Cardinham#Early history

Richard Fitz Turold (Thorold) was an Anglo-Norman landowner of the eleventh century, mentioned in the Domesday Survey. He had a castle at Cardinham,[http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/flyingpast/castle.html Flying Past – The Historic Environment of Cornwall: The First Farms] where he was a major tenant and steward of Robert of Mortain. The holding included the manor of Penhallam.[https://archive.today/20120714014920/http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=436500 Pastscape – Detailed Result: PENHALLAM MANOR] His son was William Fitz Richard of Cardinham. Restormel Castle belonged to the Cardinhams in the 12th century, until Andrew de Cardinham's daughter married Thomas de Tracey. Cardinham Castle remained in the family (succeeded by the Dinhams) until the 14th century and later became a ruin.Cornish Church Cuide (1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 71-72 The manor of Cardinham is one of the few where the custom of Free Bench is recorded: by this a widow could retain tenure of the land until she remarried.

The Tenant-in-chief of the manor of Glynn as recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) was Robert, Count of Mortain; when it was one of several manors held by Osferth of Okehampton, County Devon, who had also held it before 1066 and paid tax for 1 virgate of land. There was land for 2 ploughs. There were 1 plough, 1 serf, 2 villeins, 6 smallholders, 100 acres of woodland, 40 acres of pasture, 4 unbroken mares, 2 cows, 24 sheep and 7 goats. The value of the manor was 10 shillings though it has formerly been worth £2 sterling.Thorn, C. et al., ed. (1979) Cornwall, Chichester: Phillimore; entry 5,13,5 As of 25 May 2019, the titles of Baron of Cardinham (Feudal barony of Cardinham) and Lord of the Manor of Cardinham are jointly held by an American citizen.

The highest temperature recorded is 31.6 °C on 11 August 2022{{cite web |url=https://ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=03823&ano=2022&mes=8&day=11&hora=18&min=0&ndays=30|title=03823: Cardinham (United Kingdom) |author= |date=11 August 2022 |website=ogimet.com |publisher=OGIMET|access-date=11 August 2022 }} and the lowest is -8.2 °C on 7 February 1991.

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|location = Cardinham 200m amsl (1991–2020) (extremes 1990–present)

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|Jan record high C= 13.3

|Feb record high C= 12.8

|Mar record high C= 16.0

|Apr record high C= 22.0

|May record high C= 23.1

|Jun record high C= 28.1

|Jul record high C= 28.1

|Aug record high C= 31.6

|Sep record high C= 22.2

|Oct record high C= 23.4

|Nov record high C= 15.0

|Dec record high C= 14.1

|year record high C=

|Jan high C = 8.1

|Feb high C = 8.3

|Mar high C = 10.1

|Apr high C = 12.4

|May high C = 15.3

|Jun high C = 17.6

|Jul high C = 19.2

|Aug high C = 19.1

|Sep high C = 17.4

|Oct high C = 14.0

|Nov high C = 10.9

|Dec high C = 8.7

|year high C = 13.5

|Jan low C = 3.2

|Feb low C = 2.9

|Mar low C = 4.0

|Apr low C = 5.2

|May low C = 7.7

|Jun low C = 10.2

|Jul low C = 12.1

|Aug low C = 12.2

|Sep low C = 10.7

|Oct low C = 8.5

|Nov low C = 5.8

|Dec low C = 3.9

|year low C = 7.2

|Jan record low C= -7.1

|Feb record low C= -8.2

|Mar record low C= -6.1

|Apr record low C= 0.6

|May record low C= 2.7

|Jun record low C= 7.1

|Jul record low C= 9.0

|Aug record low C= 7.9

|Sep record low C= 5.4

|Oct record low C= 0.1

|Nov record low C= -4.5

|Dec record low C= -4.9

|year record low C=

|unit rain days = 1.0 mm

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|Jan precipitation mm = 155.1

|Feb precipitation mm = 116.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 96.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 91.4

