St John, Cornwall
Historical Description
John, St, a village and a parish in Cornwall. The village stands at the head of a branch of the Hamoaze, called St John's lake, opposite Devonport town, 7 miles from St German's station on the G.W.R. The parish extends to the English Channel, and comprises 732 acres; population, 194. Post town, Devonport. The manor formerly belonged to the Champemowns, and belongs now to the Earl of Mount Edg-cumbe. In the cliff overlooking Wliitesands Bay is an excavation called Shan-ow Grotto, formed in 1874. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Truro; gross value, £200 with residence. The church measures 56 feet by 18, and was restored in 1868. There is a Methodist chapel.
Maps
Online maps of St John 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.