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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pentewan like this:
PENTEWAN, a sea-port village in Mevagissey parish, Cornwall; 4 miles S by E of St. Austell r. station. It has a post-office under St. Austell, and a harbour; it was formerly noted for its stream-works; and it gives nameto an excellent building-stone, quarried in a fine-grained elvan. The property around it belonged formerly to the Pentires, the Darts, the Robertses, and others; and passed to the Tremaynes.
Pentewan is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pentewan itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Greetham in Rutland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24497
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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