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.
JAMAICA-INN, a locality in Laneast parish, Cornwall; near Brown Willy, and on the road from Launceston to Bodmin, 11½ miles SW of Launceston. Till about 1856, only a solitary inn was here, frequented by sportsmen; but about that time, a church, a parsonage, and a school were built, under circumstances which gave promise that there would be a village. Adams, the discoverer of the planet Neptune, waS born on a small farm in the neighbourhood.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a locality" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Laneast CP/AP Cornwall AncC |
| Place: | Jamaica Inn |
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