Perran-Uthnoe (St. Peran)

PERRAN-UTHNOE (St. Peran), a parish, in the union of Penzance, hundred of Penwith, W. division of Cornwall, 1½ mile (S. E.) from Marazion; containing 1438 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises 1127a. 2r. 36p., whereof 50 acres are common or waste, is bounded on the south by Mount's bay, and intersected by the roads from Falmouth and Truro to Penzance. It is said that a chapel was founded here about 460 by St. Kyran or Pyran, an Irishman, contemporary with St. Patrick. The South Wheal Neptune copper-mine, under the sea, and the St. Peran tin-mine, afford employment to a part of the population; and stone is quarried for building. At Gold-Sithney, a large fair for cattle, coarse cloths, hardware, &c., is held on the 5th of August. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £17. 11. 5½., and in the patronage of the Dowager Lady Carrington: the tithes have been commuted for £290, and there are about 17 acres of glebe, exclusive of gardens. The church, which is surmounted by a tower, contains several monuments. A chapel in Gold-Sithney, dedicated to St. James, and long in a dilapidated state, has been lately taken down. There are places of worship for Methodists.