The church of St. Denis is placed on the top of a hill, without any
appearance of habitations, and very little of cultivation; and the
flat country round it is destroyed in the most efficacious manner,
having been turned over and over again down to the solid rock, in what
is termed streaming for tin.
The only village of any size in the parish is called Hendra. The late
Mr. Thomas Rawlings, of Padstow, had some property in the parish, but
much the greater part belongs to Lord Falmouth.
This parish, united in the same presentation with St. Michael Carhayes
and St. Stephen in Branwell, may claim a share in the honour of Robert
Dunkin, who was ejected in the interregnum and restored with the
monarchy, and who has acquired celebrity by entering the field as a
controversialist with the great John Milton.
This parish contains 2789 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property, as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815 1524 0 0
Poor Rate in 1831 318 1 0
Population, { in 1801, | in 1811, | in 1821, | in 1831,
{ 318 | 478 | 592 | 721
giving an increase of 126 per cent. in 30 years.