Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PORTHILLY

PORTHILLY, a hamlet in St. Minver parish, Cornwall; on the coast, 3½ miles N N E of Padstow. It has a coast-guard station; and it ranks as a chapelry to St. Minver.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: St Minver CP/AP       Cornwall AncC
Place: Porthilly

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