SHEVIOCK, a parish in the southern division of
the hundred of EAST, county of CORNWALL, 3 miles
(S. by E.) from St. Germans, containing 491 inhabitant?.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall,
and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books
at £26. 14. 7., and in the patronage of the Rt. Hon. R,
P. Carew. The church, dedicated to St, Mary, is an
ancient structure, containing a sumptuous monument to
the memory of Sir Edward and Lady Courtenay, and
several curious tombs of the family of Dawnay. The
parish is bounded on the north by the Lynher river,
and on the south by the English channel. At Wrinkle
Cove is an ancient pier, and off the coast a considerable
pilchard fishery.