St Breock, Cornwall

Description
Breock, St, a parish in Cornwall, on the river Camel, including part of the town of Wadebridge, 1 mile from Wadebridge station on the G.W.R. Post town, Wadebridge, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 7976, with 264 of water and foreshore; population, 1763. The manor belonged once to the Morices, and passed to the Molesworths. An eminence called the Beacon is crowned by a cromlech, and commands a fine view. A mineral traffic is carried on by railway with Bodmin and Camelford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Truro, annexed to Whiterocke; gross value, £969 with residence. The church occupies a picturesque site, contains some old monuments and two brasses, and is in good condition; it was well restored in 1881. There are Congregational, Bible Christian, and Wesleyan chapels. The parish bore the name of Pawton at the Domesday survey.