KEYNE (ST.), a parish in the hundred of WEST,
county of CORNWALL, 2 miles (S.) from Leskeard,
containing 153 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese
of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £5. 18. 6., and
in the patronage of Lieut. Cory, R. N. The church is
dedicated to St. Kayne, who lived in the fifth century,
and is said to have been the daughter of Braganus,
Prince of Brecknockshire. Near the church is St.
Kayne's well, long celebrated in legendary tales for its
peculiar virtues; the roof of the enclosure supports, in
a singular manner, five trees, two of oak, two of ash,
and one of elm, planted more than half a century ago.
The Looe navigation passes on the eastern side of this
parish.