The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 3 (of 4)
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The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 3 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
When it was found safe to visit the strangers, curiosity attracted the
whole neighbourhood. Their Asiatic dress, long beards and mustachios,
with turbans, the absence of all covering from their feet and legs,
the dark complexion and harsh features of a piratical band, made them
objects of terror and of surprise.
They were on the whole treated kindly; their vessel had totally
disappeared, and consequently after some delay a ship of war took all
the men on board, and conveyed them to Algiers.
The tower of Penzance Church is situated in latitude 50° 6′ 48″;
longitude 5° 31′ 0″; in time 22m. 4s. west of Greenwich, as deduced
from the Trigonometrical Survey.
The establishment of the port, or the time of high water at the new
and full of the moon, is 4h. 30m. very nearly. London Bridge being 2h.
7m.
The establishment of the Lizard is about 5h.; Portbend 6h.; Beechey
Head 10h.; Dover 11h; Margate 12h.; mouth of the Thames 1h.; so that
the tidal wave occupies about 9h. 30m. in flowing from the Land’s End
to London Bridge.
The parish of Maddern measures 5450 statute acres.
Annual value of the Real Property, as £. _s._ _d._
returned to Parliament in 1815:
Parish 8,454 0 0
Penzance 10,401 0 0
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£18,055 0 0
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Poor Rate in 1831:
Parish 593 7 0
Penzance 811 11 0
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£1,404 18 0
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Population, in 1801, in 1811, in 1821, in 1831,
Parish 1564 1817 2011 2058
Penzance 3382 4022 5224 6563
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4940 5839 7235 8621
giving an increase on the parish of 31½ per cent.; on the town of
94 per cent.; on both of 74 per cent. in 30 years.
THE GEOLOGY, BY DR. BOASE.
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