This parish is situated in the most wild and apparently most desolate
part of Cornwall, although the soil is not unproductive. The Church
stands near to the cliff of this iron-bound coast.
Mr. Lysons states, that the manor giving name to this parish, belonged
in the reign of King James the First to James Welsh, Esq. from it has
descended through the family of Bolitho to that of Stephens, and that
it now belongs to Mr. Richard Stephens, of Culverhouse, near Exeter.
The Dean and Chapter of Exeter are patrons of the Rectory. The present
Rector is the Rev. J. T. Symons, instituted 1831.
Trevalga measures 1094 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 1,024 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 89 5 0
Population,――{ in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 100 | 112 | 133 | 192
giving an increase of 92 per cent. in 30 years.