In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Jamaica Inn like this:
JAMAICA-INN, a locality in Laneast parish, Cornwall; near Brown Willy, and on the road from Launceston to Bodmin, 11½ miles SW of Launceston. Till about 1856, only a solitary inn was here, frequented by sportsmen; but about that time, a church, a parsonage, and a school were built, under circumstances which gave promise that there would be a village. Adams, the discoverer of the planet Neptune, waS born on a small farm in the neighbourhood.
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Jamaica Inn through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Jamaica Inn in North Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24223
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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