V. — Cornish Ecdesiology. — By H. Michell Whitley. 



I. Mabe. 



MABE Church is situated in the hundred of Kerrier, about two 

 miles south-west of Penryn ; about a year and a half ago, 

 during a violent thunder-storm, it was unfortunately struck by 

 lightning, and much injured. Some doubt exists as to the origin 

 and meaning of the name of the parish : Hals says that the name 

 Mab or Mabe is Cornish, meaning a son ; and he considers that it 

 refers, either to our Lord, in whose honour the Church may have 

 been erected as a pledge of orthodoxy; or to Milorus (son of 

 Melianus, King or Duke of Cornwall), who either was lord of 

 this place or had some jurisdiction over it. He also states that 

 "at the time of the Norman Conquest the district was taxed 



Mabe Church.— Plan. 

 Scale, 25 feet to an inch. 



