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GUNNISLAKE, a village on the W border of Devon; 4 miles S of Tavistock. It has a post office under Tavistock; and is chiefly inhabited by miners. The tin mine of Drakewalls, where wolfram is separated from tin ore, and where a lode lies open to the day, is above the village.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Devon Ancient County |
| Place: | Gunnislake |
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