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.
STOKE-CLIMSLAND, a village and a parish in Launceston district, Cornwall. The village stands 3 miles N of Callington; and has a post-office under Callington, Cornwall, and a fair on 29 May. The parish includes six hamlets and a liberty, and comprises 8,732 acres. Real property, £8,697; of which £400 are in mines. Pop., 2,554. Houses, 506. The manor belonged formerly to Tavistock and Launceston abbeys, and belongs now to the Duchy of Cornwall. Whiteford House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £800.* Patron, the Prince of Wales. There are six dissenting chapels, two national schools, and charities £32.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Stoke Climsland AP/CP Launceston RegD/PLU Cornwall AncC |
| Place: | Stoke Climsland |
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