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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gunwalloe like this:
GUNWALLOE, a parish in Helston district, Cornwall; on the coast, 5 miles S of Helston, and 12½ SSW of Penryn r. station. Post town, Cury, under Helston, Cornwall. Acres, 1, 429. Real property, £1, 493. Pop., 244. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. Fishing is carried on. The living is a vicarage annexed to the p. curacy of Cury, under the vicarage of Breage and Germoe, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is ancient but good; has a detached belfry; and was, at one time, much silted up with shore sands.
Gunwalloe is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gunwalloe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gunwalloe in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3289
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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