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A vision of Britain through time
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LESNEWTH, a parish and a hundred in Cornwall. The parish is in Camelford district; and lies 4½ miles N by E of Camelford, and 14 W by N of Launceston r. station. Post town, Boscastle, Cornwall. Acres, 2,028. Real property, £1,167. Pop., 114. Houses, 23. The manor belongs to Lord Churston. The surface is hilly. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £200.* Patron, Lord Churston. The church is ancient; was recently restored; includes some Norman features; comprises nave, S transept, and chancel, with a tower; and contains a piscina and an ancient font. There is a dissenting chapel.-The hundred contains also seventeen other parishes, and includes the town of Camelford. Acres, 68,889. Pop. in 1851,8,962; in 1861,8,151. Houses, 1,688.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Lesnewth AP/CP Lesnewth Hundred Cornwall AncC |
| Place: | Lesnewth |
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