Search for a place
Search for a place
MICHELL, MICHELL, or ST. MICHAEL, a village partly in St. Enoder parish, Cornwall; 6½ miles NNE of Truro. It is a decayed ancient borough; it sent two members to parliament from the time of Edward VI., till disfranchised by the reform act; it had long a market, now extinct; and it has a post office under Ladock, and a fair on 16 Oct. Pop., about 170.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
| Linked entities: | |
|---|---|
| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | St Enoder Parish Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place names: | MICHELL | MICHELL MICHELL OR ST MICHAEL | ST MICHAEL |
| Place: | Mitchell |
Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.