There is also one to the Rev. Charles Mayson, D.D. late Rector of Lezant, and who is stated to have succeeded his father, the Rev. Peter Mayson, in 1784, and to have died here in 1815.
Lezant measures 4357 statute acres.
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Annual value of the Real Property, as returned to Parliament in 1815 | 3303 | 0 | 0 |
| Poor Rate in 1831 | 613 | 19 | 0 |
| Population,— | |||
| in 1801, 610 | in 1811, 671 | in 1821, 853 | in 1831, 841 |
giving an increase of 38 per cent. in 30 years.
Present Rector, the Rev. John Bull, D.D. Canon of Christ Church.
GEOLOGY, BY DR. BOASE.
Dr. Boase says of the geology of this parish, that the rocks and the substrata belong entirely to the calcareous series, and resemble those of Lawhitton.