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STITHIANS (St.), a parish in Redruth district, Cornwall; 4 miles SW of Redruth r. station. It has a post-office under Perran-Arworthal, Cornwall. Acres, 4,291. Real property, £4,851. Pop., 2,358. Houses, 490. There are tin veins, powder-mills, paper-mills, Druidical stones, and ancient sculptured crosses. The living is a vicarage, united with Perran-Arworthal, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £377.* Patron, the Earl of Falmouth. The church is ancient. There are Wesleyan and Bible Christian chapels.
(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: | Stithians Parish Redruth Poor Law Union/Registration District Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place names: | STITHIANS ST | ST STITHIANS |
| Place: | Stithians |
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