Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ludgvan (or Ludjan)

Ludgvan (or Ludjan), small town and par., Cornwall, 3 miles NE. of Penzance, 4541 ac., pop. 2632; P.O., T.O.; has tin and copper mines, and a fair for cattle; the church contains the tomb of William Borlase (1696-1772), antiquary, naturalist, and author; Castle-an-Dinas, a double-ditched camp 436 ft. diameter, occupies a hill-top in the vicinity. Ludgvan is a local government district.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Ludgvan CP/AP       Cornwall AncC
Place names: LUDGVAN     |     LUDGVAN OR LUDJAN     |     LUDJAN
Place: Ludgvan

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