MULLION, a parish in the hundred of KERRIER,
county of CORNWALL, 6 miles (S. by E.) from Helston,
containing 692 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and
diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £9.4.4.,
and in the patronage of the Bishop of Exeter. The
church is dedicated to St. Melan; its tower forms the
most conspicuous object in this part of Cornwall. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The parish
is bounded by the English channel on the west,
where there is a small cove, convenient for fishing,
which is the principal employment of the inhabitants.