Several supposed etymologies have been omitted from Mr. Hals and from
Mr. Tonkin, as being evidently unfounded. Bonython appears to be
derived from the well-known word for an house, and possibly ethon,
furze.
This parish contains 2,673 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property, as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 2529 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 221 9 0
Population, { in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 304 | 347 | 505 | 525
giving an increase of 73 per cent. in 30 years.
Parish Feast on the nearest Sunday to November the second, or to all
Souls Day.