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VEEP (St.), a parish in Liskeard district, Cornwall; 4 miles SE of Lostwithiel r. station. Post town, Lostwithiel. Acres, 3,146. Real property, £3,892. Pop., 628. Houses, 135. St. Cadoc is the seat of the Wymonds. St. Cyric's priory, a cell to Montacute abbey, was founded in the parish, by the Earl of Mortaigne; was the place where the monk W. de Exeter wrote the Life of Guy, Earl of Warwick; and has left some remains. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £215.* Patron, F. Howell, Esq. A fair is held on the Wednesday after 16 June.
(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: | St Veep Parish Liskeard Poor Law Union/Registration District Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place names: | ST VEEP | VEEP ST |
| Place: | St Veep |
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