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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Lostwithiel, market town and par. with ry. sta., Cornwall, on river Fowey, 4 miles S. of Bodmin Road sta. and 21 miles NE. of Truro by rail, 106 ac., pop. 931; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Friday. Lostwithiel is supposed to have been founded in the reign of Edward I. It was the scene of a victory of the Royalists over the Parliamentarians in 1644. The business activity of the place is mostly upheld by the working of iron, copper, and other minerals abounding in the locality.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Lostwithiel CP/AP Cornwall AncC |
| Place: | Lostwithiel |
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