St Endellion, Cornwall

Description
Endellion or St Endellion, a parish in Cornwall, on the coast, 5 1/2 miles N by E of Wadebridge station on the G.W.R. Post town, Wadebridge. Acreage, 3777 ; population, 1136. Roscarrock House, formerly the seat of the ancient family of Roscarrock, stands on a hill, is now a ruin, was castellated and loop-holed, had a massive granite archway entrance, and retains much of a formidable aspect. Slaty quartz, mandelstone, copper ore, lead ore, manganese, and antimony are found; an export trade in slates and pilchards is carried on, and a fair is held on 12 Sept. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Truro, and there are attached three prebends�Bodmin or Kings, Trehaverock, and Mornays; value of the rectory, £240; of Bodmin prebend, £130 ; of Trehaverock, £135 ; of Mornays, £130. Patron of the rectory, the Lord Chancellor. The church stands on a hill, dates from the time of Henry VI., has a lofty tower, and is weather-stained, but good. There are Wesleyan, United Free Methodist, and Bible Christian chapels. Port Quin, Port Isaac, and Port Gaverne are hamlets in this parish.