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CREED, a parish in St. Austell district, Cornwall; on the river Fal, near Grampound Road r. station, 6½ miles SW by W of St. Austell. It contains the greater part of Grampound township, which has a head post office. Acres, 2, 809. Real property, with the rest of Grampound, £4, 005. Pop., 743. Houses, 153. The property is subdivided. There a . e traces of ancient camps. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £351.* Patron,H. T. Hawkins, Esq. The church is not good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Creed Parish St Austell Poor Law Union/Registration District Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place: | Creed |
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