LINKINHORNE, a parish in the northern division
of EAST hundred, county of CORNWALL, 4 miles (N.W.)
from Callington, containing 1080 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall,
and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books
at £13. Miss Hewish was patroness in 1780. The
church is dedicated to St. Mellor. A free school for all
the children of the parish was founded and endowed
with the interest of £705, by Charles Roberts; two-
thirds of this sum are paid to the schoolmaster, and the
remainder to a schoolmistress. On Caernadon, or Carraton,
downs, in this parish, Charles I. drew up his
forces, in 1644, the day after he had entered Cornwall,
and here he was joined by Prince Maurice. Here are
the remarkable rocks called the Cheese-wring and.the
Hurlers; as also Sharp Tor, from which is a very fine
view.