A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
PETHERWIN (South), a parish, with a village, in Launceston district, Cornwall; 2½ miles S W of Launceston r. station. The parish comprises 5,064 acres. Post-town, Launceston. Real property, £5, 743. Pop.in 1851, 974; in 1861, 876. Houses, 178. The property is much subdivided. Trebursey belonged formerlyto the Gedyes, the Eliots, and the Howells; and belongs now toGurney, Esq. Tresmarrow belonged to the Vyvyans, and is now a farm-house. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Trewen, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £349.* Patron, the University of Oxford. The church stands on a hill, is good, and contains some old monuments. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Bible Christians.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | South Petherwin AP/CP Launceston RegD/PLU Cornwall AncC |
| Place names: | PETHERWIN | PETHERWIN SOUTH | SOUTH PETHERWIN |
| Place: | South Petherwin |
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