In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described North Hill like this:
NORTHILL, or North Hill, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Launceston district, Cornwall. The village stands near the river Lynher, 7½ miles S W by S of Launceston r. station; and has a post-office under Launceston, and fairs on the last Monday of April, 8 Sept., and the first Thursday of Nov The parish contains also the hamlets of Bathpool, Coads-Green, Congdon-Shop, Illand, and Trebartha; and extends northward to the river Inny. ...
Acres, 6, 732. Real property, £7, 350. Pop. in 1851, 1, 193; in 1861, 1, 263. Houses, 254 " The property is subdivided. Trebartha Hall is a chief residence; belonged once to the Spoures and the Trebarthas; and belongs now to F. Rodd, Esq. King Arthur's Bedis a rock-basin on Trewortha tor. Good building-stoneabounds; granite is extensively worked and exported; some stream-tin works have been opened; and manganese has been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £538.* Patron, F. Rodd, Esq. The church is an ancient and good granite structure; has agroined porch, and a lofty pinnacled tower; and containstwo monuments to the Vincents and the Spoures. Chapels of ease were formerly at Trebartha and Landreyne. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Bryanites, a national school, and charities £5.—The sub-district contains alsothree other parishes. Acres, 25,088. Pop., 5, 508. Houses, 1, 114.
North Hill through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of North Hill in North Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3856
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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