to Mellitus, the first Bishop of London, and third Archbishop of Canterbury, than to an obscure African lady.
Bede has given various particulars of this eminent person, and his life may be found in Capgrave’s Aurea Legenda. He led a second body of missionaries in aid of the great St. Austin, and the conversion of a Pagan temple into a Christian church, since expanded into St. Paul’s Cathedral, and also the foundation of Westminster Abbey, are imputed to him. He departed this life on the 24th of April, in the year 624.
St. Mellion measures 2410 statute acres.
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Annual value of the Real Property as returned to Parliament in 1815 | 1928 | 0 | 0 |
| Poor Rate in 1831 | 163 | 8 | 0 |
| Population,— | |||
| in 1801, 284 | in 1811, 326 | in 1821, 321 | in 1831, 330 |
giving an increase of 16 per cent. in 30 years.
The Rev. George Fortescue died Rector of St. Mellion in 1835.
GEOLOGY, BY DR. BOASE.
The Geology of this parish is precisely the same as that of St. Dominick.