PETHERWIN (SOUTH), a parish in the northern
division of the hundred of EAST, county of CORNWALL,
3 miles (S. W. by S.) from Launceston, containing 914
inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with the curacy
of Trewin annexed, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the.
Bishop of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £9. 2. 6.,
and in the patronage of the Chancellor and Fellows of
the University of Oxford. The church is dedicated
to St. Paternus. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists. Fairs are held on the second Tuesdays
in May and October.