Merther, Cornwall

Description
Merther, a parish in Cornwall, on St Clement's Creek, a tributary of the Fal river, 6 miles E by S of Truro station on the G.W.R. Post town, Probus. Acreage, 1804; population, 223. The manor and most of the land belong to Viscount Falmouth. Tresawsan, now a farmhouse, was formerly the seat of the Hals family, and was inhabited by William Hals, author of the " Parochial History of Cornwall." Tresilian Bridge spans St Clement's Creek near the boundary with Probus parish, and a commerce up to that point is carried on in coal, lime, and timber. The entrance lodge of Tregothnan, the seat of Viscount Falmouth, adjoins the bridge, though the mansion is 4 miles distant. Here was the place where the royal army surrendered to Fairfax in 1646. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; value, £50. Patron, the Vicar of Probus. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower surmounted by a wooden bell-turret. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a mission church.