*HELSTON, (Cornwall) 226 cm. 294 mm. from London, is a trading populous T. well situated on the r. Cober, not far from its
influx into the sea; one of those appointed for the coinage of tin, and the place of assembly for the W. division of the
shire. By a grant of Edw. III. it has a Mt. on S. and Fairs on March 13, July 9, Aug. 29, Oct. 28, the second S. before
St. Thomas-day, and the Ss, before Midlent-Sunday, Palm-Sunday, and Whit-Sund. It had formerly a priory and a castle, and
sent members to Pt. in the R. of Edw. I. but was not incorporated till the 27th of Q. Eliz. who appointed a mayor, to be
chose on Sept. 29, and 4 ald. who are to be of the C.C. and to chuse 24 assistants. The manor bel. to the Pr. of Wales, as
D. of Cornwall. Here is a large Mt.-house and a Guild-Hall, and 4 streets that lie in the form of a cross, with a little
channel of water running through each. The steeple of the Ch. with its spire, is 90 foot high, and a sea-mark. A little
below the T. there is a tolerable good harbour, where several of the tin ships take in their lading, K. John exempted this
place from paying toll any where, but in the city of London; and from being impleaded any where, but in their own Bor.