St Anthony In Meneage

"ST. ANTHONY IN MENEAGE, a parish in the hundred of Kerrier, in the county of Cornwall, 7 miles to the E. of Helston. It is situated on the coast of the English Channel, at the mouth of the river Helford. The ground is high, and commands extensive sea views. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Exeter, value £101, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church, which is of great age, has a granite tower. A monastic house formerly existed here, which was a cell to the priory of Tywardraeth, and was probably founded before the reign of Richard I. In this parish are two ancient British entrenchments, now named Great and Little Dinas, or Great and Little Fort. During the civil war of the 17th century, a small fort was constructed by the royalists, on the site of Little Dinas, for the defence of Helford harbour; it was taken in 1646, by Fairfax. Poor children of this parish have the benefit of an endowment founded by Mr. Hosken, in 1743, for the purpose of maintaining and educating them.