"An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall", by C.S. Gilbert, Vol. 2 [pt. 2], 1820, page 328
"St. Stephens In Brannel, a parish chiefly noted for its produce of a mineral clay, generally known by the name of china stone. It contains 8556 statute acres, and the inhabitants were calculated in 1801, at 1738.
The church-town is seated on a hill, about ten miles E.N.E. of Truro, and contains the church, a small inn, and about thirty other dwellings.
The church was nearly destroyed by lightning, about the year 1784, but it has been since repaired, and it is now a plain neat edifice. On the window over the altar, is a shield of armorial bearings which appear to be those of the Tregothnan family. The only monument in this church is inscribed to Hugh Wolrige, which has been described in the heraldry. Under the floor of the chancel is a large vault, where the family of Tanner lie interred. there were formerly several seats in this parish, occupied by families of considerable consequence, but the whole are now ordinary farm-houses. The principal landholders are lord and lady Grenville, and J.T.P.B. Trevanion, esq. There are several mines and stream works in this parish, which, with the manufacture of the china clay, and agricultural pursuits, give good employment to the inhabitanats.
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