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Charlestown.-- eccl. dist. and seaport vil., St Austell par., E. Cornwall, pop. 2749. The vil. is 2 miles SE. of St Austell; P.O., T.O.; has harb., docks, and shipbuilding yards; also pilchard fisheries, and a large export trade in porcelain clay.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "ecclesiastical district and seaport village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | St Austell Parish Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place: | Charlestown |
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