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.
POUNDSTOCK, a village and a parish in Stratton district, Cornwall. The village stands 1½ mile W of Widemouth-bay, 5¼ S S W of Stratton, and 12½ N W of Launceston r. station; was known, at Domesday, as Poupestock; and has a fair on the Monday before Holy Thursday. The parish extends to the coast; and comprises 4, 624 acres of land, and 190 of water. Post-town, Week, St. Mary, under Stratton, Cornwall. Real property, £2, 744. Pop. in 1851, 651; in 1861, 534. Houses, 109. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged anciently to the Earl of Mortaigne. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £174.* Patron, J. Dayman, Esq. The church is ancient but good, and has a lofty tower.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Poundstock CP/AP Stratton RegD/PLU Cornwall AncC |
| Place names: | POUNDSTOCK | POUPESTOCK |
| Place: | Poundstock |
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