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.
POUGHILL, a parish in Stratton district, Cornwall; on the coast, 1¼ mile N W of Stratton, and 17 N N W of Launceston r. station. Post-town, Stratton, Cornwall. Acres, 1, 947; of which 100 are water. Real property, £2, 145. Pop., 363. Houses, 86. The property is much subdivided. The manor was known, at Domesday, as Pochehelle; belonged then to the Earl of Mortaigne; was given to Cliff abbey in Somerset; and passed to the Stanburys and others. Flexbury and Bushill are chief residences. Stamford hill was the scene of a defeat of the parliamentarians in 1643. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £116.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, and has a pin-nacled tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, an alms-house, and other charities £4.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Poughill CP/AP Stratton RegD/PLU Cornwall AncC |
| Place names: | POCHEHELLE | POUGHILL |
| Place: | Poughill |
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