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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crownhill like this:
KNACKERSKNOWLE, a village and a chapelry in St. Budeaux and Egg-Buckland parishes, Devon. The village stands 3 miles NNE of Plymouth; and has a post office, designated Knackersknowle, Devon.—The chapelry has no defined limits; and the living of it is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of St. Budeaux, in the diocese of Exeter.
Crownhill is now part of PLYMOUTH Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how PLYMOUTH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Crownhill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crownhill, in Plymouth and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26089
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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