Kelly's Directory 1883
Extract from Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall, 1883 (page 178) MEVAGISSEY Mevagissey (anciently Lamarrack) is a township, parish, and seaport town situated on a fine bay, 3 miles west from the Blackhead, and 1 mile north from Chapel Point by the road, 6 miles south from St Austell, and 15 south- east from Truro; it is in the Eastern division of the county, east division of the hundred of Powder, St Austell union and county court district, rural deanery of St Austell, archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Truro. A pier was erected in 1770-3, and has since been greatly improved, the area encircled by the pier will contain 60 or 70 vessels, it is dry at low water, but has a good bed for the shipping to rest on. The church of St Mevan and St Issy, situated a little to the north-west of the town, is a plain building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisle and south transept, the lower portion only of the tower remains and contains 1 bell, dated 1684: at the east end of the chancel is a very fine mural monument to Lewis Dart esq 1632: there is also a tomb with effigies to Otwell Thill, 1617, and Mary, his wife, to the Carew family and others: the font is Norman; there are sittings for 300 persons. The church, dating from an early period, is now in a very dilapidated state. The register dates from the year 1598. The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £161, gross yearly value £265, with residence and 23 acres of glebe and fish tithes, in the gift of and held since 1882 by the Rev.
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