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St. Breock (Cornish: Nanssans) is a village and a civil parish in northeastern Cornwall, England. The spelling St. Breoke was also formerly in use. St. Breock village is located 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Wadebridge. The village lies on the eastern slope of the wooded Nansent valley. The civil parish of St Breock had a population of 703 in the 2001 UK census. The parish extends approx five miles (8 kilometres) south of Wadebridge. To the north, the parish is bounded by the River Camel, to the west by St. Issey parish and to the east by Egloshayle parish. Together with Egloshayle it was one of the two parishes within which the town of Wadebridge developed. The parish includes the hamlets of Hay, Haycrock, Pawton, Trevanson and Grogley. St. Breock was part of the St. Columb Major Rural District from 1894 until 1934 and located in Wadebridge Rural District from 1934 until 1968. In 1968 Wadebridge Rural District was expanded and became Wadebridge and Padstow Rural District from 1968 until 1974. [edit] Research TipsOne 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. The following websites have pages explaining their provisions in WeRelate's Repository Section. Some provide free online databases.
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/Jacobstow
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