JOHN (ST.), a parish in the southern division of
the hundred of EAST, county of CORNWALL, 6 miles
(S. E.byE.) from St. Germans, containing 178 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's
books at £12. 12. 6., and in the patronage of the
Rt. Hon. R. P. Carew. Almshouses for six poor persons
were founded, in 1680, by Alice Brooking. This
village is situated at the head of the aestuary called St.
John's lake, opposite to Devonport; and the parish extends
southward to the English channel, part of which,
though locally situated on the Cornish side, belongs to
the county of Devon.