DISCLOSURE: This page may contain affiliate links, meaning when you click the links and make a purchase, we may receive a commission.
UK Genealogy Archives logo

Stephens, St.

STEPHENS, ST., by Saltash, a parish, in the union of St. Germans, S. division of the hundred of East, E. division of Cornwall; containing, with Saltash, 2963 inhabitants, of whom 1422 are exclusively of that town. The parish comprises 5400 acres, of which 293 are common or waste land. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £26; net income, £139; patron, T. Edwards, Esq. The great tithes have been commuted for £1298; and the vicarial for £29, with a glebe of 7 acres. At Saltash is a separate incumbency. Here are considerable remains of the castle of Trematon, erected before the Conquest, in a beautiful situation on the bank of the Lyner. The area comprised more than an acre of ground, and was inclosed by embattled walls. The keep is on the summit of a conical elevation, and is approached by a circular arched doorway; the principal gateway consists of three arches, supporting a square embattled tower containing a museum of natural curiosities.

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

Advertisement

Advertisement