To everie one a peace-maker may prove;
Then am I blest to have given a legacie,
So like my harte unto posteritie.
Francis Basset, Ao 1640.
The arms of the town are, Argent, an ivy bush overspreading the whole field Proper, evidently in allusion to
the name; but this bearing has afforded an obvious joke throughout the neighbouring parishes at the expense of the Mayor.
The church is unusually large and handsome, with a fourth aile at the eastern end, and a lofty tower; and few prospects are equally beautiful with that of the town and bay from the hill near Tregenna.
The parish feast is celebrated at the same time as that of Lelant the mother church; and Lelant, Redruth, and Crowan, are said to honour St. Eury by holding their feasts on the nearest Sunday to her day, February 1st, but no trace of any such saint can be found.
The parish measures 1524 statute acres.
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Annual value of the Real Property, as returned to Parliament in 1815 | 5,560 | 0 | 0 |
| Poor Rate in 1831 | 1,174 | 0 | 0 |