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HELFORD, a river and a small seaport Cornwall. The river rises about 4½ miles W of Penryn; runs about 5 miles southward; deflects suddenly to the left; and goes about 5½ miles eastward to the English Channel. It branches, throughout its eastward reach, into picturesque creeks; is there all estuarial, and at the month about 1 mile wide; and is said, by Carew, to have, in former times, been much frequented by pirates. The small seaport stands on its S side, near the mouth, 5½ miles SSW of Falmouth; is in Manaccan parish; carries on a coasting trade and fishing; and has an Independent chapel. A Roman earthwork is near.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place: | Helford |
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