A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
TORPOINT, a village and a chapelry in Antony parish, Cornwall. The village stands on a peninsula of the Hamoaze, opposite Devonport; and has a post-office‡ under Devonport, a good inn, a church, Independent and Wesleyan chapels, a free grammar-school, a national school, and fairs on 16 Jan. and 17 April. The chapelry has no defined limits, but contains many fine residences. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £124. Patron, the Vicar of Antony.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Antony CP/AP Torpoint Ch/CP Cornwall AncC |
| Place: | Torpoint |
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