In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cadgewith like this:
CADGEWITH, a village on the coast of Cornwall; in a romantic valley, 2½ miles NNE of the Lizard. It is inhabited chiefly by fishermen; is a coastguard station; and has an inn. A pit or amphitheatre is near it, called the Devil's Frying pan, nearly 2 acres in area, with sides 200 feet high, and receiving some water of flood tides through an arch which opens to the shore; and here hornblende slate and serpentime occur in junction, and iron pyrites, amianthus, and other minerals are found.
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Cadgewith through time
Cadgewith is now part of Kerrier district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kerrier has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cadgewith itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cadgewith, in Kerrier and Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24176
Date accessed: 27th September 2024
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