LANREATH, a parish in WEST hundred, county
of CORNWALL, 6 miles (W. N. W.) from West Looe,
containing 6<29 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £32, and in the patronage
of John Buller, Esq. The church is dedicated
to St. Marnarch. Herod's Foot river, and the lakes
Ball Water and Trebant Water, are in this parish.
Fairs for cattle are held on Whit-Tuesday, November
18th, and the third Tuesday after Shrovetide. A charity
school, founded in 1711., possesses a small endowment.