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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitstone like this:
WHITSTONE, a parish in Stratton district, Cornwall; 10 miles NNW of Launceston r. station. Post town, Stratton, Cornwall. Acres, 3,787. Real property, £2,277. Pop., 391. Houses, 77. The property is sub-divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £231.* Patron, the Rev. W. Kingdon. The church is good; and there is a Bible Christian chapel.
Whitstone is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitstone itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitstone in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6119
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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