In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described St Martin like this:
MARTIN (ST.), a parish in Liskeard district, Cornwall; on Looe bay and the river Looe, 4½ miles SSW of Menheniot r. station, and 6½ S by E of Liskeard. It contains the town of East Looe; and its Post town is Looe, under Liskeard. Acres, 3,199; of which 130 are water. Real property, exclnsive of East Looe, £2,802; inc. ...
of East Looe, £4,622. Pop., exc. of East Looe, 343. H ouses, 71. Pop., inc. of East Looe, 1,497. Houses, 276. The manor was known, at Domesday, as Lant Martin; and it took its name from St. Martin du Tours. A bout 250 acres are under wood. The coast is noticed in the articles on East Looe and West Looe. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £481.* Patron, alternately the Dowagcr Countess of Sandwich and the Duke of Cleveland. The church stands on high ground above East Looe, and is ancient but good. I,he town of East Looe, jointly with that of West Looe, forms a selparate benefice. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £4.
St Martin through time
St Martin is now part of Caradon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Caradon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about St Martin itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of St Martin, in Caradon and Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1641
Date accessed: 04th December 2024
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