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Philleigh or Filley (St. Felix)

PHILLEIGH or Filley (St. Felix), a parish, in the union of Truro, W. division of the hundred of Powder and of the county of Cornwall, 6 miles (S. W.) from Tregoney; containing 456 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises 2376a. 1r. 9p., is bounded on the west and north by the navigable river Fal; the shore is enriched with wood to the water's edge. Stone for building is quarried, and much of it conveyed to Truro by the river. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £15. 6. 0½., and in the gift of the Heir of the Rev. Bedford Kenyon: the tithes have been commuted for £350, and the glebe comprises 22 acres. The church is of Norman architecture, very ancient, and in a tottering state. There are places of worship for Wesleyans. Within the limits of the parish are two or three beacons, and some vestiges of encampments.

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

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