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Grampound, small market town and township (ry. sta. Grampound Road), Creed and Probus pars., W. Cornwall, on river Fal, 7 miles SW. of St Austell, 199 ac., pop. 482; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Saturday; was a parl. bor. until 1821; John Hampden (1594-1643), the parliamentarian, was its representative in 1620. The sta. is 2 miles NW. of the town, with P.O., T.O., called Grampound Road.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "small market town and township" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place names: | GRAMPOUND | GRAMPOUND ROAD |
| Place: | Grampound |
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