Clether, Cornwall
Historical Description
Clether, St, a parish in Cornwall, on the river Inney, 7 miles E by N of Camelford, 9 W of Launceston station on the G.W.R., and 4 from Iresmeer station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Launceston; money order and telegraph office, Camelford. Acreage, 2966; population, 197. The rocks include granite and hornblende. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; net value, £140 with residence. The church is good. Remains of a small chapel are over a spring, called " The Holy Well." There are Wes-leyan and Bible Christian chapels, and three ancient stone wayside crosses in the parish.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cornwall | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Clether St. | |
Hundred | Lesnewth | |
Poor Law union | Camelford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Clether from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Clether (St.))
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.