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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Penwerris like this:
PENWERRIS, a chapelry in Budock parish, Cornwall; near the Falmouth railway, 2 miles S W of Falmouth. It was constituted in 1848; and its post town is Penryn. Pop., 882. Houses, 164. The living is a p.curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, not reported. Patron, the Vicar of St. Gluvias.
Penwerris is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Penwerris itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Penwerris in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24241
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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