolio available for the photographer,