Place:


Coverack  Cornwall

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Coverack like this:

COVERACK, a village on the SE coast of Cornwall; in a cove of its own name, 2 miles N by E of Black Head, and 10½ S of Falmouth. It is highly picturesque; and the rocks around it show veins of hornblende in masses of serpentine.

Additional information about this locality is available for St Keverne

Coverack through time

Coverack is now part of Kerrier district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kerrier has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coverack itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coverack, in Kerrier and Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24222

Date accessed: 28th April 2024


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