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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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DULOE, a parish in Liskeard parish, Cornwall; near the Liskeard canal, 3½ miles N by W of West Looe, and 4 S by W of Liskeard r. station. It has a post office under Liskeard. Acres, 5, 844. Real property, £4, 561. Pop, 1, 096. Houses, 207. The property is divided among a few. Treworgy House was the seat of the Kendalls; and passed to the Inches. There are, in the parish, a mutilated Druidical circle, about 30 feet in diameter, and a famous well, anciently dedicated to St. Cuby, and popularly called St. Kiby's well. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £529.* Patron, Baliol College, Oxford. The church is ancient, with embattled tower; contains numerous old tombs and brasses; and was restored, in 1861, at a cost of about £2, 300. The vicarage of Herodsfoot is a separate benefice. Charities, £13. Dean Miller was a native; and Dr. Scott, the Greek lexicographer, was rector.
(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: | Duloe CP/AP Cornwall AncC |
| Place: | Duloe |
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