KEA, a parish in the western division of the hundred
of POWDER, county of CORNWALL, 3 miles (S. S.
E.) from Truro, containing, with the manor of Tregavethan,
3208 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with
that of Kenwyn, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and
diocese of Exeter, and in the patronage of the Bishop
of Exeter. The church, dedicated to St. Kea, was built
about 1803, The Wesleyan Methodists have a place
of worship here. There is a small endowment for the
instruction of children; and an almshouse for eight poor
persons was founded by a bequest from Mr. John Lanyon
in. 1724, and endowed with an estate now producing
about £ 50 per annum. This parish lies on
the west of the Mopas roadstead.