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.
ERME (St.), a parish in Truro district, Cornwall; near the Cornwall railway, 3¼ miles NNE of Truro. Po-town, Truro. Acres, 4, 507. Real property, £3, 544. I Pop., 554. Houses, 111. The property is much sub-divided. Killigrew belonged to the Killigrews; Pelda, Ito the De Veres and the Wynes; and Trehane, to the Pendarveses. Barrows occur on the hills. An extensive mine, which employed many of the inhabitants, was recently stopped. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £473.* Patron, Mr. Pendarves. The church is good. Charities, £8.
(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: | St Erme AP/CP Truro RegD/PLU Cornwall AncC |
| Place names: | ERME ST | ST ERME |
| Place: | St Erme |
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