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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Kerrier, W. division of Cornwall, 3 miles (E. by N.) from Penryn; containing 2569 inhabitants. This is a peninsula, …
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… repens), as growing plentifully along the hedges near Penryn. They also mention peplis maritima, now euphorbia … lately established. There is a manufactory of poldavies at Penryn: coarse woollen clothes are made at Launceston, and … tallow, grain from Ireland; provisions, groceries, &c. &c. Penryn Granite for public works to London, Plymouth, &c. …
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… 1704, it was sold by the Prideaux family to James Kempe of Penryn, and in 1731 purchased by Edward Prideaux, Esq. 7, of … about four miles; but by land, through Tregony, Truro, and Penryn, twenty-three. At this place was a small priory of …
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… reign of Charles II. Some houses adjoining the borough of Penryn, are also in this parish. The manor of Pennance, which …
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… town, and about the same distance south-west from Penryn. The principal villages in this parish, exclusive of …
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… he experienced much opposition from the corporations of Penryn, Truro, and Helston, who joined in a petition to King … an order, that the custom-house should be removed from Penryn to Smithick. On the 18th of January 1652-3, it was … George Killigrew, who was killed in an affray at an inn in Penryn, by Walter Vincent, Esq., and died without male issue, …
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… from Falmouth, and two miles and a half north-west from Penryn, which is the post-office town. The only village in … from whom it passed, by a female heir, to that of Blois of Penryn. It was sold by the latter, in 1703, to John Worth, …
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… post-office town, and about the same distance north from Penryn. The principal village in this parish is called … a mistaken notion that the school was first established at Penryn. Isolda de Cardinan conveyed Trelowarren, in 1259, to …
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… lies two miles and a half nearly east-north-east from Penryn. This parish forms the south-south-east side of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… an annulet in base, sable. 8 He served in parliament for Penryn, in Cornwall, and afterwards for Nottingham. By his …