In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Launcells like this:
LAUNCELLS, a parish in Stratton district, Cornwall; 1¼ mile SE of Stratton, 2½ W of the river Tamar at the boundary with Devon, and 15 NNW of Launceston r. station. It contains also the hamlets of Prestacott, Grimscott, Butspur, Cross, and Hersham. Post town, Stratton, North Cornwall. ...
Acres, 6, 179. Real property, £3, 862. Pop., 693. Houses, 119. The property is subdivided. A priory, a cell to Hartland abbey, stood in the parish; gave rise to the name of Launcells, - a corruption of Llancell; and was given, at the dissolution, to the Chamonds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £220.* Patron, Sir G. S. Stuckley, Bart. The church is ancient; has a pinnacled tower; contains an altar tomb of Sir John Chamond; and was reported in 1 859 as not good. There are a national school and almshouses
Launcells through time
Launcells 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 Launcells itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Launcells in North Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2603
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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