Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Camborne

Camborne, market town and par. with ry. sta., W. Cornwall, 11 miles SW. of Truro and 313 miles SW. of London, 6931 ac. (37 water) and 50 ac. foreshore, pop. 13,601; P.O., T.O. 1 Bank. Market-day, Saturday; has extensive copper, lead, and tin mines.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Camborne CP/AP       Cornwall AncC
Place: Camborne

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