is also a W.esl~?yan ,chapel at Church Town, and Free The soil is partly loamy and sandy; the subsoil is marl Methodist ohapPls · at Tregathenan, .A.nvower and Crown in the north-east portion of the parish, resting on granite, Town. .A. small charity of £2 15s. yearly is for pocn­ the rest on killas. The chief crops are corn, hay and widows. In 1893 the late Miss Smedley, of Park Yen­ root.s and a little broccoli. The area is 5•743 acr:!s ot ton, bequeathed £wo for the poor of St. John's, to be land, 83 of water and 2·1 of foreshore ; rateable value, held in trust by the vicar and churchwardens for the £n,703; the population of the , including time being, the interest to be given to the ! Dis­ , in 1901 was· 3,075 and of the ecclesiastical pensary, and tickets for the benefits thereof to be given parish, r,ror. to the poor of St. .J ohn'l!· Lomax Silver Lead Mine in BOSC_\DJ.A.CK, 3 mile's north-east; CROWN TOWN, this parish is not now worked. In 1890 a reservoir wars I mile· north; and PROSPIDNICK, r! miles north­ constructed at Tregathenan in this parish, capable of north-east, are hamlets. On Higher Prospidnick stands holding 3,ooo,ooo gallons; it is the property of the a logan stone, called " M(m Amber," n feet long, 6 Helston and Porthleven W a.ter Co. and is to provide broad and 4 thick, and on Prospidnick Hill is a fallen Helston, and Porthleven with water. Trevarno, cromlech, called "The Giant's Quoit," r8 feet long, 12 the residence of Mrs. Bickford-Smith, stands in a valley broad and 2 thick: on Longstone downs stands a pillar near the high road from Helston to Oamborne; the of unwrought granite (from which this spot takes its present mansio1,1 ,incorporates part of the ancient house name) it is now ro feet only above the ground and erected about 15_47, by the late C. W. Popham esq. who i about 2 feet thick : some traces remain here of ancient also built the 'portico, which has granite pillaTs of the earth works. Icnic order; W. Bickford-Smith esq. the late owner, station is in this parish. considerably enlarged the mansion and built the library, a spacious-· apartment, 42 feet by 32 feet; the floor is of PORTHLEYEN, 2! miles south, is an ecclesiastical parquet. oak. inlaid.1with ebony and Italian walnut, and di&trict, formed from this parish Oct. n, 1844, and will the cornice is decorated with the emblazoned coats of be found under a separate heading. the family; the library comprises over ro,ooo volumes: Post & 'f. Office, Crown Town.-Mrs. :Mary Emma Ja:n~s, there are many oil· paint.ings, 50 of which are from the sub-postmistress. Letters through Helston, arrive at brush of the late Mr. Bickford-Smith: the dining room IQ. IQ a.m. ; dispatched at 3·35 p.m. ; no delivery on is furnished. with a magnificent suite of carved black sundays. Helston, 3 miles distant, is the nearest oak: the grounds, 50 acres in extent, include gardens, money order office pasture and wood and contain a tropical garden, and in Wall Letter Boxes, cleared, near Vicarage, at 3.50 p.m. ; the valley a sheet of water; r2o different species of coni­ St. John's, at 4.20 p.m. ; Prospidnick, 2.30 p.m. & ferre are growirirg here : some historic interest attaches Truthall, 2.45 p.m to the house from the fact that Alexander Pope visiteu PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. here when the property belonged to Mr. Oliver, and that the property once belonged to Charles Wallace, the corn- Sithney (mixed), for 13:J children; average attendance, poser. Truthall, the residence of Henry Prideaux esq. 34; Miss Eveline M. Bowden, mistress • . is a mansion of granite, the old portion of which was Trannack (mixed), built in 1877, for ro8 children; rebuilt by John .A.rundel, in 1542, as shown by a slion~ average attendaDce, 64; Josh. Thos. Stephens, master tablet: attached to the old house is a small and ancient Weslryan, Chynhale (mixed), built in 1885, for 8o chil- chapel (now disused). Capt. John Peverell Rogers R . .A.. dr.en; averag~ attendance, 6o; Miss Caroline Potter, of Penrose, Mrs. Bickford-Smith, J. C. 'Bickford-Smith mrstress and W. N. Bickford-Smith and J. Samuel Spry esq. of I Railway Station, Nancegollan, l>hilip Brenton Hancock, Place, St . .A.nthony-in-Roseland, are the chief landowrYrs station master PRIVATE RESIDENTS. 