This parish is supposed to have belonged to the Priory of St. German’s
as an appendix to South Petherwin, to which it is now united.
Trewen is not noticed by name in the Valor Ecclesiasticus of the 26th
Henry VIII.; but South Petherwin, probably with the daughter parish
included, is there stated to have paid to St. German’s annually,
£. _s._ _d._
Decim. Garb 15 13 4
―――― Feni 0 13 4
The great tithes belong to the University of Oxford, as does the
presentation to the vicarage through the Mother Church.
This parish measures 868 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 796 0 0
Poor Rates in 1831 134 11 0
Population,――{ in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 193 | 190 | 206 | 213
giving an increase of 10 per cent. in 30 years.