In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stithians like this:

STITHIANS (St.), a parish in Redruth district, Cornwall; 4 miles SW of Redruth r. station. It has a post-office under Perran-Arworthal, Cornwall. Acres, 4,291. Real property, £4,851. Pop., 2,358. Houses, 490. There are tin veins, powder-mills, paper-mills, Druidical stones, and ancient sculptured crosses. The living is a vicarage, united with Perran-Arworthal, in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £377.* Patron, the Earl of Falmouth. The church is ancient. There are Wesleyan and Bible Christian chapels.

Stithians through time

Stithians is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stithians itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stithians in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4656

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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