GWINEAR, a parish in the hundred of PENWITH,
county of CORNWALL, 7 miles (S. W. by w.) from
Redruth, containing 2383 inhabitants. The living is
a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and
diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £12,
and in the patronage of the Bishop of Exeter. The
church is dedicated to St.Winnear. There are several
copper mines in the parish, of which the principal are
Herland, Weal Alfred, and Weal Hope; the first produces
also native silver.