GULVAL, a parish in the hundred of PENWITH,
county of CORNWALL, 1 mile (N.E.) from Penzance,
containing 1353 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £6. 11. 0., and in the patronage
of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St.
Gulwal. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
A stream, called Dane river, from its passing
under a bridge of that name, runs through the parish,
in its course to Mount's bay. Several tin mines have
been worked in the northern part of the parish, but
being in an exhausted state, they are now almost relinquished,
At Rosemorren are the remains of a cromlech,
near which several sculptured stones, earthen
urns containing ashes, burnt bones, an ancient belt, &c.,
have been found. There is a spring called Gulfwell,
or the Hebrew brook, which is held in great veneration
by the superstitious.