Place:Liskeard (rural parish), Cornwall, England

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NameLiskeard (rural parish)
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates50.457°N 4.515°W
Located inCornwall, England     (1894 - 1974)
See alsoWest Hundred, Cornwall, Englandhundred in which it was located
Liskeard Rural, Cornwall, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1894-1974
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Liskeard (rural parish) was part of the Liskeard Rural District in Cornwall, England from 1894 until 1974. It was located to the west and south of Liskeard Municipal Borough.

Following the municipal reorganization of 1974 the civil parish was renamed Dobwalls and Trewidland (Cornish: Fos an Mogh & Trewydhlann). The parish is bounded to the north by St. Neot and St. Cleer parishes, to the east by Liskeard and Menheniot parishes, to the south by Morval parish, to the west by the East Looe River and the parishes of St. Pinnock and St. Keyne, and to the south-west by Duloe parish. The population of Dobwalls and Trewidland parish in the 2001 UK census was 1,939.

The two largest villages in the parish are Dobwalls 50.457°N 4.515°W and Doublebois 50.456°N 4.538°W, both in the north of the parish. There are several smaller villages in the south of the parish including Trewidland and Horningtops, and the hamlet of Boduel to the north. The hamlets of Coombe (near Liskeard), East Tuelmenna, Treburgie and Twelvewoods are also in the parish.

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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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