SANCREED, a parish in the hundred of PENWITH
county of CORNWALL, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Penzance,
containing 1001 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £8, and in the patronage
of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. Besides the
church, here were three ancient chapels, of which there
are still some remains. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists.