St. Theliau, or Theliauses, was born at Ecclesis Gwenwau, near Monmouth. He is said to have made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem about the year 500, with St. David and St. Paternus. On his return he became Bishop of Landaff, and he has ever since been considered as the patron of that diocese.
Trewargy, properly Tre-war-gie, the house or town on a stream, is now the property of Mr. Eliot, a gentleman resident in London.
Trenant has frequently changed its proprietors since the time of Mr. Hals. It passed from Mr. Dennis to his sister’s son, Sir Christopher Treise, who was Sheriff of Cornwall at the accession of King George the Third, and knighted on the occasion of presenting an address. The property thus devolved on his nephew Sir John Morshead, of Cartuther, who acquired a large fortune by his marriage, succeeded to an ample patrimony, dissipated the whole, and left the prefix of three letters as an inheritance to his son. It was then purchased by Admiral Sir Edward Buller, and again disposed of after his decease to Mr. Hope, who at this instant, 1833, offers it for sale. Some at least of these
changes have been ascribed to combinations and arrangements which were materially varied in the last year.
This parish contains 5,051 statute acres.
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Annual value of the Real Property, as returned to Parliament in 1815 | 5094 | 0 | 0 |
| Poor Rate in 1831 | 901 | 5 | 0 |
| Population,— | |||
| in 1801, 704 | in 1811, 821 | in 1821, 779 | in 1831, 928 |
giving an increase of about 31 per cent. in 30 years.
GEOLOGY, BY DR. BOASE.
The structure of this parish is not well explored; where-ever the rocks make their appearance, they are found to belong to the calcareous series.