A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PORTREATH, a seaport village in Illogan parish, Cornwall; on a pretty cove, 4 miles N W by W of Redruth. It has a post-office‡ under Redruth; has also aharbour, formed in 1760 by the Bassets of Tehidy, and protected by batteries on the adjacent heights; is connected by a tram railway with the Gwennap mines; exports copper ore to Swansea; and ranks as a chapelry, united to Illogan.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seaport village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Illogan AP/CP Cornwall AncC |
| Place: | Portreath |
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