TAMERTON, NORTH (St. Denis), a parish, in the union of Holsworthy, hundred of Stratton, E. division of Cornwall, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Holsworthy; containing 589 inhabitants. The parish comprises 4775 acres, of which 450 are common or waste; the surface is in general hilly; the soil, though various, is for the most part a poor clayey earth. The river Tamar and the Bude canal run through the parish, parallel with each other, from north to south. The living is a donative curacy; net income, £230; patrons, R. P. Coffin, Esq., and the Heirs of the late Colonel I’Ans : the glebe contains about 20, acres. There is a dilapidated chapel at Hornacot.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
