Zennor, Cornwall

Description
Zennor, a parish in Cornwall, on the coast, 5 miles SW of St Ives, and 7 from Penzance station on the G.W.R., with a post office under St Ives; money order and telegraph office, St Ives. Acreage, 4360; population, 496. Gurnards Head promontory is on the coast, descends precipitously into deep water, consists of slaty felspar, hornblende, and greenstone, and seems to have been anciently fortified as a cliff castle. Zennor Cliffs extend nearly half a mile in the vicinity of Gurnards Head, are on the junction-line of slate and granite, and have a' romantic aspect. Several baylets, one of them called Porth Zennor Cove, alternate with small headlands. Stone is largely quarried and exported. Barrows, a kistvaen, a cromlech, and part of a Druidical circle are on the moors. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; net value, £170 with residence. The church, a granite building, was restored and partly rebuilt in 1890. There are Wesleyan chapels, and in the churchyard two ancient crosses. The parish has a council of seven members.