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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Porkellis like this:
PORKELLIS, a village in the S W of Cornwall; 5½ miles W S W of Penryn r. station. It has a post-office under Helston, Cornwall.
Porkellis is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Porkellis itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Porkellis in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26417
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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