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GUNWALLOE, a parish in Helston district, Cornwall; on the coast, 5 miles S of Helston, and 12½ SSW of Penryn r. station. Post town, Cury, under Helston, Cornwall. Acres, 1, 429. Real property, £1, 493. Pop., 244. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. Fishing is carried on. The living is a vicarage annexed to the p. curacy of Cury, under the vicarage of Breage and Germoe, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is ancient but good; has a detached belfry; and was, at one time, much silted up with shore sands.
(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: | Gunwalloe CP/Ch Helston RegD/PLU Cornwall AncC |
Place: | Gunwalloe |
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