In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cawsand like this:
CAWSAND, a village on the coast of Cornwall; on a small bay of its own name, on the west side of Plymouth sound, opposite the Breakwater, 4 miles SW of Plymouth. It has a post office under Devonport; and is a coastguard and pilot station. The bay has an anchorage for the largest ships; is well sheltered; and was used as the chief anchorage of the sound prior to the construction of the Breakwater.
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Cawsand through time
Cawsand is now part of Caradon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Caradon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cawsand itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cawsand, in Caradon and Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24221
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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