DIRECTORY. J . Ml:LLION. 233 Wall Letter Boxes, , cleared at 3-I5 p.m.; This school is under the control of the and Cam­ Gover, cleared at 5.40 p.m. & Skinners' Bottom, 5.25 borne Education Committee ; William Mead Burchell p.m. week days only B.Sc. Clinton road, Redruth, clerk Public Elementary School (mixed & infants), built in 1874, for 250 children; average attendance, 120; Edgar Carrier to Redruth. William John Matthews, fri. k Richards, master . wed. & sat • Barfett Rev. John Ching, Vicarage Luke Joseph, farmer, Mawla Rosewall Margaret (Mrs.), fariner~ Eslick J·oseph, Mansion house Marshall Wm. painter, Ivy chimney Harris iMrs. Skinner's bottom Matthews Williarrn, farmer, Mill pQol Rowse Edward, farmer, Goonearl Jeffery Mrs. Skinner's bottom Matthews William John, carrier Simmons Geo. Arthur, farmer, Mawlao Langdon J ames Wilson, Banns vale May Wm. Hy. shopkpr. Towan cross Skinner Henry, farmer, W:beal Rose Pryor Mrs. Goonearl Menadue Richard, tailor Snell Edward, farmer, Trevisick Rogers Mrs. Wingfield house Miller Thos. market gardnr.Banns hill Stephens Alex. farmer, Towan cros~ Literary Institute (W. Stevens Annie (Mrs.), shopkeeper,. COMMERCIAL. Jose, sec) Fourhundreds Chynoweth Mary (Mrs.), post office Moyle James, farmer, Tonluin Henry & Son, blacksiniths,. QQck Henry, farmer, Banns vale Plummer Maria (Mrs. ),miller (water), Wheal Rose Cummins Wm. Hy. farmer,:Menigissey Gover mill Tonkin William, farmer, Splat Garland Chas. frmr. Princecroft farm Prow se J ames, mason, Goonearl Tremewan A. school attendance officer Grigg Bessie (Mrs.), shopkeeper · Pryor Wm. farmer, Skinner's bottom for St. A·gnes Section of the Red­ Hicks Geo. Victory inn, Towan cross Richards Edgar, schoolmaster ruth & Camlborne Education Com­ Jenkin Richard, farmer Richards Eldred, farmer, Menigissey mittee, Manor Parsley J ones Philip, boot maker Richards Elizh. (Mrs. ),frmr. Trenethick Tremewan Alfd. farmer, Menigissey Thomas, farmer Richards Harrt. (Mrs.),farmer,Mawla Uren JQhn Martin, shopkeeper Lawrence Charles, Plume of Feathers Roberts Wm. dairyman, Towan cross Waiters Arthur, farmer, Ivy chimney P.H. Foul'lhundreds Rodda Edwd. farmer, LQw, Trenithick Willoughby Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper,. Letcher Mary Ann (Mrs.), ~hopkeeper, Rodda Henry, farmer, Shortcross Skinner's bottom Wheal Rose Rodda Richd. Jn. carpentr. & farmer MOUNTS BAY, see . , see Paul. • MULLION is a parish, on the coast of the English land, 8 of water and 55 of foreshore; rateable value,. Channel, 5 miles north of the and 7 south-south- £3,4g6; the population in 1901 was 673. east from Hel•ston station, a branch of the Great Western railway, in the Truro division of the county, hundred of or Porthmellen, is about I mile south­ , petty sessional division of Kerrier West, union west, and has a pilchard fishery of some note; near by i~ and county court district of , rural deanery of a remarkably fine cavern. Immediately opposite is Kerrier, archdeaconry of Cornwall and . Mullion Island, a low rock, about a mile in circumfer­ The church of St. Melan is a large building of local stone ence, which forms a picturesque object from the coast. in the Decorated style, CQnsi<.>ting of chancel, nave of is partly in this parish, which also contains­ five bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western Soap Rocks, yielding steatite, formerly used in china tower with pinnacles, containing 4 bells, all cast in 1828: 1 manufacture. There is a small harbour here. and pleasure­ the present tower was erected in 1500, by Robert Luddra, steamers from Penzance call during the summer months. then vicar, on the site of a former st·ructure, of which A lifeboat, the" Nancy Newbon," belonging to the National; some traces still remain, oonsisting chiefly of the tower Life Boat Institution, is stationed at Mullion