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

TIDEFORD, a chapelry in St. Germans parish, Cornwall; 1 mile NNE of St. Germans r. station. It was constituted in 1852; and it has a post-office under St. Germans, Cornwall, and a fair on 18 Jan. Pop., 913. Houses, 198. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £102.* Patron, the Incumbent of St. Germans. The church is good.

Tideford through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24245

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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