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charter was granted by Charles II in 1669.* It was abolished by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1883.

The tenement of Tregarth, valued at £40 a year, was bequeathed in 1679 by Sir James Smith for the erecting of a school house and maintenance of a school. The manor of Helston, in this parish (called Helston in Trigg to distinguish it from Helston in Kerrier), has from early times belonged to the Duchy of Cornwall. The parks of Lanteglos and Helsbury, extending into this parish, were adjuncts of Helston manor, the last being the later creation of the two, being called in 1337 the 'New Park,' while the other reaches back to 1189, if not earlier. Lanteglos was disparked some little time before 1650. We do not know when Helsbury was so treated, but think the statement in the last edition of this work that it was disparked by Henry VIII is a mistake.

The celebrated inscribed stone in the churchyard is referred to on p. 242 above. There are also some exceptionally interesting crosses.

The well-known entrenchment called Castle Goff, consisting of a single rampart and ditch and about 200 feet in diameter, with a barbican on the west, is about a quarter of a mile from the church. On the north side of the parish, at Bury Ground, is another earthwork, a circular rampart and ditch, nearly obliterated by farming operations.

ADVENT - Deanery of Trigg Minor.- Advent is commonly called St. Anne, or St. Tane: it was anciently known by the name of St. Athewyn. It is one of the twelve parishes that surround the small parish of Temple, and form the district called the Moors. Advent is a parochial chapelry of Lanteglos, the two constituting one benefice. Adwen was (like Ilid, or Julitta, the patron of Lanteglos) of the family of Brychan. The church (partly rebuilt 1848) is of the 13th and 15th centuries. The 15th century cradle roof is good. There is a Norman font. The park of Helsbury extended into this parish. At Tresinney, near the church, is a fine roundheaded cross, with slender shaft 6 feet 9 inches high.

* A charter of Henry III is printed Jrnl. R.I.C., vol. i., pt. 4.