ENDELLION, a parish in the hundred of TRIGG,
county of CORNWALL, 5 miles (N.) from Wade-bridge,
containing 1149 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £ 10, and in the patronage
of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St. Edelienta,
stands on high ground, its tower being visible as a
land-mark at a great distance; it is collegiate, containing
three prebends, which are sinecures, exclusively
of the rectory; the king's prebend is in the patronage
of the Crown; that of Trehaverock is in the patronage
of the Hon. Mr. Agar, as representative of the family
of Robartes, Earl of Radnor; and that of Heredum-
Marney is in the patronage of Richardson Gray, Esq.
In this parish is Port Isaac, which has a considerable
pilchard fishery, and a small market on Friday, for
butchers meat. The principal export of the place, which
is bounded on the north by the British channel, consists
of pilchards, and slate from the Delabole quarries:
coal is imported from Wales. In the parish also 5s
Port Guin, formerly a large fishing town. At Port Isaac
is a charity school, established about 1804, and sup-
ported by voluntary subscriptions.