Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Boscastle

Boscastle, coast vil. and seat, Minster and Forrabury pars., W. Cornwall, 5 miles N. of Camelford and 20 miles W. of Launceston ry. sta.; P.O., T.O.; much resorted to for the grandeur or its coast scenery.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal village and seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cornwall AncC
Place: Boscastle

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