In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Creed like this:
CREED, a parish in St. Austell district, Cornwall; on the river Fal, near Grampound Road r. station, 6½ miles SW by W of St. Austell. It contains the greater part of Grampound township, which has a head post office. Acres, 2, 809. Real property, with the rest of Grampound, £4, 005. Pop., 743. Houses, 153. The property is subdivided. There a . e traces of ancient camps. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £351.* Patron,H. T. Hawkins, Esq. The church is not good.
Creed through time
Creed is now part of Restormel district. Click here for graphs and data of how Restormel has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Creed itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Creed, in Restormel and Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2209
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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