History
Kingsmill
A lovely summer evening's view which I took around thirty years ago. Looking from just above Ryland in Botus Fleming parish, across Kingsmill, past Clampit to Landulph Methodist Church in the distance.
Our parish history is often hidden in the place names we still use today. Kingsmill takes its name from the watermill that was there until around 1900. But why was it a "Kings" Mill? The answer may be found in a charter of 1018 when King Canute confirmed a grant made by King Edmund of land at Landrake and the Manor of Tinnel, Landulph to Burhwold, Bishop of St Germans.
The boundaries of the Manor of Tinnel are described in the charter and include "Cynges Myine" which translates to (the) "King's Mill". This was a Saxon Manor belonging to the King, which he granted to the Bishop of St Germans and the manor was retained by the Priory of St Germans until the reformation.
© Andrew Barrett, February 2026, All rights reserved
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History of Landulph
- Kingsmill
- St Dilpe and the Celtic Foundation of Landulph Church
- Cornwall For Ever
- The Parish of Landulph