WEEK (ST-MARY), a parish in the hundred of STRATTON, county of CORNWALL, 6 miles (S.) from Stratton, containing 782 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £17, and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. In all ancient records this is termed the borough of Week St. Mary, and the occupiers of certain fields are still called burgage-holders. The custom of electing a mayor is still observed, but the office is little more than nominal. Fairs for bul- locks and sheep are held on September 8th and 12th. Adjoining the churchyard is the site of an ancient fortress, called Castle Hill.