Kelly’s Post Office Directory of Cornwall 1856

SENNEN is a parish 10 miles south-east[west] from Penzance, 1 mile from the Land’s End, in the western division, Penwith Hundred, Penzance Union, Penwith deanery, Cornwall archdeaconry, and Exeter bishopric; it is situated on the western coast. The church of St. Sennen is an old stone building, in the pointed style of architecture; has tower, nave, two aisles, transept, porch, chancel, 3 bells, monuments, font, and register. The living is a rectory, worth £230 yearly; the Hon. and Rev. Fitzroy Stanhope, M.A., is the incumbent, and the Rev. William Houghton, M.A., is the curate. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists and Bryanites. There is a National school for the parishes of Senner[n] and Levan, without endowment. This is the most westerly parish in England, and contains the Land’s End. The population, in 1851, was 652; and the acreage is 2,230. The soil is killas; the subsoil is granite. The chief crops are wheat and potatoes.

Mayon, or Mean, is a small village near the Land’s End. Here is a large stone called Table Mean.