What is in a name? Well for Helston Town Council it's a £255 bill, after the town's 260-year-old parish church was mistakenly referred to as "St Mary's" in new signage.

In a somewhat awkward turn of events, it has been pointed out that the new information board put up next to the newly revamped Grylls Monument area refers to "Helston's St Mary's Parish Church" rather than St Michael's.

Despite four people reading the information about Humphry Millet Grylls - for whom the memorial monument was originally built - before the board was printed, it still states: "He was, as the tablet in Helston's St Mary's Parish Church bears, a prominent citizen of Helston."

Tomorrow the town councillors will be asked to approve a reprint of the board, which was put up on October 14 along with a map and noticeboard, at a cost of £254.68 plus VAT, to come out of the previously agreed Grylls Monument Restoration budget.

In his report to the council, town regeneration officer Martin Searle said: "The appearance and usefulness of the combination boards has attracted favourable comments, but regrettably there is a mistake in the text for the interpretation board, which reads St Mary's Church rather than St Michael's Church.

"It is apparent that [installers] Parc Signs were not responsible for this mistake. The interpretation text was proof read by at least four people, none of whom spotted the mistake."

He added that while the possibility of using a self-adhesive correction label was discussed, with the board designed to be a "new and significant showpiece" it was felt that such a "fundamental" mistake should be rectified properly.

A "talking post" giving aural information about Humphry Grylls is still to be installed, as well as floodlighting of the monument.