Perran Arworthal

"PERRAN-ARWORTHAL, a parish in the hundred of Kerrier, county Cornwall, 5 miles S.W. of Truro, its post town, and 3 N. of Penryn. At Perranwell is a station on the Cornwall and West Cornwall railway. The village, which is considerable, is situated at the head of Carron Creek. The parish includes the hamlet of Perranwell, near which is an extensive arsenic manufactory, the material for which is procured from the horizontal flues of the tin roasting furnaces. The manor was formerly held by the Mohuns and Pendarves. There are extensive smelting works at Bison Bridge, and powder works employing a large number of the inhabitants. There is also a manufactory for blankets and carpets, and nails are made to a considerable extent. In the neighbourhood is a mineral spring, and lead, copper, and tin ores are met with, but not generally worked. There is a tram rail which runs down from Redruth. The Carron steam works are partly within this parish, in which stream gold has been found. The great tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £150, and the vicarial for £99. The glebe consists of five acres. The living is a vicarage* annexed to that of Stithians, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is dedicated to St. Piran. The Wesleyans and Bible Christians have each a chapel. There is a mechanics' institution. J. Bassett, Esq., is lord of the manor."

"PERRAN-WHARF, (or Cove), a village, partly in the parish of Perran-Arworthal, and partly in that of Mylor, E. division of the hundred of Kerrier, county Cornwall, 5 miles S.W. of Truro, its post town. It is situated on the road from Falmouth to Truro in a vale watered by a feeder of the river Fal. It contains a large foundry for the manufacture of steam-engines, and a considerable trade is carried on in coal, lime, and slates, and in timber from Norway to Canada. A tram-road from the wharf communicates with the mines of Redruth and Gwennap. The neighbourhood is studded with villa residences.

"PERRANWELL, a hamlet in the parish of Perran-Arworthal, hundred of Kerrier, county Cornwall, 5 miles S.W. of Truro, and 9 from Falmouth. It is a station on the West Cornwall railway."