PERRANZABULOE, a parish in the hundred of
PYDER, county of CORNWALL,. 7 miles (W. N. W.) from
St. Michael, containing 1702 inhabitants. The living is
a discharged vicarage, to which is annexed the perpetual
curacy of St. Agnes, in the peculiar jurisdiction and
patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, rated in
the king's books at £24. The ancient church was collegiate,
for a dean and canons, in the time of Edward
the Confessor, and had the privilege of sanctuary, but
having been overwhelmed with the sand, another
church has been erected, near the village of Lambourn,
which was consecrated in 1805. There .are tin, copper,
and lead mines in full operation within the parish. At
Perran Porth is a fine sandy beach, frequented as a
bathing-place, the visitors procuring lodgings in the
cottages by the sea-side. The western part of the
parish is very populous, being inhabited by miners,
who live in detached cottages, thickly scattered over
the commons. A fair is held on Easter - Tuesday,
sometimes at Millingy, and at other times at Penhallow.
St. Perran's well, near Lambourn, which is enclosed
by an ancient stone building, is one of those to
which the power of working miraculous cures was formerly
ascribed. On the downs, about a mile and a
half from the same place, is St. Perran's Round, one
of the ancient Cornish amphitheatres; there are several
other old earth-works within the parish.