Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for St Just (in Penwith)

St Just (in Penwith), small town and par., Cornwall, 7 m. W. of Penzance, 7633 ac., pop. 6409; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; has extensive tin and copper mines. William Borlase (1696-1772), historian of Cornwall, was a native.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: St Just in Penwith CP/AP       Cornwall AncC
Place: St Just

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