In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Porthilly like this:

PORTHILLY, a hamlet in St. Minver parish, Cornwall; on the coast, 3½ miles N N E of Padstow. It has a coast-guard station; and it ranks as a chapelry to St. Minver.

Porthilly through time

Porthilly is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Porthilly itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Porthilly in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23918

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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