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MICHAELSTOW, a parish in Camelford district, Cornwall; on the river Camel, 3¼ miles SSW of Camelford, and 10 N by W of Bodmin-Road r. station. It contains the hamlet of Treveighan; and its Post town is Camelford. Acres, 1,617. Real property, £1,786. Pop., 219. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. Au ancient quadrangular entrenchment is on Michaelstow beacon. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Excter. Value, £270.* Patron, the Prince of Wales. The church is a stone structure, with a tower; was reported in 1859 as not good; and contains monuments of the Lowers. There are chapels for Wesleyans, Bible Christians, and United Free Methodists, 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: | Michaelstow Parish Camelford Poor Law Union/Registration District Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place: | Michaelstow |
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