The church of this parish is situated in a pleasant valley, but without any thing peculiar by which it may be distinguished from others.
The principal village in the parish is called Tregoll.
Mr. Lysons says that Poundstock was held under the manor of Launcels, citing the Exeter Domesday; and that the manor of West Widemouth was granted by Reginald Earl of Cornwall, to William Botreaux, from whom it passed by female heirs to the families of Hungerford and Hastings; from the last it was purchased by the Granvilles, and now belongs to Lord Carteret.
The manor of Woolston was purchased by the late Lord Dunstanville.
The great tithes of this parish were purchased by Mr. George Browne of Bodmin, when the whole Arundell property in Cornwall was sold, about fifty years ago; and now belong to his grandson.
The advowson of the vicarage is in John Dayman, esq. and the Rev. Charles Dayman, was instituted as Vicar in 1809.
This parish measures 4304 statute acres.
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Annual value of the Real Property, as returned to Parliament in 1815 | 2984 | 0 | 0 |
| Poor Rate in 1831 | 389 | 0 | 0 |
| Population,— | |||
| in 1801, 617 | in 1811, 635 | in 1821, 744 | in 1831, 727 |