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CAWSAND, a village on the coast of Cornwall; on a small bay of its own name, on the west side of Plymouth sound, opposite the Breakwater, 4 miles SW of Plymouth. It has a post office under Devonport; and is a coastguard and pilot station. The bay has an anchorage for the largest ships; is well sheltered; and was used as the chief anchorage of the sound prior to the construction of the Breakwater.
(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: | Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place: | Cawsand |
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