Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STEPHEN'S (St.)-by-Saltash

STEPHEN'S (St.)-by-Saltash, a parish in St. Germans district, Cornwall; on the Hamoaze, and on the West Cornwall railway, around Saltash town and r. station. Post town, Saltash, Cornwall. Acres, 6,901; of which 1,200 are water. Real property, £13,300; of which £3,759 are in Saltash. Pop. in 1851, 2,998; in 1861, 3,287,-of whom 1,900 were in Saltash. Houses, 567. Trematon Castle belongs to the Duke of Cornwall; and Ince Castle, now a farmhouse, was a seat of the Earl of Devon. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £139.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The p. curacy of Saltash is a separate benefice. Charities, £79.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: St Germans RegD/PLU       Cornwall AncC
Place: St Stephens

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