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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LANHYDROCK, a parish in Bodmin district, Cornwall; within Bodmin borough, on the river Fowey, adjacent to the Cornwall railway, 3 miles SE by S of Bodmin. Post-town, Bodmin, Acres, 1,755. Real property, £1,460. Pop., 197. Houses, 44. The manor belonged to the Glynns and others; passed to the Robarteses, Earls of Radnor; and belongs now to the Hon. Mrs. Agar. Lanhydrock House, the manorial mansion, is now occupied by T. J. Agar Robartes, Esq.; has N and S wings of respectively 1636 and 1642; is a granite edifice, partly in its original condition, partly modernized; contains a gallery 116 feet long; was garrisoned for the parliament, against Charles I., in 1644; and is approached by an avenue, planted in 1642. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, not reported. Patron, the Hon. Mrs. Agar. The church stands close to Lanhydrock House; has an embattled tower; and contains monuments of the Earls of Radnor. The churchyard contains an ancient granite cross. There are two national schools.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Lanhydrock AP/CP Bodmin RegD/PLU Cornwall AncC |
| Place: | Lanhydrock |
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