Description
Ecclesiastical parish. Archdeaconry of Cornwall. Originally a Peculiar of the Bishops of Exeter. In the modern Deanery of Carnmarth South. Hundred of Kerrier.
Grid reference: SW 82 35
Chronological Sequence
Sancti Melori, Sancto Meloro, 1277; Sancto Meloro, 1291; Sancti Melori, 1352-3, 1353; Myler, c.1626; Miler, 1637; Mylor, 1665; Mayler, 1666; Mylor, 1670, 1672; Myler, 1679; Mylor, 1697; Milor, 1748, 1787; Mylor, 1843, 1884; St Mylor, 1899; Mylor, 1907, 1997
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Sancti Melori : 1277, 1352-3, 1353
Sancto Meloro : 1277, 1291
Myler : c.1626, 1679
Miler : 1637
Mylor : 1665, 1670, 1672, 1697, 1843, 1884, 1907, 1997
Mayler : 1666
Milor : 1748, 1787
St Mylor : 1899
References
Ecclesie Sancti Melori
Sancto Meloro
Henderson, 1958, p362, citing from 1277
Ecclesia de Sancto Meloro
In the Decanatus de Penren.
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p466, citing from 1291
Perpetua Vicaria Ecclesie Parochialis et curate Sancti Melori
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1425, citing from 1352-3
Ecclesie Sancti Melori
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1426, citing from 1353
Myler
Gray, 1990, p76, citing from c.1626
Miler
RIC, HW/24, 1637 (*)
Mylor
CRO, EN/970, 1665 (*)
Mayler
RIC, Z/12/3, 1666 (*)
Mylor
CRO, EN/970, 1670 (*)
Donaldson, 1902, p378, citing from 1672
Myler
RIC, Z/12/4, 1679 (*)
Mylor
CRO, P161/1/1, 1697 (*)
Milor
Martyn, 1748, map
RIC, BRA641/10, 1787 (*)
Mylor
CRO, TA/161, 1843
3562 acres.
Symons, 1884
St Mylor
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1626
Mylor
The population in 1901 was 2147.
Olivey, 1907, p4
A United Benefice with Flushing. In the Deanery of Carnmarth South. 3093 acres. Population in 1989 was 1935.
TDD, 1997, p34