St Ewe, Cornwall

Description
Ewe, St, a village and a parish in Cornwall, near the coast, 5 miles S by W of St Austell town and station on the G.W.R. The parish includes the large hamlets of Polgorth and Lower Sticker, also the small hamlets of Polmassick, Kestle, Heligan Mill, and Pengrugla. The post town is Mevagissey, under St Austell. Acreage, 5963; population, 999. Heligan is the seat of the Tremaynes, and Treganon was the seat of the Treadinghams. The rocks include slate, copper, and tin ores. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Truro; value, £473. The church is ancient but good, and has a handsome carved oak screen and monuments of the Mohuns, the last of that ancient race, and of others. It was restored in 1881. There are three Bible Christian chapels.