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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described St Eval like this:
EVAL (St.), a parish in St. Columb district, Cornwall; on the coast, 4½ miles NW by W of St. Columb-Major, and 14 NW of St. Austell r. station. Post town, St. Columb, Cornwall. Acres, 2, 886. Real property, £3, 646. Pop., 295. Houses, 61. The property is sub-divided. Trethvall was the seat of the Nanfans. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £162.* Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. The church was built in 1727, has a lofty tower, and is a landmark to mariners. There are two dissenting chapels.
St Eval is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about St Eval itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of St Eval in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3879
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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