CROWAN, a parish in the hundred of PENWITH,
county of CORNWALL, 6 miles (N. by W.) from Helston,
containing 3973 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £11. Q. 2., and in the patronage
of Sir J. St. Aubyn, Bart. The church is dedicated
to St. Crewenne. A charity school was founded,
in 1730, by the family of St.Aubyn, and endowed with
the interest of £100.