St Anthony in Meneage, Cornwall
Historical Description
Anthony-in-Meneage, St, a parish in Cornwall, on the S shore of the estuary of Helford, 5½ miles S by W of Falmouth, and 11 from Helston railway station. Post town, Helston; money order office, Helford; telegraph office, Manaccan. Acreage, 1419 of land and 237 of water; population, 159. Picturesque creeks branch here from Helford estuary; Dinas Promontory projects at its mouth, and commands fine views; and the Great and Little Dinas entrenchments, originally ancient British camps, command its entrance, and were held as military posts in the civil war of Charles I. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; net value, £94 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church stands on the shore, at the base of Dinas Promontory, is an old edifice, with a granite tower and a font; and was a cell to Tywardreath Priory, founded before the time of Richard I.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cornwall | |
Ecclesiastical parish | St. Anthony in Meneage | |
Hundred | Kerrier | |
Poor Law union | Helston |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for St Anthony in Meneage from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Anthony (St. in Meneage))
Maps
Online maps of St Anthony in Meneage are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cornwall papers online:
- Royal Cornwall Gazette
- Cornishman
- West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser
- Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser
Visitations Heraldic
We have a copy of The Visitations of Cornwall, by Lieut.-Col. J.L. Vivian online.