MICHAEL-CARHAISE (ST.), a parish in the eastern
division of the hundred of POWDER, county of CORNWALL,
3 miles (S. B. by E.) from Tregoney, containing
174 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual
curacies of St. Denis and St. Stephen, in the archdeaconry
of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter, rated in
the king's books at £27. 10. 7., and in the patronage
of Lord and Lady Grenville. The church is dedicated
to St. Michael. There are also the ruins of an ancient
chapel. The parish is bounded on the south by the
English channel, where is Port Luny bay.