Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ENDELLION, or St. Endellion

ENDELLION, or St. Endellion, a parish in Bodmin district, Cornwall; on the coast, 4z miles N by E of Wadebridge, and 13 NW of Bodmin Road r. station. It contains Port Quin; and its post town is Wadebridge, Cornwall. Acres, 3, 729. Real property, £5, 059. Pop., 1, 192. Houses, 281. The property is subdivided. Roscarrock House, formerly the seat of the ancient family of Roscarrock, stands on a hill, is now a ruin, was castellated and loop-1xoled, had a massive granite archway entrance, and retains much of a formidable aspect. Slaty quartz, mandelstone, copper ore, lead ox e, manganese, and antimony are found; an export trade in slates and pilchards is carried on; and a fair is held on 12 Sept. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; and there are attached three prebends, -Bodmin or Kings, Trehaverock, and Mornays. Value of the rectory, £196;* of Bodmin prebend, £63; of Trehaverock, £115; of Mornays, not reported. Patron of the rectory, the Lord Chancellor; of Bodmin prebend, Mr. Basset; of Trehaverock, not reported; of Mornays, the Hon. A. M. Agar. The church stands on a hill; dates from the time of Henry VI.; has a lofty tower; and is weather-stained, but good. There are chapels for Wesleyans, U. Free Methodists, and Bible Christians.


(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: St Endellion AP/CP       Bodmin RegD/PLU       Cornwall AncC
Place names: ENDELLION     |     ENDELLION OR ST ENDELLION     |     ST ENDELLION
Place: St Endellion

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