The late Mr. Weston Helyar was patron of the rectory.
Pillaton measures 1957 statute acres.
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Annual value of the Real Property, as returned to Parliament in 1815 | 2,236 | 0 | 0 |
| Poor Rate in 1831 | 185 | 6 | 0 |
| Population,— | |||
| in 1801, 336 | in 1811, 477 | in 1821, 452 | in 1831, 413 |
giving an increase of 23 per cent. in 30 years, but in a progression so irregular as to indicate some local cause affecting it.
Present Rector, the Rev. H. Woolcombe, instituted in 1816.
GEOLOGY, BY DR. BOASE.
Like the adjoining parishes of St. Mellion and Landrake, this parish is confined within the limits of the calcareous series, and rests on similar kinds of rocks.