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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"ADVENT, (or St. Admen), a parish in the hundred of Leanewth, in the county of Cornwall, 1 mile S. of Camelford. It is bounded on one aide by the river Camel, which separates it from Lanteglos. Part of the parish is moorland, having a substratum of granite and felsparish There is a copper mine, but only a few hands are employed in working it. The living is a rectory united with that of Lanteglos, in the diocese of Exeter. The parish contains Trethym, formerly a seat of the Vivians.