A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Penryn, mun. bor., market town, and township, St Gluvias par., Cornwall, on creek of Falmouth Harbour, within the parl. bor. of Penryn and Falmouth, 2 miles NW. of Falmouth by rail, 311 ac., pop. 3466; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Saturday. James I. incorporated the town. During the Civil War it was held by the Royalists, but submitted to the Parliamentarians in 1646. Granite is shipped in considerable quantities, and trading is carried on in coal, wood, &c. Paper, woollen, and gunpowder mills, breweries and tanneries, are in the town, and a large number of the inhabitants are engaged in the coast fisheries and local shipping. See FALMOUTH.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "municipal borough" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Penryn CP Cornwall AncC |
| Place: | Penryn |
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