Crowan

"CROWAN, a parish in the hundred of Penwith, in the county of Cornwall, 5 miles N. of Helston, and 4 S. of Camborne, its post town. This parish contains tin and copper mines, and comprises several villages The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in mining operations. The surrounding country is beautifully diversified, and presents a charming view from the top of Crowan Beacon, an ancient conical heap of stones, which is most probably a cairn. The living is a vicarage * in the diocese of Exeter, value £470, with 40 acres of glebe, in the patronage of the Rev. H. M. St. Aubyn, who is lord of the manor. The church, dedicated to Santa Crewena, is an ancient stone building, with a good tower. The interior has lately been restored. It contains several monuments of the St. Aubyn family. The Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists have chapels. There is a girls' National school, and large boys and infant schools. A new vicarage house has been built by the present vicar in the Gothic style. The principal residence is Crowance, the ancient seat of the St. Aubyn family. Near the farm of Boseance are traces of an ancient camp, and at Buinerton are the ruins of an ancient chapel. A fair is held at Fraze once a year for cattle. The feast is kept on the first Sunday in February."