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St. Mellion (Cornish: Sen Melyan) is a village and rural civil parish in east Cornwall, England. The parish is three miles (5 km) south of Callington. The population in the 2001 census was 377. To the north, the parish is bordered by Callington and St. Dominick parishes, to the east and south by Pillaton parish, and to the west by St Ive parish. The parish name is taken from St Melaine, a 6th-century bishop of Rennes, Brittany. St. Mellion was part of the East Hundred of Cornwall and in St. Germans Rural District between 1894 and 1974. For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article St Mellion.
[edit] Research TipsOne of the many maps available on A Vision of Britain through Time is one from the Ordnance Survey Series of 1900 illustrating the parish boundaries of Cornwall at the turn of the 20th century. This map blows up to show all the parishes and many of the small villages and hamlets. The following websites have pages explaining their provisions in WeRelate's Repository Section. Some provide free online databases.
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/Jacobstow
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