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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"ST. WENN, a parish in the E. division of Pyder hundred, county Cornwall, 4 miles N.E. of St. Columb-Major. It if mentioned in Domesday survey as San Wena. The parish, which is intersected in the northern part by the river Camel, includes the village of Treganetha. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Exeter, value £130. The church, dedicated to St. Wenn, was rebuilt in 1830, with the exception of the tower, which has been damaged by lightning. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there are National and Sunday schools. Fairs are held on the 25th April and lit August for cattle.