A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Grampound, small market town and township (ry. sta. Grampound Road), Creed and Probus pars., W. Cornwall, on river Fal, 7 miles SW. of St Austell, 199 ac., pop. 482; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Saturday; was a parl. bor. until 1821; John Hampden (1594-1643), the parliamentarian, was its representative in 1620. The sta. is 2 miles NW. of the town, with P.O., T.O., called Grampound Road.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "small market town and township" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Cornwall AncC |
| Place names: | GRAMPOUND | GRAMPOUND ROAD |
| Place: | Grampound |
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