LYSONS.
The principal villages in this parish are Lane and Zela or Zealla, through which the high road from
Exeter to the Land’s-End passed, before the present turnpike road was made. The antient mile-stones remain, and a house at Zelah is still called the Tavern.
THE EDITOR.
Nothing satisfactory appears to be ascertained respecting the name of this parish; nor does the anniversary of the Feast afford any clue, as it is celebrated on Rogation Sunday, that is on the Sunday before Easter.
St. Allen contains 3493 statute acres.
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Annual value of the real property, as returned to Parliament in 1815 | 2468 | 0 | 0 |
| Poor Rate in 1831 | 388 | 19 | 0 |
| Population,— | |||
| in 1801, 360 | in 1811, 418 | in 1821, 471 | in 1831, 637. |
Increase of population on a hundred, in thirty years 76.9, or 77 per cent.
Present Rector, Rev. Nicholas Dyer, instituted in 1794.