Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Mawgan in Pyder

Mawgan in Pyder, par. and vil., Cornwall, 3 miles NW. of St Columb-Major and 12 miles NW. of St Austell, 5525 ac., pop. 708; P.O., called Mawgan; 2 miles NW. of vil., on the coast, is Mawgan Porth, bay; at the vil. is LANHERNE NUNNERY: which see.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Mawgan in Pyder CP/AP       Cornwall AncC
Place names: MAWGAN     |     MAWGAN IN PYDER
Place: Mawgan in Pyder

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