|May precipitation mm = 80.0

|Jun precipitation mm = 87.1

|Jul precipitation mm = 98.8

|Aug precipitation mm = 108.1

|Sep precipitation mm = 101.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 153.6

|Nov precipitation mm = 174.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 168.5

|year precipitation mm = 1431.7

|Jan rain days = 17.9

|Feb rain days = 15.3

|Mar rain days = 14.3

|Apr rain days = 13.2

|May rain days = 11.4

|Jun rain days = 11.8

|Jul rain days = 13.7

|Aug rain days = 14.8

|Sep rain days = 13.3

|Oct rain days = 17.3

|Nov rain days = 19.0

|Dec rain days = 18.8

|year rain days = 180.8

|source 1 = Met Office{{cite web

| url = https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/location-specific-long-term-averages/gbuxmcd76

| title = Cardinham Climate Period: 1991–2020

| publisher = Met Office

| accessdate = 15 April 2025}}

|source 2 = en.tutiempo{{Cite web|url=https://en.tutiempo.net/climate/ws-38230.html|title = Climate CARDINHAM - Climate data (38230)}}

|date=November 2018}}

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The parish church is dedicated to St Meubred: it has north and south aisles and a tower of granite. The chancel suffered bomb damage in World War II. In the church is the brass of Thomas Awmarle, rector of Cardinham, d. 1401?Dunkin, E. (1882) Monumental Brasses. London, Spottiswoode

Two freestanding Celtic crosses of stone, bearing inscriptions in Latin have been found in Cardinham; both had been embedded in the walls of the fifteenth-century church and were moved after their discovery to the churchyard. One has been dated to the fifth to eighth centuries, the other to the tenth or eleventh centuries:{{Cite web|title=Directory records {{!}} North Lanarkshire Council|url=https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/directories/schools|access-date=2021-07-28|website=www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk}} Arthur Langdon (1896) also records five other stone crosses in the parish.Langdon, A. G. (1896) Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: Joseph Pollard Andrew Langdon (1996) records two crosses in the churchyard, Higher Deviock Cross, Pinsla Cross at Glynn, Poundstock Cross, Treslea or Wydeyeat Cross and Treslea Down Cross.Langdon, A. G. (2005) Stone Crosses in East Cornwall; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; pp. 28-33

The former quarry of the Glynn Valley China Clay Works has closed down and is now flooded. It was in operation from the 1940s but since 2015 a shipping container on the edge of the lake has been used for tourist accommodation.Wills, Dixe (2016-07-02) [https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/jul/02/ship-container-self-catering-cornwall-the-lake-bodmin-moor "Ship me to Cornwall … a container stay on Bodmin Moor: review"]; The Guardian, p. 5

Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes were held in Cardinham in the 1800s.The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 30 May 1872, p5. In addition, the Duke of Cornwall Rifles held tournaments here.West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 6 August 1885.

• Lieutenant General Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian, GCB, GCH, PC (1775–1842), lived at Glynn House
• Peter D. Mitchell, biochemist and Nobel Prize winner, founded Glynn Research Ltd in Glynn House.
• Cassie Patten, the British Olympic swimmer, was born at Cardinham.
• John Penrose, born in Cardinham, where his father, also named John, was vicar of the parish. He was afterwards Vicar of Poundstock.

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• Feudal barony of Cardinham

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• Soulsby, Ian N. (1976) Richard Fitz Turold, Lord of Penhallam, Cornwall, in: Medieval Archaeology; vol. 20 (1976) pp. 146–48, [http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-769-1/ahds/dissemination/pdf/vol20/20_146_148.pdf online PDF]
• {{cite web|url=http://gatehouse.oldcornwall.org/cardinham.htm|title=Cardinham Castle|last=Davis|first=Philip|accessdate=2009-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205022935/http://gatehouse.oldcornwall.org/cardinham.htm|archive-date=2008-12-05|url-status=dead}}

• Maclean, John (1872–79) The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor. 3 vols. London: Nichols & Son

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• [https://cardinhamparish.net/ Cardinham parish website]

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