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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"VERYAN, a parish in the W. division of Powder hundred, county Cornwall, 4 miles S.W. from Tregoney, its post town, and 12 from Truro. The village is situated in a deep valley in the midst of hills, and near Veryan Bay, in the English Channel, by which it is bounded on the S. Veryan is mentioned in Domesday Book as Eterchy, at which period it was held by the Earl of Mortaigne. It includes the fishing cove of Portloe, and is traversed by the road from Tregoney to St. Mawes. Blue slate, lime, and manganese exist. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Exeter, value £339, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The church, dedicated to St. Ann of Sephori, or St. Symphoriana, contains a sculptured font, dating from 1100, and several monuments. The parochial charities produce about £22 per annum. There are schools for both sexes and chapels for the Wesleyans, Independents, and Bible Christians."

"PORTH-LOE, a village in the parish of Veryan, hundred of West Powder, county Cornwall, 3 miles S. of Trigony, and 8 S. by E. of Truro. It as situated- on Veryan Bay in the English Channel."