GWENNAP, a parish in the hundred of KERRIER, county of CORNWALL, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Redruth, containing 6294 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £16. 18. llf., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter The church, dedicated to St.Wenap, has lately received an addition of two hundred sittings, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £50 towards defraying the expense. In the parish are several rich mines of tin and copper \ of the latter the most productive are Weal Unity, United Mine, Weal Damsel, and Treskerby. At the village of St. Day, a weekly market on Saturday has been established for the convenience of the miners, and a small fair on the Tuesday next after the 29th of July. Here was a chapel dedicated to the Holy Trinity, but it has been totally demolished, the tower having been pulled down in 1778. In 1827 a handsome church, or chapel, was erected. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists.