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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described St Veep like this:
VEEP (St.), a parish in Liskeard district, Cornwall; 4 miles SE of Lostwithiel r. station. Post town, Lostwithiel. Acres, 3,146. Real property, £3,892. Pop., 628. Houses, 135. St. Cadoc is the seat of the Wymonds. St. Cyric's priory, a cell to Montacute abbey, was founded in the parish, by the Earl of Mortaigne; was the place where the monk W. de Exeter wrote the Life of Guy, Earl of Warwick; and has left some remains. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £215.* Patron, F. Howell, Esq. A fair is held on the Wednesday after 16 June.
St Veep 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 Veep itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of St Veep in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3887
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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