In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pillaton like this:
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.
Pillaton through time
Pillaton is now part of Caradon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Caradon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pillaton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pillaton, in Caradon and Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2221
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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