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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bolventor like this:
BOLVENTOR, a chapelry in Alternon and St. Neot parishes, Cornwall; 7 miles N of Liskeard r. station, and 9 SW of Launceston. Post Town, Alternon, under Launceston. Pop., 344. Houses, 67. It was constituted in 1849. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £75.* Patron, Francis Rodd, Esq. The church is very good.
Bolventor is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bolventor itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bolventor in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24317
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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