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HELENS (ST.), one of the Scilly Islands; immediately N of Tresco. It is stocked with deer and goats; and has only one building, the Pest House, which is seldom occupied. Its rocks are interesting; and a deep long chasm, continually reverberating with the dash of the billows, is on its N side.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "one of the Scilly Islands" (ADL Feature Type: "islands") |
Administrative units: | Cornwall AncC |
Place names: | HELENS ST | ST HELENS |
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