SITHNEY, a parish in the hundred of KERRIER, county of CORNWALL, 2 miles (N.W.) from Helston, containing 2238 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vi-r carage, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £19. 11. 5i-> and in the patronage of the Bishop of Exeter. The church is dedicated to St. Sithney. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The parish is bounded on the south by the English channel. Here was an ancient hospital, dedicated to St. John.