belonging to the families of Mayow, Kendall, Coode, &c.
The great tithes belonged to the priory of St. German’s; and in the Valor Ecclesiasticus in the time of King Henry the Eighth, preserved in the First Fruits Office, they are rated,
Morvall, decimæ garbæ - £10.
The great tithes now belong to Mr. Buller.
The presentation to the vicarage is in the Crown; and the present Vicar is the Rev. Stephen Puddicombe, presented by Lord Chancellor Eldon in 1803.
Bindon is the prominent feature in all this country. It commands a most extensive prospect over Plymouth, and to the range of the Dartmoor hills; in the other direction the view extends to the high lands near St. Austell, southward it is bounded by the horizon of the sea, and it almost reaches St. George’s Channel to the north. The elevation cannot be less than eight or nine hundred feet; yet strange to say, the road from Looe to Leskeard still continues to pass very nearly over the summit of this hill.
Morval measures 2925 statute acres.
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Annual value of the Real Property, as returned to Parliament in 1815 | 3910 | 0 | 0 |
| Poor Rate in 1831 | 415 | 10 | 0 |
| Population,— | |||
| in 1801, 533 | in 1811, 574 | in 1821, 615 | in 1831, 644 |
giving an increase of 21 per cent. in 30 years.