Cove. There arch and a stone crucifix inserted in the west wall: the is also a rocket apparatus at Church Town and Mullion benches are of carved oak and fQr execution and variety Cove, in charge of W. Grogget, chief officer of Coast­ of design are unequalled in the county; many of them guard. The Coastguard station is oonnected by telephone­ were found during the course of the res·torations carried with and . A public clock, baro­ out during the years 1•878-83: the stained east window meter and thermometer have been erected by the Roya11 is in part filled with ancient glass: in the north chancel Life Boat Institution at Church Town. The Mullion Cove­ aisle is a memorial window to Frank, second son of the Hotel is on the cliffs overlooking the harbour ; good late G. S. Brinton esq. of SouthamptQn, who was drowned boating and fishing are to be had. Two large hotels­ off this coas•t, 7th February, 1869; and there is another were erected about I90I at Poldhu and Polurrian, close to­ at t.he east end of the north aisle to t:he late Lord the sea, and near the Golf links. The Marconi Wireles& Robartes, d. Mareh gth, 1882, erected by his successor: Telegraph Co. has a station here adjoining the PoldhUJ there are inscriptions to tihe family of Flavel, 1682-9, and Hotel. There is a reading room with a lending library others of modern date: the church affords 200 sittings: at Churchtown, ereded in I88g at a cost of £3oo. tlhe churchyard is entered by a lych-gate. The register managed by a committee ; visitQrs may become tern­ of baptisms and burials dates from the year 1598 ; mar- porary members. riages, tfui. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £I30, with residence and 1! acres of glebe, in the gift PREDANNACK is a hamlet, 2 miles south. of the , and held since 1890 by the is a quarter of a mile north-east andl Rev. James Henry Scholefield M.A. of Corpus Christi MEAVOR half a mile easi. College, Cambridge. Here are Wesleyan and United Methodist chapels. The parish feast is held on the Post, M. 0. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B. & A. & I. O:ffice­ nearest Sunday to November 6th. At Predannack is a (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O. Cornwal-1 round-headed monolith, 5 feet 3 inches in height and 2 added)-Miss Grace Williams, sub-postmistress. Let­ feet wide, with a plain Latin cross carved on each side ; ters arrive at 8.55 a.m. ; dispatched at 4· 15 p.m. ; no­ it stands near the site of an ancient chapel; on Predan­ sunday delivery nack Downs are some barrows and various inferior en­ Wall Letter Box, at Polurrian, cleared at 3.40 p.m campments, locally termed "robins." There is a golf Public Elementary School (mixed), built in 1900. for ISO club, with links of 18 hol{'s, and a new pavilion. Viscount children; average attendance, 53 boys & 48 girls;. Clifden and Viscount Falmout•h K.C.V.O., C.B. are the ""illiam Sweet, master chief landowners. The soil is marl and sQme clay, rest- Conveyance to Helston. J osiah George & Son, omnibus,. ing on serpentine rock. 'l'he chief crops are wheat, mon. 10.15 a.m.; wed. 10 & 10.15 a.m.; sat. 1.15 &. bar!ey, oats and turnips. The area is 5,007 acres of · 1.45 p.m. returning same day PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Waiter John WilS'On, Merris Vean George Jn.Hy.fisherman,Church Twll> Baker Frederick William, Kittiwake COMMERCIAL. George William, farmer, Meavor Drew Miss, Parkventon Bennetts Joseph, farmer, George William Mitchell, grocer &- Geoffroi Henry M. Maloolm house Bosustow Orlando,Old inn,Church twn draper, Church town George Henry, Be'lle vue Casley John, serpentine worker ~ re- Gilbert Saml. frmr.PredannackWollas. Glasson Miss, Bay view freshment roQms, The Cove Gilbert Wm. gardnr. at Polurrian hot et Matthews James Thos. Church town Downing Thos. boot ma. Church town GrO