There does not appear to be any thing remarkable in this parish. The
only village, except the church town, is Treworrell.
The manor of Grylls in this parish formerly belonged to the Betensons,
who intermarried with the Gilberts of Tackbear; and their arms remain
in the church, Argent, within a bordure engrailed Ermine, a fess
Gules, with a lion passant gardant in chief.
The advowson of the rectory is annexed to the manor of Lesnewith,
which belonged two centuries ago to the family of Dennis. It was a
considerable time in the family of Glynn. Mr. Jose is the chief
proprietor in the parish.
Lesnewith measures 1,734 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property, as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 1,400 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 133 16 0
Population, { in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 104 | 105 | 123 | 127
giving an increase of 22 per cent. in 30 years.
Present Rector, the Rev. Charles Worsley, instituted in 1813.