Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SAMPSON

SAMPSON, a small one of the Scilly islands. It comprises about 80 acres, and had 10 inhabitants and 3 houses in 1851, but no inhabitants in 1861.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Administrative units: Cornwall AncC
Place: Sampson

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