Week St Mary, Cornwall

Description
Week St Mary, a village and a parish in Cornwall. The village stands 11 miles NW by N of Launceston, and 7 from Tresmeer station on the L. & S.W.R., with a post and telegraph office under Stratton; money order office, Whitestone. Acreage of parish, 6123; population, 548. An ancient fortress stood on Castle Hill. Fairs are held on 29 July, 15 Sept., and the Wednesday before Christmas Day. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Truro; net value, £340 with residence. Patron, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. The church is a building of stone and granite, with a handsome tower, and was restored in 1880 and 1887. There are Free Methodist and Bible Christian chapels. There are traces of a chantry founded about the beginning of the 14th century by a native maiden who became the wife of Sir J. Percival, lord mayor of London.