TALLAND, a parish in the hundred of WEST,
county of CORNWALL, 2 miles (S. W. by W.) from West
Looe, containing, with the borough of West Looe, 1378
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in
the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £10. The Rev. N. Kendall
was patron in 1806. The church is dedicated to
St. Tallan. The parish is bounded on the south by the
English channel, and includes the decayed market-town
of West Looe, and part of the small fishing town of
Polperro. Mary Kendall, in 1710, left £4 per annum
for teaching poor girls 5 and Charles Kendall, in 1746,
gave £6 a year for the instruction of boys.