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BOLVENTOR, a chapelry in Alternon and St. Neot parishes, Cornwall; 7 miles N of Liskeard r. station, and 9 SW of Launceston. Post Town, Alternon, under Launceston. Pop., 344. Houses, 67. It was constituted in 1849. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £75.* Patron, Francis Rodd, Esq. The church is very good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Altarnun AP/CP St Neot CP/AP Cornwall AncC |
Place: | Bolventor |
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