Sennen

"SENNEN, a parish in the W. division of Penwith hundred, county Cornwall, 1 mile from the Land's End, and 9 miles S.W. of Penzance, its post town. It is situated at the extreme western point of England, and includes the Land's End, a desolate and stormy spot. King John landed here on his return from the conquest of Ireland, and Perkin Warbeck in the reign of Henry VII. It is now a coastguard station opposite Longships lighthouse, and has two small harbours, Whitsand Bay and Sennen Cove. The surface is varied with valleys and hills, but none of the latter rising to any considerable height. The soil consists of killas, with a subsoil of granite rock. At the village of Mayon is a large flat stone called Table Maen, on which seven Saxon kings are said to have dined together in the 6th century. Many of the inhabitants are engaged in the fisheries. Great quantities of ling and pilchards are taken on, this coast. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £230. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter, in the patronage of the crown. The church, dedicated to St. Senan, is an ancient stone structure, with a tower containing three bells. The interior of the church contains monuments of the Ellises of Trevear. There is a National school for both sexes. The Wesleyans, Baptists, Primitive Methodists, and Bible Christians have each a place of worship. There is an inn near the village, bearing the sign on one side, "The first inn in England," and on the other side, "The last inn in England." A Church feast occurs on the nearest Sunday to St. Andrew's Day. In 1807 about 400 Roman coins were discovered here under a projecting rock."

"LAND'S END, in the parish of Sennen, in county Cornwall, the most western point of England, situated in W. long. 5° 11'. It was the Penwith of the Britons, and Bolerium or Antivestæum Promontorium of Ptolemy. The coast, which is broken and desolated, is visited by numbers of woodcocks in October and November."

"LONGSHIPS, dangerous rocks in the parish of Sennen, off the coast of Cornwall, 2 miles W. of Land's End. They are marked by a fixed light visible for 14 miles, in N. lat. 50° 4', and W. long. 50° 45'."