Place:Probus, Cornwall, England

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NameProbus
Alt namesLanbraboissource: Domesday Book (1985) p 61
Lanbreboissource: Domesday Book (1985) p 61
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates50.283°N 4.95°W
Located inCornwall, England
See alsoPowder Hundred, Cornwall, Englandhundred in which it was located
Truro Rural, Cornwall, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1894-1974
Truro Registration District, Cornwall, Englandregistration district of which it was part 1837-2007
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Probus (Cornish: Lamprobus) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is famous for having the tallest church tower in Cornwall. The tower is 129 feet (39 m) high, and richly decorated with carvings. The place name originates from the church's dedication to Saint Probus.

Two mansions formerly existed at Golden: one of the Wolvedon family and a larger one of the Tregians. The line of Wolvedons became extinct in 1514. At the Tregian mansion the Catholic martyr Cuthbert Mayne was arrested in June 1577. The farmhouse at Golden contains the remains of a hall-house of the late 1530s, reconstructed about a century later, and extended in the 18th century. There is also a fine barn with original roof timbers and a first floor window.

Probus was located in the Powder Hundred and was part of the Truro Rural District from 1894 until 1974.

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