MENHENIOT, a parish in the middle division of
EAST hundred, county of CORNWALL, 2 miles (E.S.E.)
from Liskeard, containing 1170 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall,
and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at
£21. 15. 5., and in the patronage of the Rector and,.
Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford, on the nomination
of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is dedicated
to St. Neot. A school for the instruction of poor
children was endowed with the interest of £42, by the
Rev. Augustus Question, about 1753; with the interestof
£25 by Mr. Snell; to which the Rev. William Holwell
Carr, the present vicar, adds £20 per annum for the master's
salary. Fairs for cattle and sheep are held April
23rd, June 11th, and July 28th. Within the parish,
and near the town of Liskeard, was anciently an hospital
for lepers, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. The
scenery of this district is beautifully diversified with
rock and wood. William of Wykham was vicar of
this parish.