Place:Camelford, Cornwall, England

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NameCamelford
Alt namesLanteglos-by-Camelfordsource: Family History Library Catalog
Ryskammelsource: Wikipedia
TypeTown, Civil parish
Coordinates50.617°N 4.683°W
Located inCornwall, England
See alsoLesnewth Hundred, Cornwall, Englandhundred in which it was located
Camelford Rural, Cornwall, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1934-1974
Camelford Registration District, Cornwall, Englandregistration district of which it was part 1837-1995
Lanteglos-by-Camelford, Cornwall, Englandecclesiastical parish in which it was situated
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Camelford is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, situated in the River Camel valley northwest of Bodmin Moor. The town is approximately ten miles (16 km) north of Bodmin and is governed by Camelford Town Council. Until 1974, the town was the administrative headquarters of Camelford Rural District. Camelford did not become a civil parish until 1934. For this reason all 19th century records and early 20th century are filed under the ecclesiastical parish of Lanteglos-by-Camelford.

Lanteglos-by-Camelford is the ecclesiastical parish in which the town is situated (and should not be confused with Lanteglos-by-Fowey on the English Channel coast).

The two main industrial enterprises in the area are the slate quarry at Delabole and the cheese factory at Davidstow but there is a small industrial estate at Highfield.

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One of the many maps available on A Vision of Britain through Time is one from the Ordnance Survey Series of 1900 illustrating the parish boundaries of Cornwall at the turn of the 20th century. This map blows up to show all the parishes and many of the small villages and hamlets.

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