In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Poundstock like this:
POUNDSTOCK, a village and a parish in Stratton district, Cornwall. The village stands 1½ mile W of Widemouth-bay, 5¼ S S W of Stratton, and 12½ N W of Launceston r. station; was known, at Domesday, as Poupestock; and has a fair on the Monday before Holy Thursday. The parish extends to the coast; and comprises 4, 624 acres of land, and 190 of water. ...
Post-town, Week, St. Mary, under Stratton, Cornwall. Real property, £2, 744. Pop. in 1851, 651; in 1861, 534. Houses, 109. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged anciently to the Earl of Mortaigne. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £174.* Patron, J. Dayman, Esq. The church is ancient but good, and has a lofty tower.
Poundstock through time
Poundstock is now part of North Cornwall district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Cornwall has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Poundstock itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Poundstock in North Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5636
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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