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CARDINHAM, a parish in Bodmin district, Cornwall; on the river Fowey, 3 miles NNE of Bodmin Road r. station, and 4 E by N of Bodmin. It has a post office under Bodmin. Acres, 9,534. Real property, £3,884. Pop., 717. Houses, 129. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged to Robert de Cardinham, ancestor of the Lords Dinham; and has traces of an ancient castle. Glynn, a beautiful place on the Fowey, is the seat of Lord Vivian; and contains an early portrait by Reynolds, which opened the way to his career as an artist. Cardinham Bury is an ancient circular entrenchment. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £524.* Patron, Mrs. Vivian. The church is good; and has a brass of a priest.
(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: | Cardinham Parish Bodmin Poor Law Union/Registration District Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place: | Cardinham |
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