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Mousehole, vil., St Paul par., Cornwall, on Mounts Bay, 2 miles S. of Penzance; P.O.; is a seat of the pilchard fishery; was formerly a market town, known as Porth Enys, and was burned by the Spaniards in 1595; here, in 1788, aged 102 years, died Dolly Pentreath, said to have been the last person who spoke Cornish.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Paul AP/CP Cornwall AncC |
Place: | Mousehole |
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