Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hayle (or Heyl)

Hayle (or Heyl), seaport, eccl. dist., and ry. sta., Cornwall, 4 miles SE. of St Ives - eccl. dist. (Phillack par.), pop. 1575; town (Phillack and St Erth pars.), pop. 1089; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper; exports copper and tin, and has lucrative fisheries; on W. side of entrance to harbour are 2 fixed lights seen 6 miles; Hayle is now a sub-port of Penzance.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seaport"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Cornwall AncC
Place names: HAYLE     |     HAYLE OR HEYL     |     HEYL
Place: Hayle

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