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.
WEEK-ST. MARY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Stratton district, Cornwall. The village stands 11 miles NW by N of Launceston r. station; is nominally a borough, governed by a mayor; and has a post-office under Stratton, Cornwall, and two annual fairs.—The parish comprises 5,824 acres. Real property, £3,072. Pop., 611. Houses, 124. An ancient fortress stood on Castle-hill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £388.* Patron, Sidney-Sussex College, Cambridge. The church is old, and has a high tower. There are traces of a chantry founded, about the beginning of the 14th century, by a native maiden who became the wife of Sir J. Percival, lord mayor of London. There are three dissenting chapels, a national school, and charities £5.—The sub-district contains 5 parishes. Acres, 2,570. Pop., 529.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Week St Mary AP/CP Week St Mary SubD Stratton RegD/PLU Cornwall AncC |
| Place: | Week St Mary |
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