There is little deserving of remark in this parish, except some
doubtful remains of military antiquities. Mr. Lysons says, that the
great duchy manor of Helston in Trig, extends over the greater part of
this parish, and that what was formerly called Helsbury Park, is
possessed by the Duke of Bedford, under a lease; and that just without
the former boundary of the park are extensive earthworks, which Mr.
Lysons conjectures to be the spot described as a castle by William of
Worcester, and probably of great antiquity. The church has a few
monuments to the Lowers and others. The only village in this parish,
in addition to the church town, is called Treveighan.
Trevenin was a seat of some branch of the Lower family, now all
extinct; and Tregone, heretofore belonging to the Mayows, is now the
property of Mr. Hockin.
The advowson is in the Duke of Cornwall. Mr. Tonkin says in the Crown;
but much confusion seems to have existed in former times between the
claims of these two corporations sole, and if such a subject were
worthy of investigation, it is probable that many inaccuracies might
still be discovered.
The present Rector is the Rev. Edward Spettigue, presented in 1818 by
the King as Prince of Wales.
Michaelstow measures 1,338 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property, as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 1564 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 141 11 0
Population, { in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 158 | 181 | 216 | 215
giving an increase of 36 per cent. in 30 years.