Devoran, Cornwall
Historical Description
Devoran, a small seaport on the Restronguet creek, 5 miles S by W of Truro, in Cornwall. The village was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1873 out of the civil parish of St Feock, and is about a mile from Penan station on the G.W.R.; it has a head post, money order, and telegraph office, designated Devoran (R.S.O.), Cornwall; is connected by railroad with the mining district of Redruth, and presents a prosperous appearance. Population, 1075. The church is in the Early English style. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; value, £167 with residence. Patron, Lord Robartes. Near the town are extensive tin-smelting works.
Maps
Online maps of Devoran are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cornwall papers online:
- Royal Cornwall Gazette
- Cornishman
- West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser
- Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser
Visitations Heraldic
We have a copy of The Visitations of Cornwall, by Lieut.-Col. J.L. Vivian online.