In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Portreath like this:
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.
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Portreath through time
Portreath is now part of Kerrier district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kerrier has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Portreath itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Portreath, in Kerrier and Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23920
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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