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.
PILLATON, a parish in St. Germans district, Cornwall; on the river Lynher, 4½ miles N N E of St. Germans r. station. It has a fair on Whit-Tuesday; and its post town is Callington, Cornwall Acres, 2, 478; of which 20 are water. Real property, £2,026. Pop., 349. Houses, 72. The property is divided among a few. The manor was known, at Domesday, as Pileton; was heldby the Earl of Mortaigne; and passed to the Inkpens, the Dillingtons, the Corytons, and others. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £203.* Patron, E. Collins, Esq. The church is modern, and has a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
(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: | Pillaton AP/CP St Germans RegD/PLU Cornwall AncC |
| Place names: | PILETON | PILLATON |
| Place: | Pillaton |
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