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Gwithian.-- par. and vil., W. Cornwall, near mouth of river Gwithian, 7 miles W. of Redruth, 2420 ac., pop. 614; has remains of an ancient oratory which was long buried in the sand; the blown sand is now, however, largely fixed by sea-rush. On the coast is Gwithian Point.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Gwithian Ch/CP Cornwall AncC |
Place: | Gwithian |
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