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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described St Sampson like this:
SAMPSON (St.), a parish in St. Austell district, Cornwall; on the river Fowey and the Cornwall railway, 3½ miles S by E of Lostwithiel. Post-town, Fowey, under Par Station. Acres, 1, 470. Real property, £1, 650; of which £10 are in mines. Pop., 311. Houses, 55. The property is divided among a few. A castle of the Earls of Salisbury stood at Castle-Dore. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £53. Patron, W. Rashleigh, Esq. The church is good.
St Sampson 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 Sampson itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of St Sampson in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6189
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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