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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mithian like this:
MITHIAN, a chapelry in St. Agnes, Kea, Kenwyn, and Perranzabuloe parishes, Cornwall; near the coast, 6½ miles NW of Truro r. station. It was constituted in 1846; and its Post town is Truro. Pop. in 1861,2,085. Houses, 449. Pop. of the St. Agnes portion, 1,158; of the Kea portion, 131; of the Kenwyn portion, 486. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £160.* Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1862; and is in the decorated English style, cruciform, with W tower and spire.
Mithian is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mithian itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mithian in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24237
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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