Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Tywardreath

Tywardreath, par. and vil., Cornwall, on the coast - par. (containing part of Par), 3252 ac., pop. 2129; vil., 5 miles NE. of St Austell; P.O.; a priory was founded here in 1169; there is a three-ditched camp; Roman coins have been found.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Tywardreath CP/AP       Cornwall AncC
Place: Tywardreath

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