GEOLOGY, BY DOCTOR BOASE.
The eastern part of this parish resembles Launceston in its geological structure; the western part rests on that range of downs which here cross the country, and which have been already noticed under the heads of Laneast and Egloskerry.
ST. STEPHEN’S NEAR SALTASH.
HALS.
St. Stephen’s near Saltash is situate in the hundred of East, and hath upon the east and south the Tamar River or part of Plymouth Harbour, north Bloflemmen, west Landrake, or that part of it called St. Urny. In the Domesday Book 1087, this district was taxed under the
jurisdiction of Trematon. In the inquisition of the Bishops of Lincoln and Winchester into the value of Cornish Benefices, Ecclesia de Sancti Stephani, in decanatu de Est, was rated at £9. 6s. 8d. In Wolsey’s Inquisition 1521, £26. The patronage formerly in ——, now Buller; the incumbent ——; the rectory in possession of ——.
This parish was rated to the four shillings per pound
| Land Tax for one year 1696, | £457. | 19s. | 0d. |
| Saltash Borough | 128 | 6 | 0 |
| 586 | 5 | 0 | |
In this parish stands the castle, honour, and manor of Trematon.