MADRON, a parish in the hundred of PENWITH,
county of CORNWALL, 2 miles (N. W.) from Penzance,
containing, exclusively of the market-town of Penzance,
which is within this parish, 2011 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacies of Morva
and Penzance, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and
diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £21. 5. 10.
Henry Penneck, Esq. was patron in 1812. The church,
dedicated to St. Madern, is in the early style of English
architecture. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. A school for instructing the poor children
of the parish was founded, about 1704, by Mr. George
Daniel, and endowed with lands and premises, now let
for about £120 per annum, besides a house and garden
for the master. Here is a stone with an ancient
British inscription, stating it to be a sepulchral monument
to Rialobran, son of Cunoval; also the once
celebrated well of St. Madern.