West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser APRIL 18 1851 Impropriator = A layman who has possession of the lands of the church or an ecclesiastical living. (Webster's, 1828) STATISTICS OF CORNWALL (No. 17) - MYLOR and MABE SIR - The parish of Mylor contains 3,562 a., 1r. The arable ground is 2,602 acres; rough pasture, furze and wet pasture 169 acres; orchards and gardens 98a., 1r; willow plots 1a.1r; woods and plantations 490 acres; of which about 20 acres is oak coppice,; houses, yards, and folds 59a.1r; roads and wastes 142a. 2r. of which, about 40 acres are unenclosed downs or commons. The population in 1841 was 2,569; being an average of 462 per square mile, or nearly one person to 1 2-5ths acre. The largest tenement is SIR CHARLES LEMON's grounds of Carclew, 654 acres, of which 377 acres are woods and plantations, and 241 acres are arable and pasture. The largest farm is Trefusis, 348 acres; three farms are each between 100 and 150 acres; nine between 50 and 100 acres; eleven between 30 and 50 acres; ten between 20 and 30 acres; and a great many smaller tenements, many of which are occupied by the inhabitants of Flushing and Mylor Bridge, both of which populous villages are in this parish. Two or more farms, are in some instances, held by one occupier. The amount of rent -charge, in lieu of tithe, is fixed at GBP 565 per annum, of which GBP 350 is payable to the impropriator and GBP 215 to the vicar. In Carclew there are 395 acres on which a modus of 6s.8d. per annum is payable instead of the small tithes and tithe of hay; and in Trefusis there are about 40 acres, of which the sheaf tithe is payable to the vicar, and the remainder of the farm was not chargeable to the sheaf tithe. The glebe contains 14a.3r.19p. The naval reservoir and quay with some adjoining grounds 14a.3r.8p. are public property. The Bishop of Exeter holds about 251 acres. The soil of Mylor rests on clay slate, which slate is traversed by many elvan courses; the hills rise to about 250 feet above the sea-level. There are about 14 miles of public roads in this parish. The parish of Mabe contains 2,569a.1r.27p. The arable ground is 1,578 acres; rough pasture, furze and wet pasture 875 acres; gardens and orchards, 12 acres; woods and plantations 8 acres; houses, yards, and folds, 21 acres; roads and wastes 80a. 1r. 27p. The population in 1841 was 594 persons, which is about 148 per square mile, or nearly 4 1/3 acres to each person. The largest farm is Higher Spargo 187 acres; five farms are more than 100 acres each; twelve are between 50 and 100 acres; ten are between 30 and 50 acres; nine are between 20 and 30 acres; and there are many smaller tenements. Two or more farms, are in a few instances, held by one occupier. The amount of rent-charge in lieu of tithe is fixed at GBP 311.14s.1d. of which GBP 141.14s.1d is payable to impropriators and GBP 170 to the vicar. I believe there is no glebe in this parish. The vicarage is held with that of Mylor. The Bishop of Exeter holds 322 acres in this parish. The soil almost throughout rests on granite, which is traversed at various places by courses of porphyritic elvan; only about 20 acres of the extreme north-eastern part (near Penryn) the soil covers a peculiar sort of micaceous slate. The highest ground is at the Long Downs, where it is about 600 feet above the sea; and the lowest is at the north-eastern part before mentioned, where it is no more than 60 feet above the sea. The public roads are about 7 1/4 miles, besides 3 3/4 miles of turnpike roads. I am Sir, Your obedient servant, RICHARD THOMAS Falmouth, April 11, 1851 Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org