This parish measures 2774 statute acres.
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Annual value of the Real Property, as returned to Parliament in 1815 | 3218 | 0 | 0 |
| Poor Rate in 1831 | 616 | 18 | 0 |
| Population,— | |||
| in 1801, 847 | in 1811, 804 | in 1821, 880 | in 1831, 884 |
giving an increase of little more than 4 per cent. in 30 years.
Present Rector, the Rev. William Rawlins, jun. instituted in 1822; son of the Vicar of Padstow.
THE GEOLOGY, BY DR. BOASE.
The rocks of this parish belong to the calcareous series. A little north-west of the church a copper mine has been worked; among the rubbish of which a fine blue slate is very abundant, but which appears to differ from the rocks at the surface, merely by those having acquired a red colour from further oxidation of the iron. The strata near the coast dip landward at an angle of about 45°, being broken here and there by narrow gorges, through which the rivulets flow into the sea. At Polperro the scenery is very fine; and the narrow entrance into the harbour, which seems to indicate some great catastrophe, is an object of much interest to the speculative geologist.
[12] Died in 1730, or a few years afterwards.