A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
MARTIN (ST.), one of the Scilly Islands, in Cornwall; 3 miles N of St. Mary's. Acres, about 550. Pop., 185. Houses, 48. On the N of it is St. Martin's bay, connected by land at low water with Whitc Island whiqh has a deep cavern or old tin-mine; on the E is St. Martin's Head, 160 feet high, crowned by the Day Marlj., and commanding a very striking view among the islands; on the SE are the Higher Town and Cruther's Hill, about 70 feet high; on the S and the W are St. Martin's Flats, famous for shells; on the W is Tincler's Point, surmounted by a Druidical stone, and near the remains of two Druidical circles; and on the NW, accessible at low-water, are Pernagie Isle, Plumb Island, and the Lion Rock.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "one of the Scilly Islands" (ADL Feature Type: "islands") |
| Administrative units: | Cornwall AncC |
| Place names: | MARTIN ST | ST MARTIN |
| Place: | St Martins |
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