MYLOR, a parish in the hundred of KERRIER,
county of CORNWALL, 3 miles (E. by N.) from Penryn,
containing 2193 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
with that of Mabe, in the peculiar jurisdiction and
patronage of the Bishop of Exeter, rated in the king's
books, at £16. 15. The church is dedicated to St.Melor.
There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan
Methodists. This'parish is bounded on the southeast
by Falmouth harbour, and includes the small seaport
of Flushing, which has considerably increased in
population since the improvements made, in the early
part of the last century, by Samuel Trefusis, Esq., who
at great expense levelled the ground, constructed quays,
erected numerous buildings, and endeavoured, but unsuccessfully,
to establish the packets there. This place
has of late years been much resorted to by invalids, on
account of the mildness of the climate j there is a ferry
to Falmouth at the distance of half a mile. Within the
parish is part of Perran wharf, also a large iron-foundry.