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

SCORRIER, a place in the S of Cornwall; on the West Cornwall railway, 2¼ miles N E by N of Redruth. It has a head post-office, ‡ designated Scorrier, Cornwall, and a r. station, designated Scorrier-Gate. S. House is the seat of the Williams family.

Scorrier through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24144

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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