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BROADOAK, or Bradock, a parish in Liskeard district, Cornwall; 2 miles SSW of Doublebois r. station, and 4 NE by E of Lostwithiel. It includes West Taphouse hamlet; and its Post Town is Lostwithiel. Acres, 3,367. Real property, £1,464. Pop., 274. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few. The manor was held, at Domesday, by Robert, Earl of Mortaigne. Broadoak-down was the scene of the defeat, in 1643, of the parliamentarians under Ruthven by the royalists under Hopton. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Boconnoc, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is good, and has an ancient font.
(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: | Broadoak Parish Liskeard Poor Law Union/Registration District Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place names: | BRADOCK | BROADOAK | BROADOAK OR BRADOCK |
| Place: | Broadoak |
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