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CUBY, a parish in Truro district, Cornwall; including part of Tregony town, 3 miles S of Grampound-road r. station. Post town, Tregony, under Grampound, Cornwall. Acres, 2, 300. Real property, £2, 847. Pop., 139. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Pomeroys; and some vestiges of a castle of theirs, built in the time of Richard I., are in Tregony. The rocks include mica slate; and there is a carved holy well. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Tregony, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is ancient.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Cuby CP/Ch Truro RegD/PLU Cornwall AncC |
Place: | Cuby |
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