In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described St Thomas the Apostle like this:
THOMAS (St.) The Apostle, a parish, with St. Thomas-Street hamlet, in Launceston district, Cornwall: within Launceston borough. Post town, Launceston. Acres, 1,817. Real property, £2,473. Pop. in 1851. 1,005; in 1861, 887. Houses, 199. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £110. Patrons, the Rate-payers. The church occupies the site of a canonry founded, in 1126, by Bishop Warlewast; and is good.
St Thomas the Apostle through time
St Thomas the Apostle is now part of North Cornwall district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Cornwall has changed over two centuries. For statistics about St Thomas the Apostle itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of St Thomas the Apostle in North Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1354
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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