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MORVAH, a parish, with a small village, in Penzance district, Cornwall; on the coast, 6 miles NW by W of Penzance r. station. Post town, Penzance. Acres, 1,226. Real property, £900. Pop., 380. Houses, 72. Tregamynon was a seat of the Lanyons. Porthmear cove and Portherras cove are on the coast; and large blocks of granite are at Carn-Galva. There are a Danish fort, called Castle-Chun, and a cromlech. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Madron, in the diocese of Exeter. The church was rebuilt in 1828, has a tower, and contains an ancient font and numerous monuments.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a small village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Morvah Parish Penzance Poor Law Union/Registration District Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place: | Morvah |
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