St Erth, Cornwall

Description
Erth, St, a village and a parish in Cornwall. The village stands on the river HayIe, near the head of St Ives bay, and has a station on the G.W.R. 315 miles from London, and 4 NE of Marazion. It has a bridge said to be 500 years old; has also, on an eminence in its centre, an ancient cross with rude sculpture of a figure of Christ. In the churchyard there are two remarkable ancient crosses. It has a post office under Hayle; money order and telegraph office, Hayle. The parish comprises 4042 acres; population, 1985. Trewinnard, now a farmhouse, belonged to the Trewlnnards, the Mohuns, and others, and became the residence of Sir Christopher Hawkins, Bart. Some remains of tapestry are in this house, and the ruin of a gilt coach, said to have been the first carriage introduced to Cornwall, is at the stables. Tredrea was the seat of Davies Gilbert, Esq., president of the Royal Society. An ancient camp occurs at Bosence, and there are fragments of an ancient chapel. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; value, tithe and 106 acres of glebe, £288. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Truro. The church stands near the bridge at the village, is old, and contains some monuments. There are a Wesleyan and a mission chapel.