MERRYN (ST.), a parish in the hundred of PYDER,
county of CORNWALL, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Padstow,
containing 537 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the
Bishop of Exeter, rated in the king's books at & 15. 6. 8.
A small quay was constructed under Catacleuse cliffs,
about 1794, by Mr. Peter, of Harlyn, for the reception
of coasting vessels and steam-boats belonging to the
pilchard fishery in Portlease bay. In the vicinity was
anciently a village, with a chapel or church dedicated
to St. Constantino, the ruins of which still remain. The
Bristol channel bounds this parish on the west and
north.