PENRYN, a municipal and parliamentary borough and market-town of England, county of Cornwall, stands on the slope of a hill, in a sheltered, rich, and fertile valley, at the head of a branch of Falmouth harbour, 30 miles S.S.W. of Bodmin, and 266 W.S.W. of London. It consists of one broad main street crossed by other smaller ones; and the principal buildings are the town-hall, market-house, Episcopal church, Wesleyan and Baptist churches, national and grammar schools. Manufactures of paper, woollen stuffs, arsenic, and gunpowder are carried on; and there is a quay between the two branches of Falmouth harbour. Some trade
is carried on with the mining district of Redruth; and granite is exported in considerable quantities. Five cattle fairs are held annually at Penryn. The borough unites with Falmouth in sending two members to Parliament. Pop. (1851) 3959.