Kelly’s Post Office Directory of Cornwall 1856

ZENNOR is a parish 7 miles north-north-east[west] from Penzance, in the western division, Penwith Hundred, Penzance Union, Penwith deanery, Cornwall archdeaconry and Exeter bishopric; it is situated on the north coast. The church is a plain stone building; has a porch and square tower containing 3 bells; in the interior of the church are nave, two aisles, chancel, transept, several mural mounments, and a font. The living is a vicarage, worth £179 yearly, with residence and 14 acres of glebe land, in the gift of the Bishop of Exeter; the Rev. William Borlase, M.A., is the incumbent. There are three chapels for Wesleyans. There is a Sunday school held at the church. The population, in 1851, was 918; and the acreage is 4,229, but three fourths is waste land. The soil is killas; the subsoil is killas and granite. The Earl of Sandwich is lord of the manor, and John Grove esq. Esq., of Fern House, Wiltshire, is chief landowner. Large quantities of stone are taken from here to Penzance for shipment.