In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Landrake like this:
LANDRAKE, a village and a parish in St. Germans district, Cornwall. The village stands on the river Lynher, 3½ miles NE of St. Germans r. station; and has a post-office under St. Germans, and fairs on the first Wednesday of Feb., St. Peter's day, 29 June, and the first Wednesday of Sept. ...
The parish is a united one, and bears the name of Landrake-with-St. Erney. Acres, 3,745,—of which 205 are water. Real property, £5,106. Pop. of Landrake proper, 714; of St. Erney, 79. Houses, 164 and 13. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe. The living is a double vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £300. * Patron, the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe. The church is ancient but good; has a lofty turretted tower; and contains a monument to the Courtney family. There is a chapel of ease at St. Erney, an ancient building with low square tower. There are also chapels for Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, an endowed school with £80 a-year, and five alms-houses for women.
Landrake through time
Landrake is now part of Caradon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Caradon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Landrake itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Landrake, in Caradon and Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5686
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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