'James James, farmer, Newham Reed Richard Henry, wheelwright & Bickford-Smi'th Jn. Clifford, Trevarno James Johnson Quintrell, farmer & coach builder, St. John's Bickford-Smith Mrs. Trevarno assistant ov 'rseer fi{, sPc. to the Richards Henry, farmer, Glebe Bickiord-Smibh Wm. Noel, Trevarno Helston ·& Porthleven Water Co. Richards John Pope, farmer, Trutha.ll Orchard Edwin, Ohyvadna Merther Richards Sl.miller (water),Roseladden Prideaux Henry, 'fruthall James Jsph. Wm. farmr. Tregathenan R·oberts William, farm bailiff to An- Ratcliffe .A.Jbert Ed ward, Parkventvn James Mary Emma (Mrs.), grocer, drew H. Mitclhem, Weath farm Richards T'hOIIDas Henry, ·Penvor ho Post office, Crown town Rowe Henry, farmer, Treesa honse Rowe William, Treeya J effery John, farmer, 'fraimack Rowe Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Trannack Sleeman J. Lenton, Newham J effery Nicholas, farmer, Trannack Rowe Mary Ellen (Mrs.), grocer & Tuting Rev. William Chomel M.~-\. J~nkin Cuthb~rt Tremaine, farmer, farmer, Trannack T·4e Vicarage • .A.ntron Rowe Thomas Richard, farmer, Glebe Wi.E.iams John William, .A.ntron lodge Jenkin Henry, farmer, Church town· RrlWe William (lMrs.), farmer & miller COMMERCIAL. Jenkin William Henry, miller (water), (water), Buscadjack .A.dams Alfred, farmer, Tregoose Anvower Rowling Henry, farmer, Trannack Adams Samuel, farmer, Boscadjack Jewell John, farmer, Boscadjack Rowling John, farmer, Tregadjack .A.dams Samuel, farmer, Penprage J ohns William, fal'IIlle·r, Halvanance Scoble Bathsheba. (Mrs.), farmer, .A.ooms Saml. Jas. farmer, Prospidnick Jolly Grace (Mrs.), farmer, Tingrove Wheal Christopher Anrlrewartha Rd. carpntr. Crown town Kemp William, butter & egg dealer, Sit!hney Parish Council (Henry Banfield Joseph, farmer, St. John's Pednantrevano Prideaux, chrail'IIllan; J. Q. J ames, Bilkey Henry, farmer, 'frannack Kin~ Alfred, head ·gardener to Mrs. clerk) Blee Wm. James, farmer, Prospidnick Bickford-Smith, Trevarno Smith Wm. blacksmith, St. John's Blewett Harriet (Miss), shopkeeper, Liddieoat John, farmer, Mellangoose Symons William S. miEer & farmer, Church town Lobb Harry, carpenter, Cudna Sithney Green Blewett William, dairyman, Chynhale Lory Charles, Tree inn, Church town Thomas Christopher, farmer,Gwavas Bolitho William, farmer & ·butcher, Martin William Henry, farmer, Fed- Thomas Joseph, farmer, Boscadjack Higher Prosprdnick navounder Treloar Elizabeth (Miss), shopkeeper, Bond Nicholas, smith, Tregathenan Mitchell Jn. farmr. Low. Prospidnick Prospidnick Bosanko Thos. provision dealer, Sith- Moore Richard T. farmer, Higher Treloar James. farmer, Bosoar ney Trough Prospidnick . Trembath Humphrey John Rowe, far· Brock James, Crown inn ~.lioore Richard Thomas, jun. farmer, mer. Trelissicl. Champion .Wm. jun. farmer, Longstn Chyreen Trevarthen Kendle, smith, Church Champion Wm.frmr. Low. Boscadjack Morkam Cozworth, farmer. Tregathan town ('hristopher Geo.frmr.& dealer,Gwavas Morton Wm. M. farmer, Whealmount Trevithick Richard, farmer, Roseawen Cory Henry, butcher, Merther cottage Nicholas Robert, farmer, Prospidnick Tyack Richard & Sons, market gar­ Eddv Henry, miller (water), Trevarno Nicholas Stephen, farmer, Prospidn:ck deners & millers (water), Mallan­ Eddy .Wm. Alfred, farmer, Chynhale O:iver Ernes-t, ba.tcher, Dates- place goose Freeman 'I"homa.s, farmer, Prospidnick Oliver Hannibal, farmer ·& miller Tyack Thomas, farmer & registrar of Freeman Wililiam, farmer, Cudna (wate"), Tregranack births & deaths for sub­ Geach Jas. wheelwright, Sithney corn Oliver Richd.Francis,farmer & butchr. district, & rate collector, Pedna­ Glasson Ha.rriet .A.da & Charlotte Eliza road vounuer (Misses), grocers, Craig ho.Chynhle Pascoe Edward, farmer & mason, Vincent William Henry, quarry owner, Goldsworthv John. farmer, Releath Sithney common 'frannack Harris.. Richard & Son. quarry owners, Pa.scoe John, farmer, Low.Prospidnick Wear Thos. farmer, Lower Prospidnick Trannack Pearce Henry, farmer, Sithney Green Wear Thomas "\.YiLiam, farmer, Trigva, Harris Chri~topher. farmer. Tre!!oosp Pengilly William, farmer, Gwavas Trevarno Helston &, PorthlPven Wat,r Co. (John- Prisk Jabez, farmer, Boscadjack Willey Isaac, millwright, Lower Town · son Quintrell James, sec.), Merther Pryor James. farmer, Gwavas Williams Edwd. J. farmer,Prospidnick Hendy Brothers, painters, St. John's Pryor Jn. Thos. farmer, Nantrisack