Place:


Crownhill  Devon

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crownhill like this:

KNACKERSKNOWLE, a village and a chapelry in St. Budeaux and Egg-Buckland parishes, Devon. The village stands 3 miles NNE of Plymouth; and has a post office, designated Knackersknowle, Devon.—The chapelry has no defined limits; and the living of it is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of St. Budeaux, in the diocese of Exeter.

Additional information about this locality is available for Egg Buckland

Crownhill through time

Crownhill is now part of Plymouth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Plymouth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Crownhill itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crownhill, in Plymouth and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26089

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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