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 CORNWALL and then violently thrust in and soused with vigour. Prayers were said over him; and it is possible that in some cases the shock might cure, but in more cases it would certainly have done injury. The church has a fine three- stage tower ; it is also notable for its admir- able bench-ends and restored screen. St. Anthony -in - Menenge (lo m. E. of Helston) is a beautifully situated church, said to have been built by Norman visitors who escaped shipwreck. There are ancient en- trenchments in the neighbourhood, which returned to their old use during the Civil War. The restored church is Perp., with possible traces of E.E. in chancel and font. " Meneage," an affix applied to several parishes in this district, is allied to the Cornish men, a stone ; we have the same word in Manaccan and Manacles, while farther N. the root lives in such names as Manchester and Man. iS^. Anthony -in- Roseland, on the S.E. bank of St. Mawes Harbour, has a well-restored church, perhaps the best specimen of E.E. in Cornwall. Zose Point, with its lighthouse, is sometimes called St. Anthony's Head. " Rose- land " is from the Cornish ros, heath or moorland. Place House, in this parish, was once a priory, founded by Athelstan, and given later to the monks of Plympton. Antony (about 4 m. S.W. of Saltash) has an interesting church, but its chief attraction is Antony House, at East Antony (2 m. distant), the seat of the Pole-Carew family. The house 58