Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Maker

Maker, par. and vil., Cornwall, on W. side of Plymouth Sound, 2½ miles SW. of Devonport, 2382 ac., pop. 3052; the church (ancient, with tombs of the Edgcumbes) is a well-known landmark.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Maker CP/AP       Cornwall AncC
Place: Maker

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