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Newlyn (St. Newlyn)

NEWLYN (St. Newlyn), a parish, in the union of St. Columb Major, hundred of Pyder, W. division of Cornwall, 8 miles (N.) from Truro; containing 1451 inhabitants. This parish was anciently the occasional residence of the bishops of Exeter, who had a palace at Cargol, and one of whom in 1312 obtained the grant of a market for Newlyn, which is now discontinued, and of a fair, which is still held on November 8th. The area of the parish is 7371 acres, of which 2273 are common and waste land; the surface is hilly, and in parts intersected with deep valleys. The prevailing timber is oak and elm, of which there are some stately trees in the grounds of Trerice, the seat of Sir T. D. Acland, a handsome Elizabethan mansion formerly belonging to Lord Arundel. The substratum is rich in mineral wealth; here is a lead-mine called East Wheat Rose, one of the most valuable in the county, in which about 40 ounces of silver are found in one ton of ore. The petty-sessions for the West division of the hundred are held in the village. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £16. 13. 4.; patron, the Bishop of Exeter; impropriator, J. Hawkins, Esq. The great tithes have been commuted for £755; and the vicarial for £470, with a glebe of 9 acres. The church is a spacious structure, with a lofty embattled tower crowned by pinnacles; it has undergone much repair, and been partly rebuilt. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; also a national school with a small endowment. In the parish are some chalybeate springs: on the downs in the vicinity are several barrows.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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