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Merther, Cornwall

Historical Description

Merther, a parish in Cornwall, on St Clement's Creek, a tributary of the Fal river, 6 miles E by S of Truro station on the G.W.R. Post town, Probus. Acreage, 1804; population, 223. The manor and most of the land belong to Viscount Falmouth. Tresawsan, now a farmhouse, was formerly the seat of the Hals family, and was inhabited by William Hals, author of the " Parochial History of Cornwall." Tresilian Bridge spans St Clement's Creek near the boundary with Probus parish, and a commerce up to that point is carried on in coal, lime, and timber. The entrance lodge of Tregothnan, the seat of Viscount Falmouth, adjoins the bridge, though the mansion is 4 miles distant. Here was the place where the royal army surrendered to Fairfax in 1646. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; value, £50. Patron, the Vicar of Probus. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower surmounted by a wooden bell-turret. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a mission church.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyCornwall 
Ecclesiastical parishMerther St. Merther 
HundredPowder 
Poor Law unionTruro 

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Maps

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Visitations Heraldic

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CountyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtTR2
Post TownTruro

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