A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PENTEWAN, a sea-port village in Mevagissey parish, Cornwall; 4 miles S by E of St. Austell r. station. It has a post-office under St. Austell, and a harbour; it was formerly noted for its stream-works; and it gives nameto an excellent building-stone, quarried in a fine-grained elvan. The property around it belonged formerly to the Pentires, the Darts, the Robertses, and others; and passed to the Tremaynes.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a sea-port village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Mevagissey CP/AP Cornwall AncC |
| Place: | Pentewan |
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