Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cawsand

Cawsand, vil. with coastguard station, E. Cornwall, on W. side of Plymouth Sound, 4 miles SW. of Plymouth; P.O.; stands on Cawsand Bay, which has anchorage for the largest ships.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with coastguard station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cornwall AncC
Place: Cawsand

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