STEPHEN'S (St.), a parish and a sub-district in Launceston district, Cornwall. The parish adjoins Launceston town and r. station; was known at Domesday as Lanson; includes the disfranchised borough of Newport; and has cattle fairs on 12 May, 31 July, and 25 Sept. Post town, Launceston. Acres, 3,905. Real property, £4,340. Pop., 873. Houses, 174. Tredidon and Carnedon are chief residences. A small manganese mine was here, but has been relinquished. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £110. Patrons, the Inhabitants. The original church was collegiate, and was changed in 1126 into an Augustinian priory. The present church stands on a hill, and has a good tower.—The sub-district contains 6 parishes and a part. Acres, 28,776. Pop., 3,607. Houses, 697.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))