Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PHILLACK

PHILLACK, a parish and a sub-district in Redruth district, Cornwall. The parish lies on St. Ives bay, the river Hayle, and the West Cornwall railway, around Hayle r. station, and 4 miles S E by E of St. Ives. It contains the hamlets of Angarrack, Guilford, Logans, and Venton-League; it contains also part of the sea-port village of Hayle, which has a head post-office; and it hasfairs on 20 June and 4 Aug. Acres, 3, 237; of which 330 are water. Real property, £24, 283; of which £21,055are in mines, £160 in iron-works, and £400 in railway s. Pop. in 1851, 4, 800; in 1861, 5, 381. Houses, 1,022. The property is subdivided. Penpol, Bodriggy, and Riviere are chief residences. Drifting sand has largelyencroached on the land from the shore, and formsmenacing towns. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Gwithian, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £540.* Patron, the Rev. F. Hockin. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1856. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school. Gwithianchurch, except the tower, was rebuilt in 1866.—The sub-district contains also Gwithian and Gwinear parishes. Acres, 10, 481. Pop., 9,035. Houses, 1, 741.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Phillack AP/CP       Phillack SubD       Redruth RegD/PLU       Cornwall AncC
Place: Phillack

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