Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PYDER

PYDER, a hundred in the centre of Cornwall; containing the two parishes of St. Colomb and 19 other parishes. Acres, 106, 788. Pop. in 1851, 28, 791; in 1861, 27, 978. Houses, 5, 828.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Cornwall AncC
Place: Pyder

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