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LAMORRAN, a parish in Truro district, Cornwall; on a creek of its own name, in the upper part of the Falmouth estuary, 4½ miles SE of Truro r. station. Post-town, Tregony, under Grampound, Cornwall. Acres, 1,234. Real property, £1,041. Pop., 92. Houses, 14. The manor belonged to the Haleps; and passed through the Molesworths and others, to the Boscawens. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £193.* Patron, Viscount Falmouth. The church is ancient: has an ivied tower, still more ancient: was restored in 1854; and has a painted window of 1858. An ancient granite cross is near it. Charities £5.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Lamorran AP/CP Truro RegD/PLU Cornwall AncC |
Place: | Lamorran |
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