In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Poughill like this:
POUGHILL, a parish in Stratton district, Cornwall; on the coast, 1¼ mile N W of Stratton, and 17 N N W of Launceston r. station. Post-town, Stratton, Cornwall. Acres, 1, 947; of which 100 are water. Real property, £2, 145. Pop., 363. Houses, 86. The property is much subdivided. The manor was known, at Domesday, as Pochehelle; belonged then to the Earl of Mortaigne; was given to Cliff abbey in Somerset; and passed to the Stanburys and others. ...
Flexbury and Bushill are chief residences. Stamford hill was the scene of a defeat of the parliamentarians in 1643. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £116.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, and has a pin-nacled tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, an alms-house, and other charities £4.
Poughill through time
Poughill 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 Poughill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Poughill in North Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3874
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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