In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Charlestown like this:
CHARLESTOWN, a small seaport town and a chapelry in St. Austell parish, Cornwall. The town stands on the coast, 2 miles SE of St. Austell; is a sub-port to Fowey; and has a post office under St. Austell. It was founded, towards the close of last century, by Charles Rashleigh, Esq; has harbour and docks, of capacity for large ships; has also building yards and pilchard fisheries; carries on a large export trade in lime, china clay, and other mineral produce; and is connected, by tram railway, with St. ...
Austell, and with extensive tin mines of its own name, employing about 430 hands.—The chapelry includes the town; and was constituted in 1846. Pop., 3,367. Houses, 675. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £160. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church is good.
Charlestown through time
Charlestown is now part of Restormel district. Click here for graphs and data of how Restormel has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Charlestown itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Charlestown, in Restormel and Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21371
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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