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.
FLUSHING, a village and a chapelry in Mylor parish, Cornwall. The village stands on the Falmouth branch of Falmouth harbour, opposite Falmouth town and r. station; is reputed to be -the warmest place in Cornwall; serves as a sub-port to Falmouth; was founded by the Trefusis family; and has a post office‡ under Falmouth. Iron-founding, ship-building, and oyster-fishing are carried on. The chapelry includes the village, and was constituted in 1844. Pop., 1, 006. Houses, 224. The living is a vicarage, annexed in 1868 to the vicarage of Mylor, in the diocese of Exeter. There are three dissenting chapels, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Mylor AP/CP Cornwall AncC |
| Place: | Flushing |
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