Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Moorwinstow

Moorwinstow, coast par. and vil., Cornwall, 6 miles N. of Bude Haven and 22 miles NW. of Lannceston, 7956 ac., pop. 810; P.O., called Morwinstow; the church is mainly Norman.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal parish and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Morwenstow Parish       Cornwall Ancient County
Place names: MOORWINSTOW     |     MORWINSTOW
Place: Morwenstow

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