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WARBSTOW, a parish in Launceston district, Cornwall; 8½ miles WNW of Launceston r. station. Post town, Camelford. Acres, 4,104. Real property, £2,153. Pop., 419. Houses, 82. W. barrow is a large ancient fortification; and has, in its centre, a mound locally called King Arthur's grave. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Treneglos. There are two dissenting chapels and a national school.
(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: | Warbstow Parish Launceston Poor Law Union/Registration District Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place: | Warbstow |
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